STATUTORY RULES.
1943. No. 247.
REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1941.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1941.
Dated this twenty-ninth day of September, 1943.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
F. M. FORDE
Minister of State for the Army.
Amendment of the Volunteer Defence Corps Regulations. †
Regulation 8 of the Volunteer Defence Corps Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Pay and allowances.
“8.—(1.) Except as provided in this regulation, a member of the Corps shall not be entitled to any pay or allowances for his services.
“(2.) Any member of the Corps employed on full-time service shall be entitled to pay and allowances at the daily rate specified by the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations for the rank corresponding to his rank in the Corps.
“(3.) When a member of the Corps who is not employed on full-time service performs duty in obedience to any command directed to him personally, or which is subsequently certified to have been necessary in the then existing circumstances, he shall be paid—
(a) an amount equivalent to his loss of earnings in his civil employment, or, in the case of a member in casual or irregular civil employment, to his probable loss of earnings consequential upon the performance of that duty; or
(b) pay and allowances at the daily rate specified by the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations for the rank corresponding to his rank in the Corps,
whichever is the less.
“(4.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, ‘duty’ does not include attendance at any parade, school of instruction, bivouac or the like, extending for less than six consecutive days, for the purpose of training or receiving instruction, or any attendance at any ceremonial or other parade or any duty certified by the Military Board to be special duty of an operational nature.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30th September, 1943.
†Statutory Rules 1942, No. 38, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 388.
4698.—PRICE 3D.
“(5.) When any member of the Corps who is not employed on full-time service attends any parade, school of instruction, bivouac or the like extending for six or more consecutive days, he shall, subject to sub-regulation (10.) of this regulation, be entitled to pay and allowances at the daily rate prescribed by the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations for the rank corresponding to his rank in the Corps.
“(6.) When a member of the Corps who is not employed on full-time service performs any duty which is certified by the Military Board to be special duty of an operational nature, he shall, subject to sub-regulation (10.) of this regulation, be entitled to pay and allowances at the daily rate specified by the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations for the rank corresponding to his rank in the Corps.
“(7.) The Military Board shall issue all necessary Orders and Instructions for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation and, in particular, as to the manner in which, and the persons by whom, the certification of duty as necessary, and the determination of the amounts to be paid under that sub-regulation, shall be made.
“(8.) A. member of the Corps who is employed on full-time duty or, though not so employed, performs duty in accordance with sub-regulation (5.) of this regulation, may be paid travelling expenses and allowances in accordance with the provisions of Part IV. of the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations.
“(9.) In special circumstances, the Military Board may authorize payment to a member of the Corps who is not employed on full-time service of travelling expenses and of such allowances in lieu of rations or quarters, or both, as the Board considers appropriate in the circumstances.
“(10.) For the purpose of calculating the amount due under sub-regulations (5.) and (6.) of this regulation to a member of the Corps not employed on full-time service—
(a) where the period of attendance or duty of that member is not less than twenty-four consecutive hours, he shall be entitled to one day’s pay and allowances for each period of twenty-four hours, or portion thereof, of that attendance or duty;
(b) where the period of attendance or duty is not less than eighteen consecutive hours, but is less than twenty-four hours, whether the period is wholly within one day or not, he shall be entitled to pay and allowances for three-quarters of one day;
(c) where the period of attendance or duty is not less than twelve consecutive hours, but is less than eighteen hours, whether, the period is wholly within one day or not, he shall be entitled to pay and allowances for one half of one day;
(d) where the period of attendance or duty is not less than six consecutive hours, but is less than twelve hours, whether the period is wholly within one day or not, he shall be entitled to pay and allowances for one quarter of one day; and
(e) where the period of attendance or duty is less than six consecutive hours, he shall not be entitled to any pay or allowances.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.