STATUTORY RULES.

1945. No. 46.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1941.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1941.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of March, 1945.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

J. M. FRASER

Acting Minister of State for the Army.

Amendments of the War Financial (Military Forces ) Regulations, †

Definitions.

1. Regulation 4 of the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of the definition of “date of embarkation” the words—

“or

(c) the date upon which the member, if travelling otherwise than by ship or aircraft, entered a country outside Australia for service in that country;”; and

(b) by inserting, after the definition of “formation, &c, commander” the following definition:—

“‘Lines of Communication Area’ means any part of Australia appointed to be a Lines of Communication Area in accordance with regulation 10 of the National Security (Military Forces) Regulations, and includes the “Western Command appointed under regulation 41a of the Australian Military Regulations;”.

2. Regulation 7a of the “War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Restriction of pay of members, in hospitals or convalescent homes or released prisoners of war.

“7a. The pay which may be drawn by a member—

(a) while he is a patient in a military hospital or convalescent in a convalescent home or depot; or

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 5th April, 1945.

† Statutory Rules 1941, No. 218, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 136 and 347 ; and 1944, Nos. 65, 82, 111, 123 and 180.

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(b) during the period commencing on the date of his release from captivity as a prisoner of war and expiring on the day prior to the date of his disembarkation in Australia after release,

may be restricted to such amounts within the member’s credit as are fixed from time to time—

(c) in the case of a member referred to in paragraph (a)—by the Commanding Officer of the military hospital or convalescent home or depot in which the member is a patient or convalescent; and

(d) in the case of a member referred to in paragraph (b)—by the Military Board.”.

Deferred pay.

3. Regulation 8 of the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (5.) the word “service,” (third occurring) and inserting in its stead the words “service; or ”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (5.) the words—

“(d) any naval, military or air force of the United Kingdom, or any British Dominion or possession on or after the seventh day of June, 1941,”.

Absence without leave.

4. Regulation 54 of the War Financial (Military Forces) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words, “If a member is declared in pursuance of the Australian Military Regulations to be illegally absent,” and inserting in their stead the words, “If a member is reported to be absent without leave,”; and.

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words, “If a member who has been declared to be illegally absent” and inserting in their stead the words, “If a member who has been reported to be absent without leave,”.

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