EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 No. 381
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE NAVAL FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 allows the Minister to make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Part VII of the Naval Financial Regulation provides for the payment of a gratuity or bounty to certain members of the Navy who render service in the Permanent Naval Forces. The Statutory Rules repeal Part VII which has been replaced by Determination 0709, Medical Officers and Dental Officers - Bounty Payable on Appointment to a Permanent or Short Service Commission, and Determination 0710, Medical Officers and Dental Officers - Gratuity Payable on Completion of Appointment to a Short Service Commission, being determinations made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Naval Financial Regulation 291A provides for the payment of a gratuity to a member of the Naval Reserve who renders continuous full-time service in the Permanent Naval Forces. The Statutory Rules repeal Division 4 of Part XVI, which contains regulation 291A, which has been replaced by Determination 0711, Reserve Medical Officers and Dental Officers - Gratuity for Continuous Full-Time Service, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
The date of effect is the date of making of Determinations 0709, 0710 and 0711.