STATUTORY RULES.
1947. No. 51
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND EMPLOYMENT ACT 1945.*
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 Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945.
Dated this twenty-third day of April, 1947.
W. J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Post-war Reconstruction.
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Re-establishment and Employment (Leave) Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Re-establishment and Employment (Leave) Regulations.
Definition.
2. In these Regulations “the Act” means the Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945, as amended for the time being, whether by any other Act or by regulations under the Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945.
Allowances included in pay for the purposes of section 65.
3. For the purposes of section 65 of the Act, “pay” includes such allowances (other than field allowance and exchange allowance) as would have been payable under the Naval Financial Regulations, the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations or the Air Force (War Financial) Regulations, as the case may be, to the member of the Forces in respect of leave of absence with pay, if that leave had been granted and completed immediately prior to the termination of his period of service.
Dependants allowance where payment is made under section 65.
4. Where payment is made to any member of the Forces in pursuance of section 65 of the Act, the person to whom any dependants allowance was payable in respect of any dependant of the member immediately prior to the termination of the member’s period of service shall be paid a sum equivalent to the amount of the allowance, at the
*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1946.
7257.—Price 3d. 12/14.11.1946.
rate payable immediately prior to the termination of the member’s period of service, for a period equal to the period of leave of absence in lieu of which the member is paid under that section:
Provided that, if in the opinion of a prescribed authority within the meaning of the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations or the Air Force (War Financial) Regulations, as the case requires, payment cannot be made to the person to whom the allowance was payable or the circumstances do not justify such payment, the prescribed authority may direct that payment of that sum be made to the member or some other person.
Prescribed authorities.
5. For the purposes of Division 1 of Part VI. of the Act, a prescribed authority shall be—
(a) in relation to the Naval Forces—the Naval Board;
(b) in relation to officers of the Military Forces—the Adjutant-General ;
(c) in relation to any member of the Military Forces other than an officer—the officer who authorizes the discharge of the member; and
(d) in relation to the Air Force—the Director of Personal Services.
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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.