STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 6.

REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1927.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1927, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fourteenth day of January, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE

Minister of State for Defence.

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

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 211, as amended to this date.)

Amendments.

1. Regulation 50 is amended by deleting the words “(b) Allowances payable under F.R. 228 (e)” in paragraph (b) (iv) and substituting the words “(b) Allowances payable under F.R. 78.”

2. Regulation 161a is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

“161a. All amounts payable under this Part shall be calculated in accordance with the Regulations therein, but no amount shall be paid in respect of any member who is a contributor to the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund in excess of the maximum amount payable in respect of that member under the provisions of the Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act 1930, if that Act applied.”

3. Regulation 166 is amended by deleting the words—

“An allowance not exceeding 12s. 6d. per day in the case of an officer and 10s. a day in the case of a soldier together with an allowance of 5s. per week in respect of each child under 14 years of age dependent upon him”

and substituting the following words therefor:—

“An allowance not exceeding 14s. 2d. per diem in the case of an officer and 11s. 8d. per diem in the case of a soldier together with an allowance of 7s. 6d. per week in respect of each child under 14 years of age dependent upon him.”

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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