STATUTORY RULES.
1924. No. 179.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1918.
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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1918, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of November, 1924.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. K. BOWDEN,
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendment of Naval Establishments Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 243, as amended to present date.)
1. Regulation 44 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—
“44. (1) When an officer has continued in the Commonwealth Service for at least twenty years, the Naval Board may grant to him leave of absence for a period not exceeding one month and a half on full salary or three months on half salary, in respect of each completed five years of continuous service:
Provided that an officer shall not be granted leave of absence to exceed a continuous period of twelve months at any one time;
Provided further that in the case of any officer appointed after the date of this regulation, the service which shall be taken into account for the purposes of this regulation shall not include any service in a temporary capacity:
Provided further that the continuous temporary service of any person who commenced employment under these Regulations prior to the date of operation of this regulation and who is appointed an officer at some subsequent date shall be regarded as service for the purposes of this regulation.
(2) When an officer who has continued in the Commonwealth Service for at least twenty years is retiring from the Commonwealth Service, the Naval Board may authorize payment to him upon retirement of a sum equivalent to the amount of salary that would have been received by him during such leave of absence as would immediately prior to retirement have been granted to him under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.
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(3) Upon the death of any officer who at the date of his death was eligible under this regulation for the grant of leave of absence, the Naval Board may authorize payment to the dependants of the officer of a sum equivalent to the amount of salary which would, under this regulation, have been granted to the officer had he retired immediately prior to the date of his death.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation—
(a) there shall not be granted under this regulation, in respect of the service of any officer, leave of absence or pay on retirement or death exceeding in the whole twelve months on full salary or its equivalent;
(b) except upon retirement of an officer under regulation 19 of these Regulations, leave of absence for recreation shall not be granted under regulation 43 in respect of the year in which leave of absence granted under this regulation commences, and if leave of absence for recreation has been granted in the year in which leave of absence granted under this regulation commences, it shall be regarded as part of the period of leave of absence granted under this regulation;
Provided that the total period of leave of absence for recreation which may, under this paragraph, be withheld, or regarded as part of the period of leave of absence granted under this regulaation, during any officer’s period of service, shall not exceed the period of leave of absence for recreation which may be granted in respect of one year of service; and
(c) the official conduct record of an officer shall be taken into consideration in determining whether the whole or any portion of the leave of absence or pay provided in this regulation may be granted.”
2. Regulation 45 is repealed and the following Regulations are inserted in its stead:—
“45. (1) The Naval Board may grant to any officer, whose period of service is less than twenty years, who is not eligible for furlough under the last preceding regulation, immediately prior to his retirement from the Commonwealth Service on, or subsequent to, his attaining the age of sixty years, leave of absence on full salary for a period not exceeding that appropriate to his service as specified in the following scale:—
Service. | Leave. |
16 years and less than 20 years................ | 5 months. |
12 years and less than 16 years................ | 4 months. |
8 years and less than 12 years................. | 3 months. |
4 years and less than 8 years................. | 2 months. |
(2) In lieu of leave in accordance with sub-regulation (1), the Naval Board may authorize payment to an officer, eligible for leave in pursuance of this regulation, upon his retirement from the Commonwealth Service, of a sum equivalent to the salary for a period of leave not exceeding that which the officer could have been granted under this regulation.
(3) Where an officer, who is less than sixty years of age, retires from the Commonwealth Service after less than twenty years’ service, and produces to the Naval Board satisfactory evidence that his retirement is due to ill-health and that such ill-health is permanent and not due to misconduct or to causes within his own control, the Naval Board may authorize payment to the officer of a sum equivalent to the salary for a period of leave not exceeding that for which, had he attained the age of sixty years, he would have been eligible under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.
(4) In the event of the death of an officer before he has completed twenty years’ service in the Commonwealth Service and either before or after he has attained the age of sixty years, the Naval Board may authorize payment to the dependants of the officer of a sum equivalent to the salary for the period of leave which the officer would have received had he been eligible for, and granted leave of absence under sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.
(5) The official conduct record of an officer shall be taken into consideration in determining whether the whole or any portion of the leave of absence or pay provided in this regulation may be granted.
45a. Persons other than officers commencing employment after the date of this regulation shall not be eligible for the grant of furlough or extended leave.”
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