STATUTORY RULES

1917. No. 31.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1915.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets.

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 Defence Act 1903-1915 to come into operation forthwith.

All Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth heretofore made, whether provisional or otherwise, are hereby repealed.

Dated this fourteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

W. H. LAIRD SMITH.

For Minister of State for Defence.

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The black lines in the margin serve to indicate new provisions or amendments of previously existing Regulations.

PART I.

DEFINITIONS.

Definitions.

1. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:—

“Secretary” means the Secretary, Department of Defence.

“The Military Board” means the Board of Administration for the Military Forces.

“Head-quarters” means the office of the Central Administration.

“Finance Member” means the Finance Member of the Board of Administration for the Military Forces.

“Commandant” means an officer appointed to be Commandant of a Military District.

“Executive Officer” means an Officer of the Executive Branch of the Forces.

“Chief Accountant” means the Officer appointed to be Chief Accountant in the Office of the Central Administration.

“District Paymaster” means an Officer appointed to be District Paymaster for a Military District.

“Authorizing Officer” means an Officer appointed to be an Authorizing Officer for a Military District in accordance with the Treasury Regulations.

“Paying Officer” means an Officer appointed to be a Paying Officer for a Military District in accordance with the Treasury Regulations.

PART II.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.

Responsibility of commandants

2. Commandants shall be responsible for enforcing due economy on all officers and others charged with any expenditure of public money, or with the care, use, or expenditure of stores.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

3. Commandants shall be held responsible for the economical expenditure of all moneys provided in the Annual Estimates for their respective Commands, and shall be further responsible that no liability is incurred against votes in excess of the provision made.

Assistance to be given Commandant.

4. It is the duty of every member of the Military Board to assist the Commandant in carrying out these Regulations.

Expenditure that may be authorized by Commandants.

5. Each Commandant is authorized—

(a) To approve of all requisitions for supplies within the Votes on the Estimates which are governed by Regulations.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

(b) To approve of expenditure not exceeding £100 in anyone case under the divisions or sub-divisions of any Votes for contingencies, general services, maintenance of existing arms and equipment and Expeditionary Forces, provided that he has satisfied himself that funds are available; that there is nothing irregular in the character of the expenditure; and that it is not an allowance or payment to any member of the Forces, except such as is governed by Regulations and does not require Ministerial approval. No new Vote or Item is to be operated upon or expenditure incurred in connexion therewith without approval from Head-Quarters, until such Vote or Item has been passed by Parliament.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

(c) To approve of the employment of casual labour and temporary clerical assistance, provided that funds are available; but no person shall be employed under this Regulation for a longer period than six months in any Financial Year without the approval of the Military Board.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

(d) To approve—in accordance with Regulation 178—of compensation for injuries received, or disease contracted, on duty.

Amended by S.R. 200 1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

(e) To approve—in accordance with Regulation 185—of compensation for injury to, or loss of, a horse.

Striking off stores.

(f) To approve in accordance with Australian Military Regulations of the striking off charge of stores damaged or deficient, provided that the value does not exceed £5. The value of the stores struck off must be shown in the monthly schedule of expenditure incurred by Commandants.

Amended by S.R. 208/1916.

Provided that during the period of the War, the District Commandant is authorized to provisionally approve of the writing off of stores up to the value of £20, but a list of all such cases in which the amount struck off exceeds £5 shall be submitted to Head-Quarters after the close of each month for covering approval.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

(g) To approve of increments to Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the Permanent Forces, except where otherwise provided, and to members of the Ordnance Department and Rifle

Range Services, and Assistants, Typists, and Messengers other than those employed under the Public Service Act, where such are prescribed by the Regulations and provided in the Appropriation Act.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

(h) To approve of payment of claims for Overtime and Sunday Pay provided that the District Paymaster certifies that such are in order, and correct in every particular.  Early in each month a schedule of overtime and Sunday work performed during the preceding month, containing the names of those who have performed the work, the number of hours worked and the amounts paid, shall be forwarded for covering approval of the Secretary.

6. Cancelled, by S.R. 200/1915.

Schedule of expenditure for Head-quarters.

7. A monthly schedule of expenditure incurred by each Commandant, under the authority in Regulation 5, clauses (b) to (f), inclusive, and not provided for by the Regulations, shall, after being signed by the Commandant, be forwarded for the information of the Finance Member not later than the 7th day of each month, in the following form:—

Return of Expenditure Authorized by the Commandant.

(Note.—It is not necessary to include Expenditure governed by Regulations in this Return.)

Payments not to be varied.

8. Commandants shall not vary any payments provided for under Regulations.

Expenditure for ammunition, &c.

9. Proposed expenditure under Votes for Artillery and Small Arm Ammunition; Warlike Stores; and Camps and Schools of Instruction shall be submitted to the Minister.

Votes, re-arrangement of.

10. When it is necessary to make re-arrangements or transfers in connection with any Votes, application shall be made, giving full reasons for the same, to the Secretary.

Certificate as to availability of funds.

11. Before Commandants are asked to authorize the expenditure of moneys, the person making the application shall first forward same to the Authorizing Officer for certificate that funds are available.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1.10.1915.

12. When a Commandant submits any proposal involving expenditure, such proposal shall be accompanied by a statement from the Authorizing Officer, showing:—

Proposals involving expenditure, instructions re.

(a) The division, sub-division, and item of the Estimates to which the expenditure should be charged.

(b) whether funds are available.

(c) whether any financial objections exist in regard to the proposed expenditure.

Availability of Funds.

The Commandant shall, in addition, state that with his knowledge of the requirement for the remaining period of the financial year, the proposed expenditure will not involve the necessity for applying for additional funds on any Vote concerned. After approval

has been given the requisitioning officer shall see that the claim for the service is rendered within one clear month from date of supply.

Grants, payment of.

13. The approval of the Military Board must be obtained for the payment of grants provided on estimates, excepting grants for rifle clubs under Regulations.

Financial instructions, Paymasters to see.

14. All financial instructions, approvals, or other decisions regarding expenditure, communicated to Commandants, shall be forwarded without delay to the District Paymaster.

Fitness of Paymaster for his position.

15. Should any circumstance affecting the probity or fitness of a District Paymaster for his position come to the notice of a Commandant, it shall be his duty to make inquiries, and, should he deem it necessary, to report the matter to the Secretary.

Cadet Forces.

16. Regulations herein contained do not apply to Commonwealth Cadet Forces except where specially provided.

Financial advice.

17. The Commandant shall consult with and obtain the advice of the District Paymaster upon all financial matters.

Audit queries.

18. All audit queries shall be dealt with through the District Paymaster, who shall communicate direct with Officers Commanding in order to obtain necessary information and report for the satisfaction of the Treasury and Audit Departments.

Inserted by S.R. 200/1915, to operate from 1/10/1915.

18a. All powers vested in Commandants under these Regulations may also be exercised, where necessary, by the Military Board.

Inserted by S.R. 18/1916.

18b. (1) The Military Board may approve of the sale or writing off of condemned: unfit, damaged, or deficient stores, the original value of which does not exceed £100.

(2) The Military Board may also approve of the taking on charge of excess stores.

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PART III.

DISTRICT PAYMASTERS—DUTIES OF.

Duties of District Paymasters.

19. He shall be responsible for the disbursement of public moneys in accordance with the Regulations, and with any instruction or authority issued by the Secretary or the Military Board.

Supervision of officers.

20. He shall direct and superintend the clerks employed in his office; and will be responsible that they duly fulfil the duties assigned to them; that discipline is maintained in his Branch; and that the provisions of the Public Service Act and Regulations are strictly observed.

Arrears in work.

21. He shall be held responsible that no arrears occur in the work of the office, and that the books are posted up daily, so that they may at all times be ready for examination.

Financial adviser.

22. He shall act as financial adviser to the Commandant upon all questions involving expenditure.

Information as to Votes.

23. He shall keep the Commandant informed of all expenditure on Votes, with the view to assist him to prevent any Vote being exceeded.

Officers due for retirement to notify Commandant.

24. He shall be responsible that the Commandant is informed, in writing, six months before the event, of the name of any member of the Permanent Forces attaining the age prescribed for compulsory retirement, to enable the Commandant to take such steps as may be necessary in the matter. Under no circumstances shall a member be granted pay for any period after the date on which he was, in the ordinary course, due for retirement, unless authority for the extension of his services has first been obtained.

Accounts, responsibility as to.

25. He shall be responsible that all accounts in the District Pay Department are kept strictly in accordance with the “Treasury Regulations.”

Accounts, dealing with.

26. All accounts, other than those dealt with under Regulations by other officers, shall pass through the office of the District Paymaster who shall be responsible that the amount of the Appropriation for any Division or Subdivision or Item of the Estimates, or any Loan Appropriation, or Trust Fund Credit, is not exceeded without the authority of the Treasurer.

Claims inadmissible.

27. He shall, in the event of receiving any claim which appears to him not authorized by Regulations or instructions, or in regard to which there is doubt as to the admissibility of any charge, point out the same in writing to the Commandant. Should the Commandant consider that, on the contrary, such claim is covered by Regulations or authority, and that the charges are admissible, an immediate report as to the circumstances of the case shall be forwarded by the Commandant to the Military Board, together with all relating papers. The account in dispute shall not be paid without the approval of the Military Board, whose decision shall be passed without delay to the District Paymaster by the Military Commandant.

Substituted by S.R. 34/1915, to operate from 18.3.1915.

Public funds, dealing with.

28. He shall not apply public moneys to any purpose not authorized by Regulations, nor shall he advance (except as hereinafter provided) lend, or exchange any sums for which he is accountable, nor shall he exchange private cheques out of public funds. In the case of members of the Forces travelling on duty, where extended absence is probable, and cash payments have to be made, an advance may be made up to 75 per cent. of the maximum allowance that can be claimed.

Married Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers who are frequently required to travel on duty may be granted a standing advance of Three pounds, which must be adjusted on or before the 31st May of the financial year in which the advance is made.

Advances not to be made without authority.

29. He shall not advance any moneys to a member of another Military District on account of travelling or other expenses, unless authority has first been obtained for so doing from the Authorizing Officer of the Military District to which the expenditure is to be charged. In the cases of members of the Central Administration, the authority of the Finance Member must be obtained before any such advances are made.

Liable for errors &c.

30. He shall be liable for the amount of disallowances arising from errors or over-issues made by him in disregard of Regulations or in the absence of proper authority.

Regimental Funds, &c.

31. He shall not take charge of any Regimental or other funds, or act as auditor, or on the committee controlling the expenditure of same.

Substituted by S.R. 143/1914.

32. Should difficulty be experienced in recovering vouchers supporting receipts, (statements, &c., or money due from officers or others, he shall at once represent the circumstances in writing to the Commandant, who shall, if necessary, refer the matter to the Military Board. Upon receipt from the Senior Ordnance Officer of a claim for damages or deficiencies against a Corps or Unit of the Citizen or Cadet Forces, or against a Rifle Club, the District Paymaster shall demand payment from the Commanding Officer or other officer responsible, and, in the event of such claim not being satisfied within thirty days of such demand, the District Paymaster shall report the fact to the Commandant who shall immediately take such action as may be necessary to obtain immediate payment, and shall furnish to the Secretary within fourteen days of the taking of such action, a report if the claim be then unsatisfied.

Audit queries

33. He shall submit to the Commandant all queries from the Audit Department, together with the correspondence, if any, involved. In the case of a reply being deemed to be unsatisfactory by the Auditor-General, the matter is to be referred, through the Commandant, to the Military Board.

Receipt Books and Regulation.

34. The District Paymaster will be responsible for the distribution of official receipt books, and will keep a stock of same on hand, for issue to Regiments and Corps. He will also provide each head of Department and Commanding Officer with a copy of the Audit Act and Treasury Regulations on demand, and shall obtain receipts for every such supply.

Instructions as to Payments.

Salaries, general.

35. (a) An amount provided on the Appropriation Act as salary for one appointment shall not be utilized for the payment of the salaries or portions thereof of two persons for the same period.

Officers’ salaries.

(b) No officer shall be paid the salary of any position to which he has not been appointed by Order in Council.

Allowances, payment of.

(c) In no case, unless governed by Regulation, shall an allowance be paid to any member of the Force, unless such allowance be authorized by the Minister, or by the Military Board.

When not covered by Regulations.

(d) Any expenditure provided for by a Parliamentary Appropriation and not covered by Regulations must be approved by the Minister.

Salary, Vote paid from.

Amended by S.R. 200/1915.

(e) Salaries must not be paid from any Vote other than a Pay Vote. Temporary assistance, casual labour, and special services are chargeable to items under contingency votes, where provision exists.

(f)…………(cancelled)

Amended by S.R. 200/1915.

Advertisements.

(g) Claims on account of advertising shall, wherever practicable, be submitted to the Government Printer or Advertising Board of the State concerned, for checking, before, payment is made.

Transfer of Members of the Forces.

Transfer of Members.

36. (a) When the transfer of a member of the Permanent Military Forces is made, a last-pay certificate, giving the following particulars, shall be passed between the District Paymasters of the States concerned:—

Documents necessary.

Rate of pay.

Details of all allowances; and whether in quarters.

Statement of unexpired value of clothing and kit.

Date to which payment has been drawn.

Date of attestation.

Date of re-engagement.

Date of birth.

Date of last increment and the amount thereof.

Leave of absence to credit of transferee.

Dates of last leave granted for recreation.

Retention of certain clothing.

37. Non-Commissioned Officers of one branch of the Permanent Forces when transferred to another branch of the Permanent Forces, will take with them such articles of clothing as may be serviceable in the branch of the Forces to which transferred, unless transferred to the Instructional Staff, in which case such articles shall be returned to store, and be brought to account in the clothing ledgers, provided such Non-Commissioned Officer may retain any, or all, of such articles of clothing on payment of the unexpired

value. All sums so received to be passed to the District Paymaster for payment into Revenue. The unexpired value of clothing not returned to store shall be deducted from the uniform allowance prescribed by Regulation 93 (g).

Cheques—Provision for Signing of.

Cheques.

38. (a) All cheques shall be signed by the Paying Officer, or such other officer as may be dealing with the advances or credit against which the cheques are drawn, and then countersigned by the Authorizing Officer, or such other Officer as may, in accordance with the Treasury Regulations, be appointed for the purpose.

Specimen signatures.

(b) The names of the countersigning officers, with their specimen signatures, shall be forwarded by the Authorizing Officer to the managers of the banks in which the accounts are kept, who shall be advised by the Treasurer, or his Deputy, as to the appointment of Paying Officers.

Payments to the Department.

Payments to the Department.

39. All payments to the Department in any State shall be made to the District Paymaster; and bank drafts, cheques, post-office orders, or postal notes shall be made payable to the District Paymaster, or order. Postage stamps in excess of 5d. are not to be used as portions of remittance. The official receipt given and accepted shall only be that issued by the Receiver of Public Moneys.

Correspondence.

Correspondence.

40. (a) On questions of Departmental procedure, interpretation of these Regulations or financial matters not involving the decision of Commandants, District Paymasters may communicate direct with the Secretary.

Commandant’s decisions.

(b) All other communications and returns involving the decision of Commandants shall pass through the Commandants to the Secretary.

Trust Funds.

Trust Fund Accounts.

41. (a) The following Trust Fund Accounts are approved:—

(i) Small Arms Ammunition Account.

(ii) Defence Clothing Material Account.

(iii) Small Arms Account.

Small arms, ammunition, &c.

(b) All proceeds of, the sale of small arms ammunition and of empty cartridge cases shall be paid into Trust Fund, Small Arms Ammunition Account, as well as all moneys voted for the purchase of such ammunition.

Clothing material.

(c) All moneys received from the sale of clothing material (cloth, buttons, and badges) shall be paid into Trust Fund, Clothing Material Account.

Rifles and barrels.

(d) All moneys received from the sale of magazine and cadet rifles and barrels for same shall be paid into Trust Fund, Small Arms Account.

Moneys, how to be used.

(e) These moneys shall be strictly applied to the following purposes:—

Small Arms Ammunition Account.—To the supply of small arms ammunition, and of cordite or other explosive required for its manufacture.

Defence Clothing Material Account.—To the purchase of clothing material (cloth, buttons, and badges) including sealed patterns.

Small Arms Account.—To replace magazine and cadet rifles and barrels sold.

Returns.

Returns.

Monthly expenditure.

42. District Paymasters, shall forward, in time to reach Head-quarters, not later than the 7th day of each month, after signature by Commandants, a monthly statement in the form of the Estimates as supplied, showing the expenditure to the end of the preceding month under—

(a) Pay—the total of each Subdivision.

(b) Contingencies—the total against each item.

Trust Fund balances.

43. A monthly statement shall be furnished in the following form in respect of Trust Funds:—

Trust Funds.

Preparation of returns.

(a) For the purpose of the Returns, under Regulations 42 and 43 the nearest £1 shall be shown, the shillings and pence being omitted.

(b) The figures given, shall agree to the nearest £1 with the Appropriation Ledger, and also with the Reconciliation Statement furnished to the Treasury after the close of each month.

Returns to be furnished.

44. The following Returns are to be prepared and forwarded through the District Paymaster:—

Note.—In addition to the above, the death of a pensioner is to be notified to the Secretary when such occurs.

Payment and Certification of Claims.

45. In order to prevent arrears, officers shall be responsible that the following steps are taken:—

Payment made by 30th June.

Supplies.

(a) Supplies, &c., required to the end of June shall be ordered in April or early in May, so that the accounts can be paid in May or early in June, and no orders, except such as are absolutely necessary, shall be given after the middle of May.

Repairs and works.

(b) The requisitions for repairs and similar works shall be sent in as early as possible, and the works shall, wherever practicable, be completed early in May.

Heavy amounts.

(c) Where accounts outstanding are likely to be of considerable amount, the persons interested shall be requested to furnish the accounts promptly. A memorandum to that effect to be written across the orders when given.

Printer’s and Railway accounts.

(d) Accounts for amounts due to the Government Printer, Railways, &c., shall be specially asked for.

Monthly or quarterly accounts.

(e) In the case of monthly or quarterly payments, where the amount due on the 30th June can be ascertained, claimants shall be asked to render their claim early in June, so that they may be paid before the 30th. Where the amount due cannot be ascertained before the end of June, the claimants shall be asked to render accounts up to the middle of June only, the balance to be included in the next account.

Rents.

(f) Accounts for services, such as rents and similar matters, shall be paid about the middle of June, up to the end of that month.

Pay and allowances personnel.

Militia pay-sheets.

(g) With regard to the pay and allowances of the Forces, such arrangements shall be made as will enable all payments due for the financial year to be made prior to the 30th June. To this end, claims for Musketry Prizes are to be rendered to the District Paymaster before the 15th of May. Militia Pay sheets are to be rendered to the District Paymaster on or before the 10th day of June, or earlier in the event of paid parades for the year having been completed.

Personal responsibility of officers.

(h) Officers signing claims as “Person incurring the expense” will be held personally responsible that the claims certified by them are correct in every particular, and care in this respect will insure prompt payment. All claims must quote the Regulation or other authority under which preferred.

Requisitions for Stationery, Office Requisites, etc.

Requisitions for stationery, office requisites, &c.

46. Requisitions for stationery, office requisites, &c., are to be submitted half-yearly—in the months of July and January—to the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, and, after approval by a Board consisting of the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, District Paymaster, and Senior Ordnance Officer, shall be returned to the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, who will place the necessary orders with the Government contractors, and will see that the accounts for the supplies are in the hands of the District Paymaster before the close of one clear month after supply.

Barrack Damages.

Barrack Damages.

47. When repairs to buildings or works are rendered necessary owing to wilful damage or neglect by the individuals or troops in occupation, the Staff Officer for Works or officer performing the duties of such position in the district shall recover the cost of such repairs through the Commanding Officer of the unit concerned, and forward same to the District Paymaster, who shall pay the amount into Revenue.

Rates or Taxes.

Rates or Taxes.

Water.

48. In all cases where premises are rented or leased for departmental purposes no provision shall be included in the agreement or lease by which the Commonwealth Government is required to pay any taxes or water rates. Unless special approval to the contrary be obtained, where water is supplied, the officer representing the Quartermaster-General’s Department shall see that meters are provided for Departmental Services, so that payment may only be made for the quantity actually consumed. Accounts in connexion with such supplies should show that the charges are for services rendered, i e., water supplied, claims for “water rates” not being admissible.

Fidelity Guarantees of Officers and Others.

Fidelity Guarantee.

49.The Minister shall determine what offices held by Officers, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers, and others of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, shall be guaranteed, and shall fix the amount of such guarantee in accordance with the following table:—

Whom to be guaranteed.

50. Every Officer, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officer holding a permanent position in the Military Forces, which is a guaranteed office under these Regulations, shall contribute to the Guarantee Fund established by and in accordance with Treasury Regulations.

Executive officer.

51. In cases where an executive officer may be called upon to perform the duties of a guaranteed office which are apart from his regular duties, the Minister may sanction the payment of the premium out of the Vote for Incidentals.

Payment of premium.

Citizen Forces.

52. Every Officer, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officer holding a position in the Militia Forces, which is a guaranteed office under these Regulations, shall contribute to the Guarantee Fund established by and in accordance with Treasury Regulations.

Premiums, source from which payable.

53. The premiums payable under the preceding Regulation shall be a charge against the Corps Contingent Allowance of the regiments or corps in respect of which the guaranteed offices are held, and such premiums shall be paid to the District Paymaster, who will be held responsible for the collection of such premiums, and that the moneys so collected are paid to the credit of the Trust Fund, Fidelity Guarantee Account.

Definition of “officer.”

54. Where the term “officer” is used in the Treasury Regulations, and referred to in these Regulations, it shall be held to include “Officer, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officer, or other person in the Military Forces.”

Premiums, payment of portion.

55. The annual premiums shall be paid as provided in Treasury Regulations. In the event of a Permanent Officer who has paid the yearly premium vacating a guaranteed position, his successor shall pay him the proportionate amount of the premium for the unexpired portion of the financial year.

Canteens.

Canteens.

56. In cases where arrangements do not exist in regiments or corps for a Brigade or Regimental Canteen—

Tenders.

(a) An Officer appointed to the command of a Camp of Continuous Training may be authorized to call for and approve of any tenders received for the sale of groceries, booths for non-alcoholic liquors, barber’s shops, &c.

Balance-sheet.

(b) He shall forward a list of accepted tenders, accompanied by a balance-sheet, showing the amounts received, and the manner in which they have been disposed of, to the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General of the District, for the information of the Commandant and the District Paymaster.

Settlement of accounts.

(c) On the conclusion of a camp, steps shall be immediately taken to settle all accounts in connection therewith, and the nett proceeds distributed without delay.

Division of nett proceeds.

(d) The moneys so received shall be divided proportionately between each regiment or corps or portion of same in camp, and forwarded to the respective Commanding Officers, who shall give receipts for amounts received, and same shall be attached to documents forwarded to the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster–General.

Receipts to Corps Funds and expenditure of.

Amended by S.R. 45/1915.

(e) Sums so received by Commanding Officers shall be paid into the Public Moneys Account of the regiment or corps, to be used at the discretion of the Commanding Officer in providing Games, Gymnastic Gear, &c., &c., for Regimental Recreation Rooms, Prizes for Competitions of a military character, or for the necessary expenditure for the benefit of the Troops in Camp. In addition to the entries made in the Cash Book, a separate record shall be kept, showing all transactions of receipt and expenditure under this Regulation.

Payments not allowed.

57. No Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or man of the Militia Forces appointed to serve in a canteen as authorized by Regulations, shall receive pay therefore in addition to the pay appertaining to his position in the Military Forces. The approval of the Commandant must be obtained before any payment is made to a member of the Defence Force for services rendered in connexion with a canteen.

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PART IV.

PAY OF PERMANENT FORCES.

First appointments.

58. All persons on first appointment to the Permanent Forces shall draw pay and allowances from the date on which they commence duty only, and not from any earlier date.

Persons ineligible to hold appointments.

59. No person holding a contract with the Defence Department shall be eligible to hold a permanent appointment in the Defence Department or to hold a temporary appointment as Area Officer, nor shall any member of any Australian Parliament be eligible to hold an appointment as an Area Officer.

Substituted by S.R. 1914/100.

60. In every case where a salary provided in accordance with these Regulations has an annual or a biennial increment attaching to it, such increment shall be payable when the Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or man has been in receipt of such salary for a period of not less than twelve months or two years (as the case may be), unless otherwise provided under Regulations, the right to receive such increment in any year shall depend upon good and diligent conduct and efficiency. If, in the opinion of the Commandant, any Warrant Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, or man is not entitled to an increment, he may issue an order directing that it shall not be paid. Increments shall be payable from the first day of the month following the date they accrue.

Inserted by S.R. 294/16, 22.9.16.

60a. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, increments accuring during the financial years 1914-1915, 1915-1916, 1916-1917, and 1917-1918, which are dependent upon qualifying for the next step of rank, may, on the approval of the Minister, be paid to the member concerned, notwithstanding that he has not so qualified, if the Chief of the General Staff certifies that it has been impracticable to conduct the prescribed examinations.

Variation of Establishment.

61. Officers and others in excess of the authorized number of any rank may be carried on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks, and that the total Establishment be not exceeded.

Amended by S.R. 125/15.

62. All persons whose pay is governed by these Regulations shall on promotion to a rank or position carrying a higher rate or improved conditions of pay draw such pay from the date of promotion, provided that if the duties of the higher rank or position are not taken up within one month from the date of promotion the higher rate of pay shall only be drawn from the date of actually taking up duty or from such date as the Minister may direct.

Officers relinquishing special positions

63. Officers returning to their Regiment or Corps after holding a position for which they were paid at a higher rate than the regimental pay of their rank, shall revert to the latter.

Temporary, Brevet rank, &c.

Inserted by S.R. 61/1915.

64. Officers holding Temporary, Brevet, Honorary, or acting rank (or appointment) shall receive the rates of pay fixed for their substantive rank (or permanent appointment). Officers temporarily holding higher rank shall, after a period of six months, on the approval of the Minister, be paid the maximum pay of their substantive rank.

Pay includes all allowances.

65. Consolidated rates of pay shall include all allowances except as prescribed in Part X. of these Regulations, and except an allowance equal to, or a refund of the actual amount paid for horse hire as prescribed when it is necessary and the Officer is detailed to attend an ordered mounted parade.

Daily pay.

66. Daily rates of pay shall be payable for seven days per week, unless otherwise provided.

Inserted by S.R. 1914/104.

66a. When barrack accommodation is not available for an unmarried member of the Permanent Forces not on consolidated pay, an allowance of a sum not exceeding One shilling per diem, irrespective of rank, may be paid in lieu thereof after receipt of approval by the Military Board.

G.C. Medal, &c.

67. A soldier of the Permanent Forces who is discharged with not less than a “good” character, and re-enlists within a period of two years in the Regiment or Corps from which he was discharged, shall be permitted to count his previous service in such Regiment or Corps towards Good Conduct Pay and the award of—

The Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct.

The Medal for Meritorious Service.

Quartermasters, pay of.

68. The consolidated rates of pay for Quartermasters of the Permanent Forces shall, except where otherwise prescribed in these Regulations, be £300 to £400 per annum (four biennial increments of £25), and shall be subject to a deduction, if in occupation of quarters, in accordance with Regulation 102.

Regulation, applicability of.

Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Permanent Forces in receipt of a higher rate of pay than the minimum herein prescribed, will, on promotion to rank of Quartermaster, be permitted to retain such higher rate. This Regulation shall not apply to Quartermasters of the Permanent Army Service Corps, Remount Section.

W. & N.C.O.’s appointed to A. I. Staff.

69. Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers granted temporary appointments to the Administrative and Instructional Staff (Officers) under the provisions of Australian Military Regulation 59 shall be paid a fixed consolidated salary of £300 per annum.

Pay of, and provision of horse.

The Regulations regarding the provision of horses and horse hire, which apply in the case of Officers permanently appointed to the Administrative and Instructional Staff (Officers) shall also apply in the cases of those temporarily appointed under Australian Military Regulation 59.

Boys, enlistment of, and pay.

70. Boys enlisted in the Permanent Forces under the provisions of A.M. Regulation 311 shall be paid at the rate of is 9d. per diem, of which 9d. per diem shall be withheld until they reach the age of eighteen years, or date of discharge if previously discharged, when the amount so withheld will be payable to them, less the unexpired value of any kit and clothing issued to them.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY (FIELD AND GARRISON).

Pay of Officers.

Pay of 2nd Lieutenants, R.A.A.

71. The consolidated rates of pay of officers are as follow:—

2nd Lieutenant.—£200 to £225 per annum.

Increments, 2nd Lieutenants.

Increments—

(i)        On completion of twelve months’ service, and subject to favorable report by Commandant, £15 per annum.

(ii)      On completion of two years’ service (including one year at £215 per annum), and subject to passing Short Course of Gunnery, £10 per annum.

Amended by S.R. 124/1915.

Lieutenant.—£250 to £350.

Increments, Lieutenants.

Increments—

(i) On completion of two years’ service as Lieutenant, and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(ii) On completion of four years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years’ at £275 per annum) subject to passing for Captain or Gunnery Staff Course, and favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(iii) On completion of six years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years’ at £300 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(iv) On completion of eight years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years’ at, £325 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

Captains.

Captain.—£375 to £450 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 per annum, provided, however, that the second increment shall not be admissible unless and until the officer has qualified for the next step of rank.

Field Officers.

Major.—£475 to £550 per annum.

Increments.—Three (annual increments of £25 per annum, provided, however, that the second increment shall not be admissible unless and until the officer has qualified for the next step of rank.

Lieutenant-Colonel —£575 to £625 per annum.

Increments.—Two annual increments of £25 each.

Colonel.—£650 to £725 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 each.

Notes.

Increments, when payable

(1) All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Minister, and provision being made by Parliament.

Deduction for quarters.

(2) The foregoing rates shall be subject to a deduction for the Value of Government Quarters occupied in accordance with Regulation 102.

Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men, R.A.A.

Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men

72 (a)—

Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned. Officers, and Men— continued.

Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned. Officers, and Men— continued.

All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant, and provision being made by Parliament.

Notes.

Allowances, definition of.

(1) Where “allowances” are prescribed in addition to the rate of pay, the term “allowances” shall mean that quarters, rations, fuel and light, medical attendance, hospital, and uniform shall be provided free by the Government.

W.O.’s higher rates.

(2) A Warrant Officer in receipt of a salary higher than the minimum herein prescribed for a 1st Class Master Gunner shall on promotion or appointment to the latter rank be allotted the next higher subdivisional rate of pay to that which he was in receipt of prior to such appointment or promotion.

Good Conduct Pay.

(b) Good Conduct Pay (Acting Bombardiers, Gunners, Shoeing Smiths, Saddlers, Fitters, Wheeler, Drivers and Trumpeters only)—

After two years’ service, with good conduct, 2d. per day.

After four years’ service, and if in possession of one good conduct badge for one year, 4d. per day.

After six years’ service, and if in possession of two good conduct badges for one year, 6d. per day.

Married Establishment.

Married establishment.

Amended by S.R. 15/1915.

73. (a) All married Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers above the rank of Corporal, not drawing consolidated pay, shall be included on the married establishment. A married Non-Commissioned Officer below the rank of Sergeant, or man, not drawing consolidated pay, who has served three years in the Permanent Forces, shall be entitled to be placed on the married establishment provided that he—

(i) has informed his Commanding Officer of his intention to marry; and

(ii) has, if so required, produced a certificate, or other satisfactory evidence of his marriage, and provided that no soldier shall be taken on the married roll whose wife is not substantially of European origin or descent.

(iii) A soldier who, although he has completed three years’ service, has neglected to inform his Commanding Officer of his intention to marry, shall only be brought on the married establishment from the date on which he informs the Commanding Officer, and produces the certificate or other satisfactory evidence of his marriage.

Added by S.R. 14/1917.

(iv) Provided that during the current war men who are married at date of enlistment may be included on the married establishment as from date of enlistment.

Quarters.

(b) Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and men on the married establishment shall be allotted public quarters where such are available; or a lodging allowance may be granted if not drawing consolidated pay, in lieu of quarters, where quarters are not available.

Lodging Allowances.

(c) When public quarters are not available, lodging allowances, which include fuel, light, bedding, and other barrack store allowances, may be issued in cases where pay is not consolidated, according to the following scale:—

Staff Sergeant...................2s. 3d. per diem.

Sergeant..........................2s. 0d. per diem.

Amended by S.R. 7/1916.

Rank and File, 2s. per diem in 2nd Military District; 1s. 6d. per diem in other Military Districts.

Deduction for quarters.

(d) When public quarters are allotted to a Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, or man in receipt of a consolidated rate of pay, a deduction of one-tenth shall be made from such pay, unless otherwise approved by the Minister; approved deduction, however, not to exceed 2s. per diem.

Single room.

(e) When a single room, together with fuel and light, in barrack or public quarters, is allotted to a Warrant Officer or Staff Sergeant drawing a consolidated rate of pay, stoppages from his pay shall be made as follows:—

(1) Ninepence per diem for the room, fuel and light, during the period for which the room is allotted to him.

(2) The contract price of rations, if supplied.

Quarters, during absence of wife from Thursday Island and Townsville.

(f) A soldier on the married establishment stationed at Thursday Island or Townsville, compulsorily separated from his wife and family, on account of the ill-health of his wife, may be permitted to occupy quarters, as for an unmarried soldier, in Barracks, and

or,

provided that in such cases a medical certificate is given:—

(i) By the Medical Officer in charge of troops at the place at which the soldier was stationed on transfer, that the wife of such soldier is unable, on account of ill-health, to proceed to Thursday Island or Townsville (as the case may be); or,

(ii.) By the Medical Officer in charge of Troops at Thursday Island or Townsville, that on account of ill-health the wife of the soldier is unable to remain at Thursday Island or Townsville (as the case may be).

Inserted by S.R. 125/15.

The foregoing shall also apply to a soldier on the married establishment stationed at Thursday Island or Townsville who is separated from his wife and family for satisfactory reasons other than the ill-health of his wife, with the exception that, in lieu of a medical certificate, the approval of the Minister must first be obtained.

Specialist and Special Duty Pay.

Specialist and Special Duty Pay.

74. The following shall be the rates of extra pay for Specialists and for special duty, in accordance with the Establishment authorized by the Military Board:—

Note.—Not more than half of each of these appointments shall be held by Non-commissioned Officers, and no Non-commissioned Officer above the rank of Corporal shall be eligible for any of them, except that of Schoolmaster, which may be held by a Sergeant.

Extra Duty Pay—Permanent Forces.

Extra duty pay.

75. (a) When members of the Permanent Forces are called upon to perform work of a non-clerical nature for which it may be deemed expedient to grant extra pay, the following rates may be allowed by special approval of the Military Board:—

Claims to be certified.

(b) Before claims for Special or Extra Duty Pay are submitted to the District Paymaster, the officer under whom the work is carried out must certify that the service has been properly performed, and he will be held personally responsible for any overpayment made.

Amended by S.R. 14/1917 to operate from 1.3.1916.

(c) During the period of the war, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff who are employed in Australian Imperial Force Camps or Schools of Instruction may be allowed extra duty pay at the rate of 1s. 6d. per diem for each day on which they are so employed.

Operates from 1.7.16, vide S.R. 318/16.

(d) During the period of the war extra duty pay at the rate of 1s. 6d. per diem may also be paid to Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff employed at Camps of Continuous Training for Citizen Forces provided that such Members attend the Camp for a period exceeding sixteen days continuous.

Tropical Pay—Permanent Forces.

Tropical Pay.

76. The following extra pay, in addition to ordinary rates, shall be granted to members of the Permanent Forces, stationed at Thursday Island and Townsville who are not in receipt of a consolidated rate of pay. Those members in receipt of a consolidated

rate of pay shall draw District Allowance as prescribed in Regulation 233, in lieu of Tropical Pay.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.

Consolidated Pay of Officers.

Pay and increments of Lieutenants Engineers.

77. (a) Staff Officer for Works.—£350 to £450 per annum. Increments.—Six annual increments of £15, and one of £10.

(b) Cancelled, by S. R. 61/1915.

(c) Cancelled.

(d) Lieutenant.—£250 to £350 per annum.

Increments—

(i) On completion of two years’ service as’ Lieutenant, and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(ii) On completion of four years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years’ at £275 per annum), and subject to passing for Captain, and favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(iii) On completion of six years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years’ at £300 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(iv) On completion of eight years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years’ at £325 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

Captain.

(e) Captain.—£375 to £450 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 per annum, provided, however, that the second increment shall not be admissible unless and until the officer has qualified for the next step of rank.

Field. Officer.

(f) Major.—£475 to £550 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 per annum, provided, however, that the second increment shall not be admissible unless and until the officer has qualified for the next step of rank.

(g) Lieutenant-Colonel.—£575 to £625 per annum.

Increments.—Two annual increments of £25 each.

Notes.

Increments, when payable.

(1) All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Minister and provision being made by Parliament.

Quarters, deduction for.

(2) The foregoing rates shall be subject to a deduction for the value of Government Quarters occupied, in accordance with Financial Regulation 102.

Pay of Warrant Officers., Non-commissioned Officers, and Men. 78 (a)—

Increments.

All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

Notes.

Definition of allowances.

(1) Where “allowances” are prescribed in addition to the rate of pay, the term “allowances” shall mean that quarters, rations, fuel and light, medical attendance, hospital, and uniform shall be provided free by the Government.

Inserted by S.R, 1914/80.

(2) In lieu of a free issue of uniform, as provided in the foregoing, a sum not exceeding £5 per annum may be allowed to each member of the crew of the steam launch Mars.

(b) Good Conduct Pay (Sappers only).

Good Conduct Pay.

After two years’ service with good conduct—2d. per diem.

After four years’ service, and if in possession of one good conduct badge for one year—4d. per diem.

After six years’ service, and if in possession of two good conduct badges for one year—6d. per diem.

Married Establishment.

Married Establishment.

79. As for the Royal Australian Artillery, Regulation No. 73.

Allowance while Steamers are in Dock.

Allowance while in Dock.

80. An allowance of 2s. per diem, to cover increased cost of living, may be paid to members of crews of submarine-mining steamers for each night required to live ashore while vessels are undergoing periodical overhaul in dock; provided it is necessary to vacate quarters on the vessels, and it is not possible to provide Government quarters ashore.

Special Duty Pay.

Special Duty Pay, Divers.

81. Qualified Divers—not to exceed four in each State—shall receive an allowance of 2d. per diem, and when employed in diving operations, 1s. 6d. per hour, if approved by the Commandant. Qualifying examinations are to be held in December of each year, and examinees obtaining the highest number of marks will receive the extra duty pay of 2d. per diem for period 1st January to 31st December succeeding the date upon which the examination is held.

8ia. Central Flying School.

Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men.

Inserted by S.R. 61/1915, 5.5.1915.

Central Flying School— continued.

Inserted by S.R. 17/1916.

Australian Survey Corps.

Consolidated Pay of Officers.

Pay increments of officers.

81b. Lieutenant.—£250 to £350 per annum. Four biennial increments of £25 per annum.

Captain—£375 to £450 per annum. Three annual increments of £25 per annum.

(1) The payment of any increment is subject to the satisfactory performance of the Officer’s duties, land is dependent upon the Minister’s approval and provision being made by Parliament.

(2) The foregoing rates shall be subject to a deduction for the value of Government quarters occupied, in accordance with Financial Regulation 102.

81c. Pay of Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers.

Warrant Officer (Draughtsman).—£230 to £300 per annum. Increments—£10 annually, Subdivisional rates being £230, £240, £250, £260, £270, £280, £290, £300.

Inserted by S.R. 17/1916.

Warrant Officer (Topographer).—£230 to £285 per annum. Increments—Four annual increments of £10, and long service increment of £15 after three years’ service at £270 per annum. Subdivisional rates being £230, £240, £250, £260, £270, £285.

Company Sergeant-Major (Topographer).—£200 to £220 per annum. Increments—Two annual increments of £10. Subdivisional rates being £200, £210, £220.

Sergeant (Topographer).—£186 to £196 per annum. (Consolidated) two annual increments of £5. Subdivisional rates being £186, £191, £196.

Corporal (Topographer).—£160 to £178 per annum. (Consolidated) one annual increment of £10 and one of £8.

(1) All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

(2) Warrant Officers in receipt of more than £250 per annum shall, upon promotion to commissioned rank, continue to receive the higher rate.

Uniform.—On appointment, topographers may receive an allowance of £10 for uniform, payable on production of vouchers for authorized articles.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

82. (a) Pay of Officers (to be as prescribed for Administrative and Instructional Staff).

Pay—All ranks.

(b) Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men.

Increments.

All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant, and provision being made by Parliament.

Amended by S.R. 251/16, to come into operation from 1.8.1916.

Provided that Non-Commissioned Officers who held the rank of Farrier Sergeant prior to the 1st August, 1916, and who are promoted to the rank of Company’ Quartermaster-Sergeant, shall continue to draw pay at the rate of 6s 9d. per diem with allowances.

Note.

Definition of allowances.

Where “allowances” are prescribed in addition to the rate of pay, the term “allowances” shall mean that quarters, rations, fuel and light, medical attendance, hospital, and uniform shall be provided free by the Government.

(c) Good Conduct Pay (Lance-Corporals, Shoeing Smiths, Privates, and Drivers only).

Inserted by S.R. 1914/68, to operate from 1.7.1913.

As for the Royal Australian Artillery, Regulation 72 (b).

(d) Good Conduct Pay.

Amended by S.R. 7/1918.

Corps pay at the rate of 9d per day will be paid to all Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the Remount Sections, and to Drivers of the Transport Sections, Australian Army Service Corps

Married Establishment.

Amended by S.R. 7/1916.

83. As for the Royal Australian Artillery, Regulation 73.

Remount Sections.—Members of the Remount Sections and Drivers of the Transport Sections who are not provided with quarters will receive the lodging allowance prescribed in Regulation 73, which will include fuel, light, bedding, and other barrack store allowances. Members enlisted as married men will be borne on the married establishment, notwithstanding their service is less than three years.

Special Duty Pay.

Pay of Clerk.

84. Clerk.............................................1s. per diem

AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Pay of.

85. (a) Pay of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men.

Increments.

All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

Note.

Definition of “Allowances.”

Where “allowances” are prescribed in addition to the rate of pay, the term “allowances” shall mean that quarters, rations, fuel and light, medical attendance, hospital, and uniform shall be provided free by the Government.

Good Conduct Pay.

(b) Good Conduct Pay (Lance-Corporals and Privates only).

As for the Royal Australian Artillery, Regulation 72 (b).

Married Establishment.

Married Establishment.

86. As for the Royal Australian Artillery, Regulation 73.

Special Duty Pay.

Special Duty Pay.

87. Compounder...................................2s. per diem.

Orderly-room Clerk................................1s. ”

Storeman, Ambulance Depôt..........................1s. ”

Cook (patients in hospital and personnel)..................6d ”

Note.—Special Duty Pay shall not be allowed in the cases of Non-Commissioned Officers above the rank of Corporal.

Inserted by S.R. 7/1916.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY VETERINARY CORPS.

Veterinary Officers.

Veterinary Officers.

87a. (a) The pay of Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent) will be—

Lieutenants.—£300 to £425 per annum.

Increments.—Five biennial increments of £25 per annum.

Captains.—£450 to £500 per annum.

Increments—Two biennial increments of £25 per annum.

Veterinary services, provision for in certain cases.

In districts where there is no Officer of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent), an allowance, approved by the Minister, may be paid to an Officer of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Militia) for duties in connexion with horses of the Permanent Military Establishment, and, when no such Officer is available, the allowance may be paid to a civilian veterinary practitioner.

Notes.

Increments, how payable.

(1) All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Minister, and provision being made by Parliament.

Deduction for quarters.

(2) The foregoing rates shall be subject to a deduction for the value of Government quarters occupied in accordance with Financial Regulation 102.

Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men.

(b) Sergeant.—6s. 6d. per diem, and allowance.

Married Establishment.

(c) As for the Royal Australian Artillery, Regulation 73.

Note.

Definition of allowances.

Where “allowances” (are prescribed in addition to the rate of pay, the term “allowances” shall mean that quarters, rations, fuel and light, medical attendance, hospital, and uniform shall be provided free by the Government.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT AND RIFLE RANGE SERVICES.

Position and Grade.

88. The positions held by members of the Ordnance Department and Rifle Range Staffs (other than those serving under the Public Service Act) shall be arranged in grades, as set forth in the following Schedule. Except where otherwise provided, the limits of salary to be paid to a member occupying any office designated in such Schedule shall be as prescribed therein in respect to such office.

To hold higher rate.

Where a member is already in receipt of a higher rate of pay than prescribed in this Regulation, he shall continue to receive such higher rate of pay while holding the office.

* Former designation “Inspecting Ranger.”

Ordnance Department and Rifle Range Services—continued

Notes.

(1) Advancement to higher grade shall be dependent on vacancies occurring or reclassification of position.

(2) No increments are provided in this grade. Salaries shall be such as may be determined from time to time by the Minister.

(3) Range Clerks will be eligible for appointment as Inspectors, subject to passing the necessary examination and qualifying as licensed surveyors.

(4) Range Foremen will be eligible for appointment as Range Clerks subject to passing a qualifying examination.

Appointments, Minister to make.

Appointments to positions included in the above schedule shall be made by the Minister.

Apportionment of increments.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation, in any case where an increment would be deferred, owing to the provisions of this Regulation, beyond the date upon which it would otherwise have accrued, the increment may be granted from such date.

Pay of grade.

The grade of a member under the provisions of this Regulation shall be that corresponding to his designation, provided that a member who is receiving, at the date of this Regulation, less than the minimum salary of his grade as provided thereunder, may be granted such minimum salary as from 1st March, 1913; and provided further that where the same designation occurs in two or more grades, the grade of the member shall be that corresponding in rate of pay to the grading of his office prior to the issue of this Regulation.

Payment for quarters.

When public quarters are allotted to a member of the Ordnance Department or Rifle Range Services, a deduction of one-tenth shall be made from his pay.

Inspection of Warlike Stores Staff.

Operates from 1st March, 1914, vide S.R. 35/1914.

88a. The following shall be the scale of pay (inclusive of rations and all other allowances other than travelling allowances for members of the Inspecting Staff in the Department of the Chief of Ordnance:—

PAY OF ARMAMENT ARTIFICERS.

Pay of Armament Artificers.

Operates from 1.1.1916, vide S.R. 18/1916.

89. (a) The following shall be the scale of pay (inclusive of rations and all allowances other than travelling and uniform allowances) to govern all future appointments, promotions, or increments:—

Deduction for quarters.

(b) If occupying quarters, a deduction of one-tenth shall be made from the pay.

(c) Increments are payable subject to provision being made by Parliament, and approval of Commandant.

(d) Warrant Officer Artificers, Armament Artificers, and Artificers’ Labourers shall receive uniform allowance at the rate £5 per annum, and shall provide themselves with uniform as prescribed.

(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation, in any case where an increment would be deferred, owing to the provisions of this regulation, beyond the date upon which it would have accrued, the increment may be granted from such date.

(f) Any member who was receiving, at the date of this Regulation, less than the minimum salary of his position as provided there under, may be granted such minimum salary as from 1st January, 1916.

CREW OF THE STEAM LAUNCH “MARS.”

90. Pay of.

All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.

Pay and Increments of Officers.

91. Pay of Officers—

2nd Lieutenant.—.£200 to .£225 per annum.

2nd Lieut.

Increments—

(i.) On completion of twelve months’ service, and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £15.

Amended by S.R. 104/1914.

(ii.) On completion of two years’ service (including one year at  £215 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £10 per annum.

Lieutenant.—£250 to £350 per annum.

Increments—

(i.) On completion of two years’ service as Lieutenant, and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(ii.) On completion of four years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years at £275 per annum), subject to passing for Captain and to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(iii.) On completion of six years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years at £300 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

(iv.) On completion of eight years’ service as Lieutenant (including two years at £325 per annum), and subject to favorable report by the Commandant, £25 per annum.

Captain.—£375 to £450 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 per annum, provided, however, that the second increment shall not be admissible unless and until the officer has qualified for the next step of rank.

C.9802.—2

Major.—£475 to £550 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 per annum, provided, however, that the second increment shall not be admissible unless and until the officer has qualified for the next step of rank.

Lieutenant-Colonel.—£575 to,£625 per annum.

Increments—Two annual increments of £25 each.

Colonel.—£650 to £725 per annum.

Increments.—Three annual increments of £25 each.

Portion deleted by S.R. 7/1916.

Notes.

Increments, how payable.

(1) All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Minister and provision being made by Parliament.

Deduction for quarters.

(2) The foregoing rates shall be subject to a deduction for the value of Government quarters occupied in accordance with Financial Regulation 102.

92. Cancelled. Vide S.R. 211/1915.

PAY OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.

Pay, all ranks. 93. (a)—

Increments, when payable.

All increments shall be dependent on the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

Notes.

Subdivisional rate of W.O.

(a) A Staff Regimental Sergeant-Major in receipt of a salary higher than the minimum herein prescribed for a Garrison Sergeant-Major, shall, on promotion or appointment to the latter rank, be allotted the next higher subdivisional rate of pay to that which he was in receipt of as a Staff Regimental Sergeant-Major.

Previous pay, retention of.

(b) A Non-Commissioned Officer of the Permanent Forces appointed to the Instructional Staff, whose pay and commuted allowances for uniform, fuel, light, rations, and quarters at the time of such appointment exceed the minimum rate of consolidated pay, as above provided for a Staff Sergeant-Major, shall be paid such higher rate until he is promoted to a rank or subdivision carrying an equivalent or higher rate of pay, or until such time as he

would be enabled by ordinary increments to reach an equivalent or higher rate of pay, had he been appointed at the minimum rate prescribed.

Establishment.

(c) The establishment of the different ranks shall be as from time to time provided for on the Estimates, and approved by Parliament.

First appointments.

(d) All appointments shall be to the lowest rank and at the minimum salary except as provided in (b).

Deduction for quarters.

(e) When public quarters are allotted to a Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officer in receipt of a consolidated rate of pay, a deduction shall be made in accordance with Regulation 102.

Horse allowance.

Horse hire may be paid When absent on duty.

(f) If in receipt of such an allowance on the date of coming into force of this Regulation, a Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officer of the Instructional Staff required to provide a horse shall continue to draw horse allowance at the rate of £30 per annum. A Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officer resident in the metropolitan area, within a radius of 8 miles from the General Post Office, or District Head-Quarters, when required to be mounted after the date of coming into operation of these Regulations, shall be provided with a horse from the contractor if one cannot be made available by the Department, and not draw the allowance. In country or other places where no contract exists, cost of reasonable horse hire will be paid upon production of receipts. An Instructor while absent abroad for duty shall not draw horse allowance unless he leaves a suitable horse available for the use of the Instructor temporarily performing his duties, whose certificate that the horse is available shall be required before payment of the horse allowance is made.

Uniform allowance.

(g) A Non-Commissioned Officer of the Instructional Staff shall, on first appointment, receive a sum not exceeding £10 for the purchase of such articles of uniform as may be approved by the Military Board. Claim must be supported by vouchers, and be approved by the Commandant.

Special School of Instruction for the Training of an Instructional Staff of Non-Commissioned Officers.

94. Persons appointed to a Special School of Instruction (Defence Act 21b) for the training of an Instructional Staff of Non-Commissioned Officers shall be granted pay at the minimum rate prescribed for Non-Commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff (Regulation 93) together with uniform and rations or allowance in lieu, as may be approved by the Minister.

MILITARY STAFF CLERKS.

Military Staff Clerks.

95- (i) Military Staff Clerks shall be classified as under:-

Operates from 1.7.16, vide S.R. 249/10.

(2) The salaries following shall be paid to Military Staff Clerks eighteen years of age and over on appointment, until they reach the age of twenty-one years:—

Provided that those over seventeen years of age on appointment shall be classified as if they entered at the minimum salary of £60 per annum, and had received the salaries payable under this Regulation to Military Staff Clerks appointed at the minimum of £60 per annum.

(3) Military Staff Clerks on reaching the age of twenty-one years shall, if single, be paid a salary of not less than £126, and if married, shall be paid a salary of not less than £150 per annum.

(4) Every Military Staff Clerk in the first subdivision of the Second Class shall be advanced, after twelve months, to the next higher subdivision, provided that such advancement has been approved by the Minister upon report from the Adjutant-General as to conduct, diligence, and general efficiency.

Further, provided that every Military Staff Clerk who is over eighteen years of age on appointment and who shall receive the salary of £126 a year solely because he is twenty-one years of age, or the salary of £150 solely because he is over twenty-one years of age and married, shall only be advanced (if entitled to increments) to the next higher subdivision each year after having reached £126 or £150, as the case may be, for twelve months, until he receives £156 a year. No further advancement shall be granted until he would, in the ordinary course, have become entitled to more than £156 a year if he had advanced through the subdivisions of the Third Class and had remained unmarried. This condition is without prejudice at any time for special efficiency, good conduct and diligence.

(5) The salary of £126 or £150, as the case may be, shall be payable from the first day of the month succeeding the date upon which a Military Staff Clerk attains the age of twenty-one years or marries. Provided, however, that where a Military Staff Clerk marries while in receipt of £138 per annum he shall be advanced to £156 twelve months after he has received £138.

(6) A Military Staff Clerk required for work away from home during the first two years of his appointment shall be paid an allowance sufficient to make his total salary and allowance up to £84 a year.

(7) The Act and Regulations governing the classification, pay, increments and allowances of the clerical division of the Commonwealth Public Service shall apply to Military Staff Clerks, but in cases where, under the Public Service Act and Regulations, the approval of the Governor-General or Public Service Commissioner is required, the approval of the Minister shall be substituted.

TYPISTS.

96. The rates of pay for typists shall be as follows:—

Amended by S.R. 32/1914* to operate from 1.3.1914.

Apportionment of pay.

The minimum and maximum rates shown indicate the limits of pay for each grade, and appointments may be made by the Minister at any rate of pay within these limits.

Where, in the opinion of the Minister, the pay of Grade I. would not be adequate remuneration for any typist on first appointment, he may approve of such typist being appointed to Grade II.

Vacancies, filling of.

Applications to fill vacancies for typists shall be invited in the metropolitan press and in District Orders of the State concerned, the applications, accompanied by the Commandant’s recommendations, shall be submitted to Head-Quarters.

In the case of appointments to Head-Quarters, the Permanent Head will submit recommendations, similar procedure to the above being followed.

Shorthand writer, special pay for.

If a typist is in possession of a certificate from the Permanent Head or Commandant that he is a qualified shorthand writer, and that his duties require him to be employed as such, an addition of £12 per annum may be made to the above rates of pay, commencing on the 1st July following the date of the certificate heretofore referred to.

Conditions for appointment.

The conditions which govern the appointment of members of the Permanent Forces as Military Staff clerks shall also apply to typists provided that they pass the prescribed examination for such appointment.

Inserted by S.R. 200/1915, operates from 1.10.15.

All increments shall be dependent upon the approval of the Commandant, and provision being made by Parliament.

ASSISTANTS.

Rates of pay.

97. The following shall be the rates of pay for Junior Assistants and Assistants, viz.:—

Amended by S.R. 52/1914, to operate from 1.3.1914.

Apportionment of pay.

The minimum and maximum rates shown indicate the limits of pay for each grade, and appointments may be made by the Minister at any rate of pay within those limits.

In the case of appointment of Junior Assistants, the same procedure shall be observed as laid down for Messengers, Class A

Vacancies, how filled.

Applications to fill vacancies for Assistants shall be invited in the metropolitan press and in District Orders of the State concerned, and the applications, accompanied by the Commandant’s recommendation, shall be submitted to Head-Quarters. Candidates must not be more than 45 years of age.

Inserted by S.R. 200/1915, operates from 1.10.1915.

All increments shall be dependent upon the approval of the Commandant and provision being made by Parliament.

MESSENGERS.

Candidates for appointment.

98. Candidates for appointment shall be either—

Messengers—

Class A.—Youths not exceeding eighteen years of age who have passed the Commonwealth Public Service Examination for the General Division, or its equivalent in standard, are certified to be medically fit, and produce satisfactory references from their Area Officers and previous employers, if any.

Class B.—Members or ex-members of the Defence Force whose ages do not exceed fifty years, who are certified to be medically fit and sufficiently active to perform the duties required of them, and produce satisfactory references.

Filling vacancies.

Commandants may recommend that vacancies in their Districts be filled by the appointment of candidates under Class A or Class B, and shall submit reasons for so recommending.

For Class A, application is to be made to the Commonwealth Public Service Inspector of the State concerned for a list of qualified youths who are available for employment, and a selection may be made by the District Commandant.

A list of applicants for appointment under Class B shall be kept in each Military District, and full particulars of previous service shall be given when submitting names for appointment.

The Permanent Head of the Department will submit recommendation for appointment at Head-Quarters, similar procedure as above being followed.

Rates of Pay.

The minimum and maximum rates shown indicate the limits of pay for each Grade, and appointments may be made by the Minister at any rate of pay within those limits.

Inserted by S.R. 200/15, operates from 1.10.1915.

All increments shall be dependent upon the approval of the Commandant, and provision being made by Parliament.

98A. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations any award made by or agreement filed in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, in pursuance of the Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1911, or of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1915 shall apply as if it formed part of these Regulations, as from the date on which the award or agreement comes into operation to any department, branch officer, employee, designation, or position approved by the Minister.

SPECIAL DUTY PAY FOR EXTRA REGIMENTAL APPOINTMENTS.

Special duty pay.

Substituted by S.R. 90/1916, to operate from 1.7.14.

99. Special duty pay, at the following rates, will be paid to Officers holding special appointments, in addition to the annual rates of regimental pay prescribed for their rank; but an Officer holding more than one of these appointments shall only be permitted to receive the special duty pay allotted to one of such appointments:—

Amended by S.R.208/1916, to operate from 1.7.1916.

Retention of previous rates.

100. Provided, nevertheless, that an officer holding a special appointment on the 30th June, 1912, whose total pay and allowances on that date were greater than the total emoluments he would receive under Regulation 99, may continue to be paid such higher rate so long as he continues to hold such special appointment.

ALLOTMENT AND OCCUPATION OF QUARTERS.

Allotment and occupation of quarters and deductions for.

101. Where rooms are available, quarters shall be allotted to officers in accordance with the following scale:—

Deduction from pay.

102 (a) When quarters are occupied by a member of the Military Forces in receipt of a consolidated rate of pay the following deduction shall be made from his pay, irrespective of the number of rooms that may be available for allotment being less than under the scale—

If married, 10 per cent. of salary.

If single, 6 per cent. of salary.

Quarters must be occupied.

(b) When married members are not available for vacant married quarters, such quarters shall, as far as possible, be allotted to single officers in accordance with the scale laid down in Regulation 101.

This Regulation shall not apply to Quartermasters of the Permanent Army Service Corps, Remount Section.

103. Cancelled by S.R. 211/1915.

Compulsory quarters be occupied.

104. The Commandant will be responsible that all quarters are occupied, and in the event of quarters remaining vacant for more than a month, he shall report the circumstances of the case to the Military Board.

Notify vacations.

105. The District Paymaster is to be notified without delay of dates of occupation and vacation of quarters.

Vacating quarters compulsorily.

Substituted by S.R. 200/1915; operates from 1.10.1915.

106. When quarters are compulsorily vacated, for sanitary or other authorized reasons, deduction for quarters shall cease to be made, and travelling- allowance of rank, not exceeding seven days,

may be paid, provided the member has been unable to secure accommodation elsewhere. One month’s notice to vacate quarters to be given where practicable. Cases in which special circumstances arise shall be referred to Head-Quarters.

GOOD CONDUCT BADGES.

Good conduct badges.

107. A good conduct badge shall be a high distinction conferred on a soldier below the rank of corporal, 2nd corporal, or bombardier, as a token of good conduct, and shall be marked by a chevron worn on the left arm.

Pay for badge.

(a) To every good conduct badge, good conduct pay at the rate of 2d. per diem shall be attached. Such good conduct pay shall not in any case be drawn for any day on which the soldier does not receive pay.

Grant of badges

(b) Subject to sub-para. (d), a good conduct badge shall be awarded within the limits laid down in Part IV. of these Regulations, to a soldier on completing a “term of good conduct,” i.e., a period of two years, during which no entry has been made against the soldier’s name in the Regimental Conduct Sheet, except in the case of soldiers who served under the Regulations previously existing in the States and re-engaged, who may receive the third good conduct badge after the completion of a six years’ term of good conduct. If the offence last entered involved detention or imprisonment, such period shall reckon from the date of the termination of the detention or imprisonment, otherwise it shall reckon from the date on which punishment was awarded.

Second badge.

(c) A second or later badge shall not be granted under sub-para. (b) until the badge or badges previously awarded have been held through a complete “term of good conduct,” immediately preceding the date of the grant, except as laid down in sub-para. (f).

Badge not granted, when.

(d) A good conduct badge shall not be awarded to a soldier under sub-para. (b) if, on the completion of a “term of good conduct,” he is absent, or is in confinement, or in arrest waiting disposal. When the Commanding Officer finally disposes of any such case, he shall, unless he awards punishment which entails forfeiture of pay under Australian Military Regulations, decide whether the badge is or is not to be given to the soldier.

Reduction in rank.

(e) A soldier reduced from a higher rank to a rank in which he would be eligible for a good conduct badge shall, unless forfeiture is awarded under sub-paras. (h) to (j), be granted at once such a number of badges as he would have been eligible for under Part IV. of these Regulations in the lower ranks, regard being had to the entries in his Regimental Conduct Sheet—see sub-para. (g)—and the remaining badge or badges shall be awarded under the conditions of sub-para. (m).

Forfeited service—Re-gaining badges.

(f) When the service which a soldier has forfeited by desertion, or any other cause, has been restored to him, he shall, from the date on which he is held to have become eligible for such restoration, be re-assessed for good conduct badges, and be awarded those to which his total service entitled him, having regard to the several entries of his name in the Conduct Sheet since attestation, including the entry of the offence for which his service was

forfeited. In such a case, the uninterrupted possession of the previous badge or badges during a complete “term of good conduct” (as defined above) shall not be enforced; nor shall it be necessary, before another badge can be awarded, that a full “term of good conduct” should have elapsed from the date of re-assessment.

Forfeiture badges.

(g) One badge held by a soldier shall be forfeited for each occasion on which his name appears in the Regimental Conduct Sheet—see sub-para. (b)—unless the entry be for an offence entailing further forfeiture under sub-paras. (h) to (k).

Sentence of Court Martial.

(h) Except as laid down in sub-para. (i), a General or District Court Martial may, in addition to, or without any other punishment, sentence a soldier to forfeit all or any of his good conduct badges.

Absolute forfeiture.

(i) A soldier shall forfeit all his good conduct badges and be placed in the same position as regards earning badges as a recruit when—

1. He is convicted of an offence under sub-paras (24) to (28) Australian Military Regulation 494.

2. His conviction by a Court Martial, or the order dispensing with his trial, is such as to entail a forfeiture of former service towards engagement.

In such cases the forfeiture of badges shall not be included in the sentence.

Sentenced to over 6 months’ imprisonment.

(j) A soldier sentenced by a Court-martial or Civil Court to a term of imprisonment exceeding six months shall forfeit all good conduct badges held by him, and shall be placed in the same position as regards earning badges as a soldier to whom a badge has never been awarded.

Forfeitures on discharge for offences, &c.

(k) A soldier shall forfeit the whole of his good conduct badges when discharged—

1. With ignominy.

2. In consequence of his incorrigible and worthless character.

3. Expressly on account of misconduct.

4. On conviction by the Civil Power.

5. On being sentenced to penal servitude.

6. For giving a false answer on attestation.

Date of forfeiture.

(l) The forfeiture of a good conduct badge shall be reckoned from the date on which punishment has been awarded.

Restoration of Badges.

(m) A soldier who forfeits a good conduct badge, except under the circumstances defined in sub-paras. (i) and (j), shall regain it on completing a “half term of good conduct,” reckoned as laid down in sub-para. (b).

Half term of good conduct.

Note A.—If the soldier has lost more than one badge, he shall complete a “half term of good conduct” from the date of the last badge forfeited before one lost badge is restored, and shall complete another “half term” before the second badge is restored, and so on.

Badge withheld, when.

Note B.—No good conduct badge shall, however, be restored if, on the completion of a “half term of good conduct,” the soldier is absent, or is awaiting disposal for an offence which is subsequently entered in the Regimental Conduct Sheet, or is absent under conditions which afterwards entail such an entry.

FORFEITURE OF PAY.

Forfeiture of pay.

108. A soldier shall forfeit his pay—

Absence.

(a) For every day of absence on desertion or without leave.

In confinement for offences committed.

(b) For every day of confinement in hospital, guard-room, on the line of march, cells, detention barracks or rooms, or civil prison, while under sentence for an offence awarded by a Civil Court or court-martial, or by his commanding officer.

In confinement and subsequently punished.

(c) For every day of confinement in hospital, on the line of march, guard-room, cells, detention barracks or rooms, or public prison—

1. On a charge for an offence of, which he is afterwards convicted by a court-martial or by a Civil Court.

2. On a charge of absence without leave, for which he is afterwards awarded detention by his commanding officer.

Illness through misconduct.

(d) For every day on which he is in hospital on account of sickness, certified by the proper medical officer attending on him at the hospital to have been caused by an offence under the Defence Act and Regulations committed by him.

Absence or in confinement, definition of.

109. A soldier shall be regarded as absent, or in confinement for one day, within the meaning of Regulation 108—

(a) When he has been absent without leave, or in confinement for six consecutive hours, whether wholly in one day or partly in one day and partly in another; or

(b) When, owing to his absence without leave, or to his being in confinement, he has been prevented from fulfilling some military duty which was thereby thrown on some other person.

Absence, reckoning of.

110. If a soldier has been absent or in confinement for one day, as defined in Regulation 109, and remains absent or in confinement, he shall be regarded as absent or in confinement for an additional day for every period of six hours reckoned as in the above Regulation, provided such period of six hours is in excess of those reckoned as part of the previous day’s absence or confinement, and provided the number of days during which the soldier can be regarded as absent, or in confinement, shall in no case exceed the number of days during the whole or a portion of which the soldier has been absent or in confinement.

In confinement

111. A soldier shall be regarded as being in confinement within the meaning of Regulation 108 (b) for every day of such confinement, provided that, when a commanding officer’s award of detention is stated in hours, the day on which the confinement commences shall not be regarded as a day of confinement within the meaning of Regulation 108 (b).

Release from confinement.

112. A soldier shall not receive pay for the day of his release from detention barracks or rooms, or public prison. A non-commissioned officer reduced for an offence, if previously in detention or imprisonment, shall not receive pay for the day of reduction.

Acquitted soldiers.

113. A soldier acquitted, or illegally convicted, of a charge, shall, on rejoining for duty, receive full pay from the date on which he was first placed in confinement.

Withheld pay, when forfeited.

114. The sum of 1s. per day shall be withheld from soldiers of the Royal Australian Artillery during the first three months of service, and shall be payable as arrears after the expiration of the said three months if the soldier is still serving. Soldiers who are discharged or have, deserted prior to the completion of three months’ service shall forfeit such arrears. Provided that the provisions of this Regulation shall not apply to soldiers re-enlisted under the provisions of Regulation 67, or to boys enlisted under the provisions of A.M. Regulation 311.

Notification of forfeitures.

115. A notice in writing is to be sent to the District Paymaster, by the Battery or Company Officer, of all forfeitures under Regulations 108 to 113 inclusive, immediately such forfeitures are determined.

“No claims certificate.”

116. Discharge certificates for members of the Permanent Forces are not to be issued until certificates be received from the District Paymaster on A.M. Form No. “A” 36, that all claims affecting Public Funds have been settled.

PROVISION OF HORSES FOR OFFICERS OF THE PERMANENT FORCES.

Chargers for Officers of Permanent Forces.

117. (i.) When Officers of the Permanent Forces require to be mounted for military duty, they are to be provided with Government remounts, if these are available.

(ii.) No special horses are, however, to be reserved for the use of officers only, or for any special officer.

Paymaster to be informed.

(iii.) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-Generals are to furnish District Paymasters at the end of each month with lists giving such particulars of remounts so used by officers, and the duty necessitating such use, as will enable the District Paymaster to make a record showing the earnings of the horses at contract rates.

Payment for hire of horse.

118. (i.) When Government horses are not available, Officers of the Permanent Forces requiring to be mounted for military duty are permitted to make their own arrangements for hiring suitable horses, and may recover a sum not exceeding Ten shillings for each half, and Fifteen shillings for each whole, day for which such hiring is authorized.

Commandants approval for hiring.

(ii.) Before entering into any arrangement for hiring, however, the officer concerned must obtain the approval of the District Commandant to his being mounted for military duty on the occasion for which the allowance is claimed, and this approval, together with supporting receipts from the hirer, must accompany the claim when presented for payment.

Allowance, when to be claimed.

(iii.) The allowance is only to be claimed for such military duties which in the opinion of the District Commandants necessitate officers being mounted when attending camps of training, field manœuvres, staff tours, inspections, schools mounted parades of mounted units, and special parades such as reviews.

Veterinary and shoeing charges disallowed.

(iv.) Veterinary and shoeing charges will not be paid by the Department.

Use of own horse.

Substituted by S.R. 102/1914.

119. (i) In cases where an officer of the Permanent Forces owns and uses a horse suitable for military purposes, he may draw the allowance of Ten shillings or Fifteen shillings referred to in Regulation 118 (i) and subject to the conditions therein set out, and subject to the District Commandant’s approval referred to therein being obtained and forwarded to the District Paymaster.

and provided also that the claimant, if resident at a station at which the services of an officer of the A.A.V.C. are available, must obtain from such officer a certificate that the horse for which the allowance is claimed is suitable, available, and fit for military service in every respect. This certificate is to be forwarded to the District Paymaster, and must be renewed at the end of each quarter.

An officer stationed at a centre at which the services of an officer of the A.A.V.C. are not available will furnish quarterly to the District Paymaster a certificate that the horse for which the allowance is claimed is owned by him, is available, and is, in his opinion, fit for military service in every respect. In addition, a certificate of fitness will, at the first opportunity, be obtained from an officer of the A.A.V.C. and forwarded to the District Paymaster, such certificate to be renewed at least once annually. Veterinary and shoeing charges for such horse will be borne by the owner.

Amended by S.R. 45/1915.

(ii.) In cases where an officer of the Administrative and Instructional Staff owns and uses a horse suitable for military purposes, he may, subject to like conditions to those prescribed in Regulation 118 for the hiring of a horse, as far as they apply, and also subject to the conditions prescribed in sub-paragraph (i.) of this Regulation, use such horse for military purposes and draw the prescribed allowance, provided that the maximum amount that may be paid to an officer under these circumstances shall not exceed £30 per annum.

Applicability of Regulation.

121. The provisions contained in Regulations 117, 118, and 119 have also general application to all officers not serving under the command of District Commandants, and in such cases the heads of the Military Departments under which they serve, or Commanding Officers, as the case may be, will give the approval for their being mounted, referred to therein, when the necessity arises.

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PART V.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER FORCES.

Pay—Officers and Soldiers.

Pay—Officers and Soldiers.

Amended by S.R. 34/1915.

122. (a) Subject to provision being made by Parliament, pay for the parades attended in accordance with the Regulations for efficiency shall be granted to officers and soldiers serving in the Militia Forces at the rates laid down in Regulations 132, 133, and 134, except that any person provisionally appointed on and after the 1st January, 1914, to commissioned rank in the Citizen Forces, other than to the rank of Lieutenant, and with the exception of officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and Australian Army Veterinary Corps, shall only be granted the pay prescribed for the next lower rank until such time as he shall have qualified for the rank to which he has been appointed and his provisional appointment has been confirmed.

Unattached Officers’ list.

(b) Officers on the Unattached List when called upon by the District Commandant in accordance with Australian Military Regulation 145 to perform Military duty, may receive the pay (as prescribed for Militia) of the rank they held in the regiment or corps from which they were transferred to the Unattached List but the total number of days for which pay may be drawn shall not exceed four in one year, without the approval of the Military Board

Variation of Establishment.

123. Officers and others in excess of the authorized number of any rank may be carried on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks, and that the total establishment will not be exceeded.

Absence abroad

124. An Officer who, with the approval of the Military Board proceeds abroad to undergo a Course of Military Instruction or Training may receive the Militia pay of his rank during his absence, provided that he proves to the satisfaction of the Board that he has undergone Courses of Instruction or Training of at least the equivalent of the instruction or training he would have received had he remained for duty with his regiment or corps during the period for which pay is claimed. Pay, however, will not be granted in any such case for a longer period than eighteen months.

Continuous training.

125. Where the efficiency regulations require that, to be efficient an officer or soldier must attend a period of continuous training in a camp or bivouac, pay for the number of days so prescribed shall be set aside from the total annual amount appropriated; and shall not be available for any parade or drill other than attendance at such continuous training except as provided in Regulation 124.

Payments beyond Regulation provisions.

Cable Guards, pay of.

126. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Minister may approve of payment of Militia pay for any number of days in excess of the number prescribed in Regulations 132, 133, and 134, at the daily rates specified therein, and may approve also of payment not exceeding £1 per annum to each member of an approved Cable Guard, subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament.

Pay—Adjutants.

Pay of Acting Adjutant.

Amended by S.R. 45/1915.

127. The pay (including horse and other allowances, except travelling of Officers of the Citizen Forces who are appointed Adjutants,) shall be at the rate of £60 per annum.

Pay—Recruits (Officers and Men).

Pay—Recruits.

128. Recruits, after being passed into the ranks, will be paid for the period of their recruit drill at half of the rates laid down for trained soldiers in Regulations 132, 133, and 134. Recruits who fail to pass into the ranks shall not receive pay. It is to be understood that under no circumstances can a soldier earn more than the maximum rate per annum as laid down for the respective ranks, unless as provided in Regulations 126 and 129, except in the case of Recruit Buglers, Trumpeters, and Drummers under 18 years of age, when the amount shall be 12s. 6d., the sum of £1 5s. shall be retained by Officers Commanding from the first payment, other than Camp pay, due to recruits joining subsequent to the coming into operation of these Regulations. This sum shall, however, be returned to all men who are classified as efficient on the 1st July following their being passed

into the ranks and on the next following 1st July; the amount so retained from men who fail to become efficient, or who are discharged or dismissed during such period, shall be forfeited and forwarded to the District Paymaster for payment into “Defence Revenue.” In the event of the death of a Militiaman before completing conditions prescribed in this Regulation, the amount of deferred pay standing to his credit in the Corps Contingent Account may be paid to his next of kin, upon the approval of the Minister.

Guards of Honour and Escorts.

Guards of Honour and Escorts.

Substituted by S.R. 1914/166, to operate from 6.6.1913.

129. Attendance at Guards of Honour or Escorts for the Governor-General, or the Governor of a State, or in connexion with the opening or prorogation of Parliament, shall be paid for at the rates provided in Regulations 132, 133, and 134 for the respective ranks, in addition to the annual maximum amount therein laid down for such ranks; provided that members of Militia Units receiving a rate of pay less than 8s. per diem shall be paid as for a whole day parade.

Payment Half-Yearly.

Payment half-yearly, general.

130. (a) Payment shall be made half-yearly in arrear, and in the case of Camps of Continuous Training, shall either be made in Camp or on return to stations, at the discretion of the Commandant.

Militia Staffs.

Amended by S.R. 45/1915.

(b) The pay of the Militia Staffs (Command, Brigade, and Regimental), and members of Intelligence Sections, shall he issued subject to the approval of the Commandant upon the certificate of the Commanding Officer (or General Staff Officer in the case of Intelligence Sections) that their duties have been performed efficiently.

Distribution of.

Substituted by S.R. 250/1915.

(c) One half of the annual rate of pay shall be paid to members of the Militia Staffs at the close of the Annual Camp of Continuous Training, and a moiety of the balance at the end of December and June of each financial year, provided, however, that if a member does not attend the Annual Camp of Training for the full period which the efficiency Regulations require officers and soldiers of the Arm to which he belongs to attend in order to be classified as efficient, such member shall forfeit a proportionate amount of the pay allotted to him for the Camp of Training for each day of absence.

Applicability of

Substituted by S.R. 250/1915.

(d) In the case of officers of the Intelligence Section of the General Staff in a Military District, one half of the annual pay shall be issued at the close of the Annual Clamp of Continuous Training upon the certificate of the General Staff Officer that their duties during camp have been efficiently performed, provided, however, that if an officer does not attend the Annual Camp of Continuous Training for the full period of eight days, he shall forfeit for each day of absence a proportionate amount of the pay allotted to him for the Camp of Training. One quarter of the annual pay shall be issued at the end of December and one quarter at the end of June in each financial year.

Added by S.R. 23/1914, to operate from 1.1.1914.

(e) So far as Adjutants, also Staff Officers to Intelligence Corps, are concerned, the above method of payment shall not apply, but these officers shall he paid in accordance with Regulation 127, and beyond the rate of £60 referred to therein, no further Militia pay shall be drawn by them.

Horse Allowance.

Horse allowances.

131. Horse allowance, as under, may be issued to members of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, in consideration of their providing horses suitable for the service; provided that in cases where required by Commandant, in writing, to be mounted for any period in excess of that therein provided for, such case shall be submitted to Head-Quarters for decision.:—

Light Horse.

(a) Light Horse (Militia).—An allowance shall be made in accordance with the scale laid down in Regulation 132.

N.C.O’s and drivers.

Substituted by S.R. 250/1915, to operate fronts 8.3.1913.

(b) Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the Militia Field Artillery, Army Service Corps, and Light Horse Field Ambulances, providing their own horses for mounted parades, may be paid horse allowance, on the approval of Commandant, in accordance with the rates laid down for members of the Light Horse in Regulation 132.

Officers generally (except Light Horse).

(c) Field Officers of the Militia Infantry, Engineers, Army Service Corps, Army Medical Corps, Army Veterinary Corps, all officers of the Militia Field Artillery, Field Troops Engineers, and Light Horse Field Ambulances, who are required to provide suitable chargers, shall receive an allowance at the rate of £16 per annum, payable half-yearly. Officers of the Field Artillery, except acting Adjutants, may, in addition, be paid 15s. for each whole day and 10s. for each half day mounted paid parades attended in excess of attendance at 16 days ordinary paid parades.

When not paid.

Note.—Horse allowance as provided in (c) will not be paid for any half-year unless one whole-day mounted parade, or its equivalent, be attended during each period, except as provided in (e)

In the event, however, of no mounted parades having been ordered during any half-year for the unit of which he is a member, an Officer drawing horse allowance under (c) may be paid the allowance for such half-year provided he owns a suitable horse which has been available for military duty. When an officer has paid a retaining fee for the use of a suitable horse, and the Officer Commanding certifies to that effect on the claim, such fee, not exceeding £8 for the half-year, may be paid upon production of necessary voucher.

Horse hire.

(d) Other officers of the Militia Forces, who are not in receipt of horse allowance, when detailed by a Commandant, in writing, for mounted duty, may hire a horse at a rate not exceeding 15s. for each whole day parade, and 10s. for each half-day parade, the total amount not to exceed £12 per annum. Claims for hiring must be supported by vouchers. In the case of officers riding their own horses, a certificate of ownership must be attached to claim.

Leave, when on.

(e) An officer who draws horse allowance under (c) may be paid the same when on leave of absence or when, with the approval of the Military Board, he has proceeded abroad to undergo Courses of Instruction and is granted pay under Regulation 124, provided that he leaves a horse available for military duty and the claim be so certified, by the Commanding Officer.

Commandant to approve.

(f) In the case of Commanding Officers requiring an officer, not entitled to horse allowance, to be mounted and no horse is available under (e), approval of the Commandant must be obtained, in writing, before incurring the expense.

Leave, when on, payment may be made in certain cases.

(g) Members drawing horse allowance under (a) and (b) can be paid the same if on leave of absence for six months, on the recommendation of Commanding Officers. Members who do not attend any parades during the currency of a half-year shall not receive any horse allowance for such half-year unless on leave, duly approved, for such period.

Notify Paymaster of leave.

(h) All approvals of leave of absence under (e) and (g) are to be forwarded to the District Paymaster without delay.

RATES OF PAY FOR MILITIA FORCES.

Light Horse.

Light Horse.

Amended by S.R. 1914/80.

132.     Light Horse

Note. — Half-day parades shall be paid for at one-half and night drills at one-quarter of the above rates. Recruits passed into the ranks and members promoted during the currency of a half-year shall receive the full horse allowance of their rank for the half-year. Members discharged during the currency of a half-year shall not receive any horse allowance.

HORSE ALLOWANCE.

Inserted by S.R. 1914/80.

Officers and Soldiers of Light Horse Units (except the Privates and Shoeing Smiths referred to hereunder) shall be granted horse allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem for each mounted parade attended, provided that the total amount paid to an officer or soldier any one year shall not exceed £4.

Shoeing Smiths and Privates enlisted prior to 1st July, 1912, shall, whilst in receipt of the rates of pay prescribed for their respective ranks in Regulation 109, be granted horse allowance at following rates:—

Privates, £1 per annum.

Shoeing Smith, £1 4s. per annum.

Payment of horse allowance to be made at times of payment Militia pay, i.e.:—

(a) In Camp of Continuous Training or on return from Camp, at discretion of Commandant.

(b) In the month of June of each financial year.

133.

Field and Garrison Artillery, Intelligence, Infantry, and Departmental Corps.

Amended by S.R. 1915/250.

Field and Garrison Artillery, Infantry, Intelligence Section and Departmental Corps.

Half-day parades shall be paid for at one-half and night drills at one-quarter of the above rates.

Specialist’s pay of £1 per annum will be paid to each qualified “Specialist” of the Field Artillery and Garrison Artillery not exceeding the following:— In each Battery of Field Artillery—8 Gun layers; 4 Signallers; 4 Range-takers. In each company of Garrison Artillery—4 Gun-layers; 4 Telephonists; 3 Range-takers. A Specialist becoming- non-effective during a half-year will not draw Specialist’s pay for that half-year.

Officers of the Army Medical Corps attached to Regiments and Forts shall be paid similarly to Regimental Staff Officers.

Engineers

Engineers