STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 110.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1934.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation, under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1934.

Dated this nineteenth day of August , 1936.

(sgd.) Gowrie

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Naval Reserve (Sea-going) Regulations.†

Regulation 89 of the Naval Reserve (Sea-going) Regulations is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Uniform allowance.

“89. (1) Subject to the further provisions of this regulation, an officer, on first appearance for training after appointment, may be paid a Uniform Allowance in accordance with the following:—

Rank.	Amount.
	£
Probationary Midshipman...................................	28
„ Acting Sub-Lieutenant............................	37
,, Sub-Lieutenant.................................	47
,, Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant.........................	48
„ Lieutenant....................................	50
,, Engineer-Lieutenant.............................	51

(2) On first appearance for training after promotion to or confirmation in (as the case may be) the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant, an officer may be paid a further allowance as follows:—

	£
If promoted from Midshipman................................	28
If entered as a Probationary Acting Sub-Lieutenant...................	10

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1936.

† Statutory Rules 1926, No. 207, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, No. 97; 1928, No. 2 ; 1929, No. 6; 1930, Nos. 124 and 152; 1931, Nos. 81 and 139; 1932, No. 62 ; 1933, No. 112; 1934, No. 160; and 1935, No. 59.

3782.—9/31.7.1936.—Price 3d.

(3) An officer granted a temporary commission may be paid a Uniform Allowance of £30 on appointment for training or service.

(4) An officer who was previously a member of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going), Royal Australian Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, or the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, may on first appearance for training after appointment, be paid Uniform Allowance, as follows:—

(a) Where at least three years have elapsed subsequent to previous service—The full amount of the allowance appropriate to his rank as prescribed in sub-regulations (1) and (3) of this regulation.

(b) Where less than three years have elapsed subsequent to previous service—

(i) The difference between the amount of Uniform Allowance he previously received and the full amount of allowance appropriate to his rank as prescribed in sub-regulation (1) or (3) of this regulation, or

(ii) A refund of reasonable and necessary expenditure incurred in altering uniform to Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going) requirements or in the purchase of additional articles of uniform not previously required by regulations, provided no grant will be made for replacement of articles worn out or no longer in the officer’s possession where no change of pattern is involved.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) of this regulation, the amount of Uniform Allowance previously received shall be deemed to exclude the amount, if any, of Uniform Allowance previously refunded.

(6) The Naval Board may require the production of vouchers in support of payment of allowances under this regulation when considered necessary, and in such cases payment shall not be authorized in excess of the amount shown in the vouchers produced.

(7) An officer who resigns or is discharged from the Naval Reserve (Sea-going) before completing the periods of service specified hereunder shall be required to refund Uniform Allowance received in accordance with the following:—

(a) If entered as Probationary Midshipman—	£	s.	d.
(i) For each year or part of a year by which his service from date of entry as a Probationary Midshipman falls short of two years	14	0	0
(ii) For each year or part of a year by which his service subsequent to promotion to Acting Sub-Lieutenant falls short of two years	14	0	0

	£	s.	d.
(b) If entered as Probationary Acting Sub-Lieutenant—
(i) Prior to confirmation in rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant—for each year or part of a year by which his service from date of entry falls short of two years	18	10	0
(ii) Subsequent to confirmation in rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant—for each year or part of a year by which his service from date of entry falls short of four years	11	15	0
(c) All other officers—
For each year or portion of a year by which service from date of entry (or re-entry) falls short of four years ..	One-quarter of the amount received.

(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (7) of this regulation, the refund of Uniform Allowance received may be waived in whole or in part at the discretion of the Naval Board, if failure to complete the prescribed period of service is due to death or to special circumstances such as ill-health not due to the officer’s own misconduct or imprudence.”

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.