EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO.173
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 provides that the Minister may make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulations 98 and 107 of the Military Financial Regulations provide for payment of travelling allowance to members of the Army making an authorized journey and meal allowance to members on duty away from home during a meal period. These Statutory Rules amend regulations 98 and 107 by increasing the rates at which these allowances are payable. The increases are a flow-on from corresponding increases recently granted to members of the Australian Public Service. The date of effect is 1 May 1982.
Regulation 159 of the Military Financial Regulations provides for payment of Child Education Allowance to a member of the Defence Force posted overseas whose child remains at a school in Australia. This determination amends regulation 159 to prevent dual payments of education allowance being made where a member is accompanied overseas by a spouse employed in the Australian Public Service who may also be entitled to an education allowance for the same child. In such cases the allowance payable, if any, will be assessed by an approving authority in the Department of Defence in consultation with the Public Service Board. The date of effect is the date of gazettal.