Div 14Training at Civilian Establishments.

Division 14.—Training at Civilian Establishments.

Courses of study.

170.—(1.) The Military Board may approve of a member undertaking at the expense of the Department a course of study or training at a civil training establishment as an official training requirement.

(2.) In this regulation, “official training requirement” means a training requirement approved by the Minister.

Payment of fees for courses of study.

171.—(1.) Where approval is given for a member to undertake a course of study or training at a civil training establishment, the Department shall pay such fees and charges payable in respect of that course as the Military Board approves.

(2.) Where a university undergraduate or technical college student is appointed an officer, the Department shall, subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, pay the fees in respect of the completion of his course.

(3.) Where fees are payable by the Department under this regulation and the member is remunerated for any civil employment associated with the course of study in which he is engaged during the period in which fees are payable, he is liable to pay to the Department so much of the amount of that remuneration as does not exceed the amount of active pay and allowances payable to him under these Regulations in respect of that period.

(4.) Without prejudice to the right of the Commonwealth to recover by other means any amount payable by a member to the Department under the last preceding sub-regulation, that amount may be deducted from the pay and allowances that are or became payable to him under these regulations.

Post-graduate and refresher courses—medical officers.

172.—(1.) The Military Board may approve of a medical officer appointed to a long service commission undertaking at the expense of the Department a post-graduate course of study of not more than twelve months after each completed six years of his service.

(2.) The Military Board may approve of a medical officer appointed to a short service commission within two years of the date of his graduation undertaking a refresher course of training for a period not exceeding three months, immediately prior to the termination of his appointment after completion of four years’ continuous service in a short service commission.

(3.) Where a medical officer is remunerated for any civil employment associated with a post-graduate course of study or a refresher course of training he is liable to pay to the Department so much of the amount of that remuneration as the Military Board determines.

(4.) Without prejudice to the right of the Commonwealth to recover by other means any amount payable by a member to the Department under the last preceding sub-regulation, that amount may be deducted from the pay and allowances that are or become payable to him under these regulations.