135.—(1.) In this Division unless the contrary intention appears—
(b) the legally adopted child of the member;
“family”, in relation to a member, means the persons who ordinarily reside with the member, being—
(a) his wife;
(b) his child under the age of twenty-one years;
(c) a child of the member who has attained the age of twenty-one years but is, through illness or infirmity, dependent upon the member;
(d) a dependent mother of the member or of his wife; or
(e) a dependent father of the member or of his wife, if dependent upon the member through illness or infirmity,
and in the case of a member who is widowed, divorced or separated from his wife and has children under the age of twenty-one years, includes a person residing in a home maintained by the member for his children and acting as housekeeper or guardian of the children;
“intermediate term duty”, in relation to a member, means duty where the duration of the posting in an oversea country is for a period of more than six months but less than twelve months;
“junior officer” means an officer of the rank of major or lower rank;
“long term duty”, in relation to a member, means duty where the duration of the posting in an oversea country is for a period of twelve months or more;
“permanent accommodation”, in relation to a member, means accommodation that the Senior Australian Representative in the oversea country considers suitable for the member to occupy during the period of the member’s duty oversea;
“senior officer” means an officer of the rank of lieutenant-colonel or higher rank;
“separated”, in relation to a member, means where the member lives apart from his wife for reasons other than reasons connected with his military duties;
“short term duty”, in relation to a member, means duty in an overseas country for a period of six months or less.
(2.) Where a member requests that, although his daughter has attained the age of twenty-one years, she should be regarded as a member of his family for the purposes of this Division—
(a) because she is performing essential domestic duties in his household; or
(b) for other special reasons,
the Military Board may approve of her being so regarded.
(3.) Although a person is one of a member’s family as defined in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, he shall be deemed not to be included in the member’s family for the purpose of this regulation if the Military Board is not satisfied that the circumstances of the member’s family justify that person being provided, at the expense of the Department, with a passage to an oversea destination.
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(4.) A person specified in paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of “family” in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall not be deemed to be dependent upon the member unless—
(a) that person is wholly dependent upon the member; or
(b) the Military Board determines that in the circumstances of the case, the person, being partially dependent, should be regarded as dependent upon the member.
Travel by sea.
136.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, when a member travels by sea on duty at the expense of the Department to or from a place oversea, otherwise than as a member of an organized body of troops, he shall travel by such route as the Military Board directs and shall be allowed the class and grade (if any) of accommodation specified, in relation to the rank that he holds, in the following table:—
Rank
Class of accommodation
Grade of accommodation
Colonel or higher rank.....................
First..............
A
Lieutenant-colonel or major..................
First..............
B
Captain or lieutenant......................
First..............
C
Soldier...............................
Highest tourist class...
..
(2.) Where the grade of accommodation which a member is allowed under the last preceding sub-regulation is not available in the ship in which the member is directed to travel, he shall be allowed—
(a) the next lower grade than that for which he is eligible under that sub-regulation; or
(b) where that lower grade is not available, the next higher grade than that for which he is eligible under that sub-regulation.
(3.) The classes and grades specified in the table in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation are those of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and the accommodation provided by those classes and grades shall be deemed to be standard for determining the class and grade of accommodation to be allotted in a ship of another line.
(4.) Accommodation including a private bath room or lavatory for which an additional charge is made shall not be allowed to an officer travelling on duty by sea to or from a place oversea unless it is necessary for his journey to be made in a ship in which cabin accommodation of the appropriate grade, not including those facilities, is not available.
(5.) A member may, with the approval of the Military Board, travel by a route other than that directed by the Military Board and by a class of accommodation other than that allowed to him under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, or by air, and, in that event, he shall be responsible for payment of the additional cost (if any) of the travel.
Travel by air.
137.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, when a member travels by air at the expense of the Department to or from a place oversea, other than as a member of an organized body of troops, an officer or a warrant officer shall be allowed first class accommodation, and a member holding a rank lower than warrant officer shall be allowed tourist class accommodation.
(2.) Where tourist class accommodation is not available in the aircraft in which a member holding a rank lower than warrant officer is directed to travel, he shall be allowed, subject to the approval of the Military Board, first class accommodation.
(3.) Where a member travels on duty by air to and from a place oversea and his wife travels with him at his own expense, he may, with the approval of the Military Board, travel by tourist class accommodation, and in that event he shall be credited with the amount of the difference between the cost of the first class fare and the cost of the tourist class fare for the journey.
Passages of families oversea.
138.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this Division, where a married member is posted oversea on long term duty, his family may be provided, at the expense of the Department, with passages to and from the oversea destination of the member.
(2.) Where a passage to an oversea destination has been provided for a member’s child at the expense of the Department and the child attains the age of twenty-one years, that child shall, if the Military Board so approves, be deemed to be a member of the member’s family for the purpose of a return passage to Australia.
Family to accompany member on forward journey.
139.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, passages for the family of a member to his oversea destination shall not, except with the approval of the Minister, be provided at the expense of the Department unless the members of the family accompany the member on the journey.
(2.) Where a married member proceeds oversea on short or intermediate term duty, and after his departure from Australia, the period of oversea service is extended to long term duty, the Minister may approve of the provision of passages, at the expense of the Department, for the family of the member to and from the oversea destination, if it is expected that the members of the family will be able to spend not less than twelve months with the member at the place of his oversea posting.
Reimbursement of fares of family of member.
Where the period for which a married member is posted oversea is extended as described in sub-regulation (2.) of the last preceding regulation and the member has taken his family to his oversea destination at his own expense, the Military Board may approve of payment to the member of an amount equivalent to—
(a) the amount of the expense so incurred by the member, or
(b) the amount of the cost that would have been incurred by the Department if the passages had been arranged by the Department,
Family to accompany member on return journey.
141.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, return passages to Australia shall not be provided at the expense of the Department unless the members of the family accompany the member on the journey.
(2.) Where the member is prevented by Service reasons from accompanying his family, return passages to Australia may be provided for his family at the expense of the Department if the members of the family travel to Australia by the next available passenger ship after departure of the member for Australia.
(3.) Where the member is unable to accompany his family for other than Service reasons, the Military Board may approve of passages to Australia for his family at the expense of the Department, if the Military Board considers that the circumstances justify that approval.
Return passages to be provided only where forward passages provided.
142.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, return passages to Australia for a member’s family shall not be provided at the expense of the Department unless passages to the oversea destination of the member were provided for the family at the expense of the Department, or the member was reimbursed, under regulation 132 of these Regulations, in respect of their passages to the oversea destination.
(2.) Where a member marries while posted oversea and the member’s family would have been eligible under these Regulations for passages to and from his oversea destination if he had been a married member before his departure from Australia for that destination, the Military Board may approve of passages to Australia at the expense of the Department for the member’s wife and child (if any).
(3.) In addition to the members of a member’s family specified in the last preceding sub-regulation, a passage to Australia at the expense of the Department may also be provided for any other member of his family approved by the Military Board if it considers that special circumstances justify such approval.
(4.) Where the passages for a member’s family were not provided at the expense of the Department because the member’s family travelled to the oversea destination before the member, sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation does not prevent passages to Australia being provided for the member’s family at the expense of the Department.
Return passages not to be provided before completion of duty.
Passages to Australia shall not be provided at the expense of the Department for a member’s family before the member has completed his period of long term duty oversea unless the Minister otherwise approves on compassionate grounds or because he considers that other special circumstances justify such an approval.
Transport of families.
Where under this Division the family of a member is transported at the expense of the Department—
(a) members of his family shall be transported at the expense of the Department from their place of residence in Australia to the place of embarkation in Australia and from the oversea place of disembarkation to the place of their residence oversea;
(b) Members of his family shall, wherever possible, be provided with the same class of accommodation as that provided for the member when travelling on duty; and
(c) the cost of passports, visas (if required) and immunization at such rates as are approved by the Military Board shall be at the expense of the Department.
Removal whilst oversea.
145.—(1.) Where a member whose family has been transported under this Division at the expense of the Department is transferred to another posting while oversea, his family and such items of the member’s and his family’s effects as the Military Board approves may be removed at the expense of the Department to the locality of that other posting.
(2.) For the purposes of this regulation a member who marries whilst on long term duty oversea and is entitled to a passage to Australia for his family under regulation 142 of these Regulations shall be deemed to be a member whose family has been transported under this Division at the expense of the Department.
(3.) The reference to removal in this regulation includes necessary packing and unpacking.
Inclusion of certain members as married members.
Where a member is a widower or a person against whom a court order for the maintenance of his wife is in existence who voluntarily maintains his children, though not in his own home, his family shall not be provided with passages at the expense of the Department under this Division except with the approval of the Military Board.
Baggage entitlement
The quantity, of such items as the Military Board approves, of the effects of a member and his family whose passages are provided at the expense of the Department, which may be transported to and from his oversea destination, inclusive of the quantity which the transport agency carries free of extra charge—
(a) in the case of travel by sea—is eighty cubic feet measurement for each adult person and forty cubic feet measurement for each child; and
(b) in the case of travel by air—is such quantity as the Military Board determines.
Transport of furniture to Australia.
148.—(1.) Where a member whose family was provided with passages to an oversea destination at the expense of the Departmental maintained a domestic establishment oversea and purchased additional necessary furniture while oversea, he shall be reimbursed the cost of transport to Australia of so much of that furniture as does not exceed two shipping tons.
(2.) Subject to the approval of the Miiltary Board, where a member who married while serving oversea maintained a domestic establishment oversea and purchased necesary furniture while oversea, he shall be reimbursed the cost of transport to Australia of so much of that furniture as does not exceed two shipping tons.
(3.) In this regulation, “domestic establishment” means a house including a section of a house, or a flat, occupied by the member as a place of residence for himself and his family, but does not include a boarding house, hotel or a lodging house at which meals were provided in addition to accommodation.
Insurance of baggage and effects.
149.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a member travels on duty by air, land or sea to and from an oversea destination he shall be reimbursed the cost of insuring his baggage and effects during the travel.
(2.) An amount of reimbursement under this regulation shall not exceed—
(a) in the case of a member who travels oversea on short term duty—insurance for an amount of Four hundred dollars;
(b) in the case of a member who travels oversea on long term duty and is accompanied by his family at the expense of the Department—such amount and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines; or
(c) in any other case—insurance for an amount of Five hundred dollars.
Oversea outfit allowance.
150.—(1.) Where a member is posted oversea on duty and it is necessary for him to purchase travelling equipment or additional clothing for himself and, where members of his family have been granted passages to the oversea destination at the expense of the Department under regulations 138 and 139 of these Regulations, for those members of his family, he may, subject to the approval of the Military Board, be paid an allowance called “oversea outfit allowance”, of such amount as the Military Board determines for the purpose of partially reimbursing him for the expense so incurred.
(2.) An amount expended by a member in the purchase of travelling equipment, or an article of clothing, that would have been equally required in Australia by the member or the members of his family concerned shall not be taken into account for the purposes of an oversea outfit allowance under the last preceding sub-regulation.
Shipboard allowance.
151.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a member travels on duty by air, land or sea to or from an oversea destination, and—
(a) the fare paid for him includes subsistence; and
(b) he travels under normal civilian passenger conditions,
he shall be paid, in respect of the period of the journey from embarkation to disembarkation, an allowance, called “shipboard allowance”, at the rate of Ten shillings (sterling) per day, or in the case of travel between Australia and North America, at the rate of One dollar and fifty cents (USA) per day as the case requires.
(2.) Shipboard allowance is not payable—
(a) to a member travelling as a member of an organized body of troops;
(b) to a member to whom an allowance is payable under regulation 167 of these Regulations; or
(c) to a member where he travels to Australia under an immigration scheme of the Commonwealth.
Allowance short term duty.
152.—(1.) Where a member proceeds oversea on short term duty, he shall in respect of such period of his stay in the place of destination as the Military Board approves, be paid an allowance, called “short term oversea allowance”.
(2.) Short term oversea allowance is payable at such rate and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines.
(3.) Where the member incurs hotel expenses, the Military Board may take the amount of those expenses into account in determining the rate of allowance payable to the member or may approve of his being reimbursed that amount in addition to such allowance (if any) as the Military Board determines to be otherwise payable.
(4.) In this regulation, “hotel expenses” means expenses reasonably incurred for accommodation or accommodation and meals, as the case may be, at a hotel or other house of accommodation.
(5.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, if the accounts for hotel expenses do not specify the respective charges for accommodation and meals, the cost of meals shall be deemed to be such amount as the Military Board determines.
(6.) Where the member lives in at a Service establishment, the amount of the charges paid by him for messing and accommodation shall, for the purpose of this regulation, be deemed to be the amount of hotel expenses incurred by him.
Oversea transit allowance.
Where a member proceeds oversea on intermediate or long term duty and because of unavoidable breaks in journeys whilst proceeding to or returning from the place of destination incurs expense for accommodation and meals for himself, or for himself and his family where he is on long term duty, an allowance called “oversea transit allowance” may be paid at such rate for such periods and in accordance with such conditions as the Military Board determines.
Oversea settling-in allowance.
154.—(1.) Where a member proceeds oversea on intermediate or long term duty and on arrival at the place of destination lives out in temporary accommodation whilst seeking permanent accommodation for himself, or for himself and his family where he is on long term duty, an allowance, called “oversea settling-in allowance”, may be paid at such rate for such periods and in accordance with such conditions as the Military Board determines.
(2.) Oversea settling-in allowance may also be paid for such periods as the Military Board approves after a member and his family have necessarily vacated permanent accommodation prior to departure for Australia.
Outlay allowance.
155.—(1.) An allowance, called “outlay allowance”, is payable to a member posted to an oversea country on intermediate term duty or long term duty.
(2.) Outlay allowance is payable at such rate and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines.
(3.) The Military Board may determine that a specified portion of the outlay allowance payable to a member is payable before the member’s departure from Australia and that the remaining portion is payable after the member’s arrival in the oversea country.
Oversea living out allowance.
156.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, an allowance called “oversea living out allowance” is payable to a member who is posted to and lives out in an oversea country on intermediate term duty or long term duty.
(2.) Oversea living out allowance is payable at such rate, for such period, and subject to such conditions, as the Military Board determines.
(3.) Oversea living out allowance is not payable—
(a) to a member appointed or enlisted oversea in respect of a period following appointment or enlistment during which—
(i) he remains on the staff of the Australian Army Representative;
(ii) he is awaiting passage to Australia; or
(iii) he is undergoing a course of training before embarkation for Australia; or
(b) in respect of a period that a member is granted furlough or leave without pay under the Australian Military Regulations.
Oversea living in allowance.
157.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, an allowance called “oversea living in allowance” is payable to a member who is posted to, and lives in at a Service establishment, in an oversea country on intermediate term duty or long term duty.
(2.) Oversea living in allowance is payable at such rate, for such period, and subject to such conditions, as the Military Board determines.
(3.) Oversea living in allowance is not payable—
(a) to a member appointed or enlisted oversea in respect of a period following appointment or enlistment during which—
(i) he remains on the staff of the Australian Army Representative;
(ii) he is awaiting passage to Australia; or
(iii) he is undergoing a course of training before embarkation for Australia; or
(b) in respect of a period that a member is granted furlough or leave without pay under the Australian Military Regulations.
Child allowance.
158.—(1.) A married member on long term duty in receipt of either oversea living out allowance or oversea living in allowance under this Division shall be paid in respect of the period for which the allowance is payable to him, an allowance, called “child allowance”, for each child who is maintained by him in the oversea country during that period.
(2.) The child allowance is—
(a) where the member is in the United Kingdom—One hundred and eighty dollars per annum for the first child and One hundred and twenty dollars per annum for each additional child;
(b) where the member is in North America—at such rate, not exceeding Six hundred dollars USA per annum, as the Military Board determines; or
(c) in any other case—at such rate as the Military Board determines.
(3.) Child allowance is not payable unless the child is dependent upon the member and—
(a) is under the age of sixteen years; or
(b) being under the age of eighteen years, is an invalid or is undergoing full time education and is approved by the Military Board for the purpose of this regulation.
Child education allowance.
159.—(1.) Where a married member is posted oversea on long term duty and the member arranges for his child to receive full time education—
(a) if the member is posted to a country other than the United Kingdom—in the United Kingdom or in Australia; or
(b) in any other case—in Australia,
an allowance, called “child education allowance”, is payable to the member, subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Military Board determines, in respect of the attendance of the child at the school.
(2.) The amount of child education allowance payable to a member in respect of the attendance of his child at a school is—
(a) for each complete school year or for a part of a school year for which the child attends the school as a boarder—such amount, not exceeding Eight hundred and sixty dollars, as the Military Board considers reasonable having regard to the expenses incurred by the member in respect of or incidental to the attendance of the child at the school during the period and the other circumstances of the particular case;
(b) for each complete school term that the child attends the school otherwise than as a boarder—an amount of One hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents; or
(c) for a period less than a complete school term that the child attends the school otherwise than as a boarder—such amount, not exceeding One hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, as the Military Board considers reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the particular case.
(3.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, child education allowance is not payable in respect of—
(a) the child of a member who is a widower or is living separately and apart from his wife—unless the child was being voluntarily maintained by the member in his own home before the member travelled oversea or the Military Board approves payment of the allowance;
(b) the child of any other member—unless his wife accompanies him to the country to which he is posted oversea;
(c) a child who has not attained the age of nine years;
(d) a child who has attained the age of eighteen years; or
(e) a child who is qualified for admission as a student at a university or has passed an examination approved by the Military Board for the purpose of this paragraph.
(a) child education allowance is payable in respect of the attendance of a child at a school; and
(b) the child attains the age of eighteen years after the commencement of a school year but before the end of that school year,
the child shall, for the purposes of this regulation, be deemed to be under the age of eighteen years during the whole of that school year.
(5.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, child education allowance ceases to be payable to a member in respect of the attendance of his child at a school upon the member taking up duty, or his family taking up residence, in the locality in which the school is situated.
(6.) Where—
(a) child education allowance is payable to a member in respect of the attendance of his child at a school as a boarder;
(b) the member takes up duty in Australia after the commencement of a school year; and
(c) the child continues to attend the school as a boarder after the member takes up duty in Australia,
child education allowance continues to be payable to the member in respect of the attendance of the child at the school until the child ceases to attend the school as a boarder or until the end of that school year, whichever first occurs.
Fares of child attending school in another country.
160.—(1.) Where—
(a) a member is serving in an oversea country;
(b) the member has arranged for his child to undertake or continue full time education at a school in Australia or the United Kingdom; and
(c) an allowance in respect of the education of the child at the school will be or is payable under the last preceding regulation;
passages for the child between the place at which the member is serving and the place at which the child is to be or is being educated may, on such occasions and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, be provided by the Department.
(a) the child of a member is being educated in such circumstances that a passage for the child would, on an appropriate occasion, be provided under the last preceding sub-regulation; and
(b) the member or his wife travels, otherwise than at the expense of the Department, to the place at which the child is being educated,
an amount equal to—
(c) the amount of the expenses incurred by the member in respect of his or his wife’s travel to that place and back to the place at which he is serving; or
(d) the amount of the cost that would have been incurred by the Department if passages for the child between those places had been provided by the Department,
whichever is the less, may with the approval of the Military Board, be paid to the member in respect of the travel.
(3.) Whenever payment is made to a member in relation to a child under the last preceding sub-regulation, the child ceases, on one occasion, to be eligible for the provision of passages from the place at which the child is being educated to the place at which the member is serving and back to that first-mentioned place under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation.
School expenses.
161.—(1.) Where a married member is posted to an oversea country on long term duty and his child attends school in that country the member may be reimbursed by the Department such proportion of the school fees and other expenses as the Military Board determines.
(2.) For the purposes of this regulation “child” does not include a child who—
(a) is over the age of eighteen years; or
(b) has passed an examination that qualifies him for matriculation at an Australian university or an examination that is, in the opinion of the Military Board, of the same standard.
Continuation of oversea living allowance after return of certain members to Australia.
162.—(1.) Where—
(a) a member is on long term duty in the United Kingdom and his family is eligible to be provided with a passage to Australia at the expense of the Department;
(b) he returns to Australia;
(c) his family does not accompany him to Australia; and
(d) immediately before his return, an allowance was payable to him under regulation 156, 157 or 158 of these Regulations,
the allowance remains, subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, payable to him, at the rate that would have been payable to him if he had remained oversea, until the date of the earliest passage of his family to Australia that can be arranged.
(2.) Payment of allowance under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall not be made—
(a) after twenty-eight days after the departure of the member for Australia unless the Senior Australian Army Representative otherwise approves; and
(b) unless the member authorizes payment of the amount of the allowance to his wife or an appropriate person approved by a prescribed authority.
(3.) Where the reasons for which the family of the member do not accompany the member on his return to Australia are other than Service reasons, an allowance does not remain payable under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, but the Military Board may approve of payment to the member of an oversea living allowance at such rate and for such period as the Military Board determines.
Oversea rental allowance.
Where a member oversea on long term duty rents permanent accommodation for himself and family in an oversea country, an allowance called “oversea rental allowance” may be paid at such rate, for such periods in respect of such countries and in accordance with such conditions as are determined by the Military Board.
Representation and entertainment allowances.
Where oversea living out allowance or oversea living in allowance is payable to a member under regulation 156 or regulation 157, as the case may be, of these Regulations the member may be paid—
(a) where his posting is of a diplomatic or liaison staff nature—representation allowance; or
(b) where he is attending a school or course or is attached to the Forces of another country—entertainment allowance,
at such rate, for such period and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines.
Reimbursement of medical expenses.
Where a married member—
(a) is posted on long term duty in an oversea country; and
(b) incurs expenses for medical treatment in respect of a member of his family who is living with him in that country,
an amount equal to such part (if any) of those expenses as the Military Board determines is, subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, payable to the member in respect of those expenses.
Supplementary allowance.
166.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, where a member who, having been appointed or enlisted in the United Kingdom, proceeds to Australia for his first period of service, an allowance, called “supplementary allowance”, may be paid to him for the period that he is awaiting passage to Australia.
(2.) The rate of supplementary allowance is the rate per day specified according to the rank of the member in the following table:—
Rank
Rate
$
Brigadier and higher rank........................................
Captain and officers of lower rank...................................
0.82
Warrant Officer and soldiers of lower rank.............................
0.82
(3.) Where a member in receipt of supplementary allowance is married and his family is unable to travel to Australia with the member owing to passage difficulties, the allowance remains, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, payable to him until the day prior to the date of departure of his family to Australia.
(4.) Payment of allowance in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be made—
(a) where the member’s family does not intend to proceed to Australia; or
(b) after eighteen months after the date of the member’s arrival in Australia, unless the Military Board otherwise approves; and
(c) unless the member authorizes payment of the amount of the allowance to his wife or an appropriate person approved by a prescribed authority.
(5.) In this regulation, “family” in relation to a member means his wife or children in respect of whom marriage allowance is payable—
Travelling and meal allowance.
Where a member oversea on intermediate or long term duty—
(a) visits a place in the oversea country other than his normal place of duty for the purpose of performing duty at that other place; or
(b) on being posted for duty to a place within the oversea country, travels to that place for the purpose of taking up duty from the place at which he was serving,
he may be paid a travelling allowance or a meal allowance at such rate and subject to such conditions as the Military Board approves.
Dates of payment of oversea allowances
An allowance payable to a member under regulations 156, 157, 158 and 164 of these Regulations is payable in respect of the day on which the member—
(a) arrives at his place of duty in North America; or
(b) arrives in the oversea country in any other case,
but is not payable in respect of the day on which the member—
(c) departs from his normal place of duty in North America; or
(d) departs from the oversea country in any other case,
for return to Australia.
Currency of payments oversea.
Where a member is serving oversea, the pay and allowances payable to him oversea shall be paid in such currency and at such rate of exchange as the Military Board determines.