Military Financial Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1939. No. 135.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1939.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1939.

Dated this second day of November, 1939.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. A. STREET

Minister of State for Defence.s

Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations.†

1.—(1.) Regulation 28 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Higher appointments.

“28 (i) The rate of pay per annum for an officer who holds an appointment specified in the following table shall be the amount specified in the second column of that table opposite the appointment which he holds:—

(ii) An officer holding the appointment of Chief of the General Staff shall be paid an allowance at the rate of three hundred and fifty pounds per annum for the first two years during which he holds that appointment and at the rate of five hundred pounds per annum thereafter.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 2nd November, 1939.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 83, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 102 and 123; 1936, Nos. 1. 32, 62, 75, 98, 111, 122, 144 and 158; 1937, Nos. 1, 22, 29, 42, 71, 76, 96 and 113; 1938, Nos. 11, 15, 45, 76, 89, 96, 98 and 122; 1939, No. 82.

6524.—Price 3d.

(2.) An officer holding an appointment specified in the last preceding sub-regulation on the date of commencement of this regulation shall be paid at the rate prescribed in this regulation as from the date on which he was appointed to that appointment.

Staff Corps.

2.—(1.) Regulation 29 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from the table the words and figures—

and inserting in their stead the words and figures—

(2.) Where the rate of pay (including command or staff pay) of an officer to whom this regulation applies was, prior to the commencement of this regulation, higher than the rate prescribed by this regulation, the rate of pay of that officer shall continue at the higher rate until such time as he would become entitled, by reason of incremental advances or promotion, to an equivalent or higher rate under this regulation:

Provided that an officer shall not be paid at a higher rate than the maximum amount prescribed in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation for an officer of his rank except with the approval of the Minister.

Command or staff pay.

3. Regulation 30 of the Military Financial Regulations is repealed.

Deduction for quarters.

4. Regulation 45 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (ii) the words “For the purpose of the above deductions staff or command pay as prescribed by these Regulations shall be considered as portion of the member’s pay.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (ii) the word “, however,”; and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (iii).

Child Endowment.

5. Regulation 50 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by omitting sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (ii).

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.