Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1934. No. 58.

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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 as from the dates specified herein.

Dated this sixteenth day of May, 1934.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 198, as amended to this date.)

(Twenty‑seventh amendment.)

The fees or allowances prescribed by these amendments shall be subject to adjustment by or under the Financial Emergency Act 1931‑33 in the same manner as they would have been so subject had the regulations been in force at the time of commencement of that Act.

1. Regulation 17, sub‑regulation (1) is amended, as from 1st April, 1934, by inserting at the foot of the scale the following:—

“provided that a Surgeon Lieutenant appointed for short service under the provisions of regulation 57, sub‑regulation (1), paragraph (b), of the Naval Forces Regulations shall receive active pay at the rate of £1 10s. per diem.”

2. Regulation 23 is amended as from 1st March, 1934—

(a) by omitting the following from the scale of rates of Active Pay of Signal Branch:—

1408.—Price 3d.

(b) by omitting the following from the scale of rates of Active Pay of Telegraphy Branch:—

(c) by inserting the following, new sub‑regulation:—

“(2) Yeomen‑of‑Signals and Petty Officer Telegraphists who received their first increment as such prior to 1st March, 1934, before completing three years’ service in the rating, shall be permitted to retain the higher rate, but shall not become entitled to the second increment until completion of six years’ service in the rating.

Yeomen‑of‑Signals and Petty Officer Telegraphists who received their second increment as such prior to 1st March, 1934, before completing six years’ service in the ratings shall be permitted to retain the higher rate.”

3. Regulation 48 is amended as from 1st March, 1934—

(a) by inserting after sub‑regulations 53 and 57a, respectively, the following new sub‑regulations:—

(b) by inserting the following heading before sub‑regulation 57a.:—“Telegraphist ratings—”;

(c) by omitting wherever appearing in sub‑regulation (44) the rate “6d.” and inserting in its stead the rate “4d.”

4. Regulation 51 is amended, as from 1st April, 1934, by adding the following new sub‑regulation:—

“(9) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub‑regulation (1), a Surgeon Lieutenant appointed for short service under the provisions

of regulation 57; sub‑regulation (1), paragraph (6), of the Naval Forces Regulations shall not be credited with Deferred Pay, but such officer or his legal representative shall be entitled to a retiring gratuity, calculated at the rate of £8 6s. 8d. for each completed month of such service, either—

(a) on discharge of the officer subsequent to completion by him of the prescribed period of service; or

(b) on the officer being invalided from the Service through causes, not within his own control; or

(c) upon the death of the officer whilst serving:

Provided that in the event of his re‑appointment for service under the provisions of regulation 60, sub‑regulation (2), of the Naval Forces Regulations, such an officer shall not be eligible for payment of the retiring gratuity but he will be credited with Deferred Pay, as from the date of his former appointment, at the rates and under the conditions prescribed in these Regulations.”

5. Regulation 92 is amended from 1st May, 1934  by omitting sub‑regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the following sub‑regulation:—

“(1) When travelling on duty, or detached for temporary duty, and required to be absent from ship or depot over night, travelling  allowance at the following rates may be paid to members  of the Permanent Naval Forces (Seagoing): —

6. Regulation 97 is amended as from 1st May, 1934, by omitting sub‑regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the following, sub‑regulation:—

“(1.) When travelling on duty and required to be absent from head‑quarters or temporary head‑quarters over night the following shall be the rate of travelling allowance payable to—

(a) Members of the R.A.N. Auxiliary Services;

(b) Officers in receipt of consolidated rates of pay and

(c) Other persons on consolidated rates of pay.

(Hourly Rate in each case to be 1/24th of daily rate or 1/168th of weekly rate)

* Rates approved from time to time by the Minister.

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