Statutory Rules
1977 No. 278
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910.
Dated this sixteenth day of December 1977.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
D. J. KILLEN
Minister of State for Defence
AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVAL FINANCIAL REGULATIONS†
Allowances payable in respect of authorized journey
1. Regulation 200 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) “ column ” and substituting “ columns ”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (6) and substituting the following sub-regulation:
“ (6) Where—
(a) a member travels on an authorized journey or part of an authorized journey otherwise than by the normal method of transport for such a journey or part of a journey; and
(b) the Minister determines that—
(i) the duration of the authorized journey is thereby increased;
(ii) the member so travels for other than Service reasons; and
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1977.
† Statutory Rules 1956, No. 88 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1977, No. 4 and see also Statutory Rules 1977, Nos. 4, 37, 46, 91, 143 and 241.
(iii) it is possible for the member to travel by the normal method of transport,
the amounts otherwise payable to the member by way of travelling allowance under sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) in respect of the authorized journey shall be reduced by such amounts as the Minister determines are attributable to that increase in the duration of the authorized journey.”.
Allowances to be calculated as determined by the Minister
2. Regulation 202 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (3) “ or sub-regulation (1) ” after “ regulation 200 ”.