STATUTORY RULES
1968 No.
REGULATION UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1968.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1968.
Dated this thirtieth day of August, 1968.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. R. KELLY
Minister of State for the Navy.
Amendment of the Naval Financial Regulations†
Regulation 142 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Witness before service tribunal payment for attendance.
“142.—(1.) A person (other than a member of the Defence Force who is rendering service) who attends to give evidence before a court-martial, disciplinary court or a court of inquiry shall, in respect of that attendance, be paid such fees and allowances as the Secretary to the Department thinks fit to allow in accordance with the scale prescribed, from time to time, for the purposes of section 27 of the Public Works Committee Act 1913-1966 by the Public Works Committee Regulations.
“(2.) A member of the Permanent Naval Forces who attends to give evidence before a service tribunal shall, if he travels for that purpose, be paid travelling allowance in accordance with Division 2 of Part X of these Regulations.
“(3.) In this regulation, ‘service tribunal’ means a court-martial or other tribunal constituted by or under the Air Force Act 1923-1965, the Defence Act 1903-1966 or the Naval Defence Act 1910-1968 and having authority to take evidence.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1968.
† Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1968, No. , and see also Statutory Rules 1968, Nos. .
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra
43.39/66—Price 5c 10/12.7.1968