STATUTORY RULES.
1926. No. 68.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1918, to come into operation on and from 1st April, 1926.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of May, 1926.
STONEHAVEN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
NEVILLE HOWSE,
Minister of State for Defence.
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Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets.
(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 82, as amended to this date.)
Amendment.
Regulation 39 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—
“39 (a). Appointments to Staffs or Commands are graded for Staff or Command pay as set out hereunder and officers of the Staff Corps formally appointed thereto, whether temporarily or otherwise, may, whilst holding the appointment, and subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament, be paid the rates shown in addition to pay of rank as authorized in Regulation 38.
C.7200.—Price 3d.
Grade. | Rate per Annum. | Appointment. | |||
Army Head-quarters, Schools, Dépôts &c. | Royal Military College. | Field Army. | Fixed Machinery. | ||
1a | £ 90 | Colonels on the Staff; Colonels and Staff Officers, 1st Grade, General and Administrative Staff. | Staff Officer, 1st Grade— Director of Military Art |
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1b | 80 | ..................... | ..................... | Staff Officers, 1st Grade — G (General Staff), A (Adjutant-General) and Q (Quartermaster-General) Branches | District Base Commandants, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Military Districts. Commander, Field Troops and District Base Commandant. 6th Military District Staff Officers, 1st Grade— A (Adjutant-General), and Q (Quartermaster-General) Branches |
2a | 70 | Staff Officers, 2nd Grade— G (General-Staff). A (Adjutant General) and Q. (Quartermaster-General) Branches Representative Q (Quartermaster-General) Branch, Lon-don. Director of Works | Staff Officers, 2nd Grade— Instructor in Tactics and Topography |
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2b | 60 | Chief Instructor— Artillery Schools of Instruction Small Arms School Central Training Dépôt..... | ..................... | Staff Officer, 2nd Grade— G (General Staff), A (Adjutant-General) and Q (Quartermaster-General) Branches | Commanding Officer and Staff Officers Artillery. 2nd and 3rd District Bases Staff Officers, 2nd Grade— G (General Staff), A (Adjutant-General) and Q (Quartermaster General) Branches |
3a | 50 | Staff Officer, 3rd Grade— Inspector-General’s Branch— G (General Staff), A (Adjutant-General), Q (Quarter-master-General) Branches | Adjutant, graded as Staff Officer |
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3b | 40 | ..................... | ..................... | Staff Officers. 3rd Grade— A (Adjutant-General) and Q (Quartermaster-General) Branches | Staff Officers, 3rd Grade— A (Adjutant-General) and Q (Quartermaster-General) Branches |
(b) Appointments of Colonels on the Staff and Colonels to General and Administrative Staffs shall be subject to the approval of the Governor-General in Council and shall be notified in the Commonwealth Gazette. Appointments of other Staff Officers shall be subject to the approval of the Military Board and shall be notified in Australian Army Orders.
(c) An officer of the Staff Corps who was graded as a Staff Officer and was in receipt of Staff pay on the 31st March, 1926, under the provisions of the Regulations then in force but whose appointment is not graded as a Staff appointment by this regulation, shall continue to receive such Staff pay for the remainder of the tenure of his present appointment.
(d) In addition to the provision of Staff pay in paragraph (a) above, officers of the Staff Corps holding appointments of Brigade Major may from 1st April, 1926, be graded as Staff Officers, Grade 3b, and may receive Staff pay accordingly at the rate of £40 per annum, provided, however, that such officers shall not be so graded and paid unless and until vacancies exist and funds become available upon the authorized establishment of such grading and such officers will be appointed to such grading in the order of seniority.”
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