STATUTORY RULES.
1925. No. 187.
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, unless otherwise specified herein.
Dated this twenty-eighth day of October, 1925.
STONEHAVEN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
THOS. W. CRAWFORD,
for Minister of State for Defence.
Amendment of Naval Financial Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1924, No. 34, as amended to present date.)
(Ninth Amendment.)
1. Regulation 23, sub-regulation (1), is amended by altering the titles in the Butcher Branch as follows:—
Butcher, 3rd Class, to be termed Butcher.
Butcher, 2nd Class, to be termed Leading Butcher.
Butcher, 1st Class to be termed Petty Officer Butcher.
Chief Butcher to be termed Chief Petty Officer Butcher.
2. Regulation 33 is amended by adding the following new sub-regulation:—
“(4) Midshipmen specializing in Engineering may on appointment to the Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, be granted an equipment allowance of £10 for the purchase of technical books and instruments.”
3. Regulation 54 is amended by emitting sub-regulations (2) and (3) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2) Grants may be paid to Gunnery and Torpedo Improvement Funds at the rates and under the conditions prescribed in the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.”
4. Regulation 81, sub-regulation (1), is amended by inserting, immediately before the word “allowance in the third line thereof, the word “Victualling”.
5. Regulation 83 is amended by omitting the word “an” in the second line thereof, and inserting in lieu the words “a Messing”.
6. Regulation 84 is amended by omitting the word “an” in the second line thereof, and inserting in lieu the words “a Leave”.
7. Regulation 85 is amended as follows:—
1. By omitting the words “absence on detached”
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2. By omitting the word “an” and inserting in lieu the word “and members are required to victual themselves from other than service sources, a Provision”; and
3. By omitting all the words after the word “paid” in the second line.
8. Regulation 123 is amended by omitting the figures “131” in the sixth line thereof and inserting in their stead the figures “130”.
9. Regulation 121 is repealed, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
121.(1) Orthopædic or other surgical appliances shall be supplied only when recommended by the Board of Medical Survey and approved by the Naval Board in those cases where disability is directly attributable to service in the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going).
(2) Spectacles may be supplied to any rating in the classes permitted to wear them whose sight becomes defective after entering the service, provided he is not considered a fit subject for invaliding.
10. Regulations 128 to 132 inclusive are repealed, and the following inserted in their stead:—
128. (1) In peace time, members checked sick on account of disabilities for which they are not themselves responsible may, if not previously invalided from the service, be borne on full pay for a period not exceeding six months. During war time, the period of full pay under this regulation may, with Naval Board approval, be extended to eighteen months. Such periods shall include any sick leave granted under regulation 129.
(2) In special cases (such as serious bodily injury received whilst serving, insanity resulting from an accident on duty, or sickness due to extraordinary exposure or exertion on service), or in cases of sickness abroad, the Naval Board may determine the period in addition to that prescribed in sub-regulation (1), during which the member shall receive the full rate of pay.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation the term “sickness abroad” shall include sickness in Australia of a member of the Royal Navy serving in the Royal Australian Navy on loan.
(4) Except as prescribed in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 131, all members again checked sick with the same complaint within seven days shall be considered as under continuous treatment for the purposes of this regulation.
129.(1) Sick leave may he granted to—
(a) Members requiring convalescence after a severe illness, operation, illness due to service in the tropics or in an unhealthy climate, on the recommendation of a Naval Medical Officer.
(b) Members who elect to be treated privately under conditions prescribed by regulation 120 (4).
(c) Members sick on shore in consequence of being unfit to travel.
(2) Sick leave may be approved for a period not exceeding 30 days by the Commanding Officer, but the Naval Board may, at its discretion, extend this period.
(3) The Department will not be responsible for the payment of expenses incurred for medical and surgical treatment whilst on sick leave, unless in such exceptional circumstances as may be specially approved by the Naval Board.
130. When leave is granted under regulation 129 (1) sub-clause (c) and the person is under treatment of a private practitioner, a sick allowance of 6s. per diem may be granted up to a limit of 91 days from date checked sick. In exceptional cases this period may be extended by the Naval Board.
131.(1) Members sick on shore or sent to hospital, suffering from venereal disease, or from disabilities which are the result of the member’s own misconduct, carelessness or neglect, shall be placed on half-pay at the expiration of 30 days, and cease pay at the expiration of 91 days.
(2) All such members again checked sick on shore or in hospital, within fourteen days from expiration of their previous period of sickness on shore or in hospital, shall be considered as being under continuous treatment, but only those days actually so checked shall be counted for the purposes of reduced pay in accordance with the terms specified in sub-regulation (1).
132. Members who are invalided shall not be granted any period of Home or Foreign Service leave, but shall be entitled to pay and allowances for fourteen days beyond date of survey for invaliding, provided the periods prescribed in regulations 128, 129, and 131 are not exceeded. Victualling allowance is payable during this period except when the member is victualled.
11. Regulation 154 is repealed.
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