EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 207
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 allows the Minister to make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulation 158 of the Military Financial Regulations provides for the payment of Child Allowance to members of the Defence Force serving overseas on long term duty to meet the additional costs of maintaining their children in the country of posting compared with Australia. Regulations 162 and 162A of the Military Financial Regulations provide for continued payment of certain overseas allowances where a member returns to Australia in advance of his family and where a member takes recreation leave immediately after completing an overseas posting.
These Statutory Rules -
a. repeal regulation 158 and omit the reference to Child Allowance from regulation 162 as the provisions of these regulations have been replaced by Determination 3724, Child Allowance, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903; and
b. omit the reference to Child Allowance from regulation 162A as the provisions of this regulation, with respect to Child Allowance, have been included in Determination 2601, Recreation Leave, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
These Statutory Rules also repeal regulations 166 and 168 of the Military Financial Regulations and omit the reference to regulation 166 from regulations 169A, 169B, 169C and 169E. Regulation 166 is redundant and regulation 168 is superfluous.
The date of effect of these Statutory Rules is the date of making of Determination 3724, Child Allowance, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.