Division 9.—Travel in Australia at Departmental Expense.
Travel at Departmental expense.
75.—(1.) The cost (including any reservation fee) of a member’s travelling—
(a) on duty or for the purpose of leave;
(b) on the termination of his service; and
(c) in such other circumstances as the Military Board, in a special case, approves,
shall, subject to and in accordance with this Division, be borne by the Department.
(2.) For the purpose of this regulation, the cost of the member’s travel includes the cost of freight of so much of his baggage as the Military Board approves.
Method of travel.
76.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, a member who travels on duty shall travel, and so much of his baggage as is approved by the Military Board shall be conveyed, by rail where that method of travel is available.
(2.) Between such places and in such circumstances as are determined by the Military Board, a member who travels on duty shall travel by public transport motor service, by sea or by air.
(3.) Subject to this Division, a member may, with the approval of the Military Board, be permitted to use a motor vehicle in his possession for the purpose of travelling on duty.
Travel by rail.
77.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, when travelling at the expense of the Department by rail, other than in a troop train, an officer or a member holding the rank of warrant officer shall be allowed first class accommodation, and a member holding a rank lower than warrant officer shall be allowed second class accommodation.
(2.) A female member, other than an officer or a warrant officer, shall except when travelling as a member of a party, be allowed first class accommodation.
(3.) A member holding a rank lower than warrant officer may, when travelling at the expense of the Department by rail, other than in a troop train, on a journey by a narrow gauge line be allowed—
(a) first class sitting accommodation; or
(b) where the fare does not exceed the fare for first class sitting accommodation, second class sleeper accommodation.
(4.) When travelling on duty by rail an officer shall be allowed sleeping berth accommodation when it is available.
(5.) When a journey by rail necessitates travel for two or more consecutive nights, a warrant officer travelling at the expense of the Department shall be allowed sleeping berth accommodation, when it is available, for each night of the journey.
(6.) The Military Board or a medical officer may allow a wounded or invalid member a superior class of accommodation to that which he would otherwise be allowed, including, where overnight travel is involved, sleeping berth accommodation.
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(7.) In this regulation, “a journey by a narrow gauge line” means a journey of more than fifty miles by a railway line in Australia where the gauge is three feet six inches or less.
Travel by sea.
78.—(1.) Subject to the next two succeeding sub-regulations, when travelling at the expense of the Department by sea from a place within Australia to another place within Australia, other than in a troopship—
(a) an officer or a member holding the rank of warrant officer shall be allowed first class accommodation;
(b) a non-commissioned officer above the rank of bombardier or corporal shall be allowed second class accommodation, or, in a ship which provides first and third class accommodation only, first class accommodation; and
(c) other members shall be allowed third class accommodation, or, in a ship which provides first and second class accommodation only, second class accommodation.
(2.) In such circumstances as are approved by the Military Board, a formation, &c., commander may, in the case of a member referred to in paragraph (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation who is not travelling as
a member of an organized body of troops, allow the member to travel in a higher class than that specified in relation to the member in that paragraph.
(3.) The Military Board or a medical officer may allow a wounded or invalid member travelling at the expense of the Department by sea from a place within Australia to another place within Australia a superior class of accommodation to that which he would otherwise be allowed.
Travel by air.
Where an officer travels on duty by air and the duration of the travel extends to the major portion of the night or after midnight, he may be allowed sleeping accommodation if it is available.
Travel on termination of service.
80.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, a member may, on the termination of his service, be transported at the expense of the Department—
(a) if the member resided in Australia at the time of his appointment or enlistment—to the place at which he so resided; or
(b) if the member resided outside Australia at the time of his appointment or enlistment—to the capital city nearest to the place at which he is last posted for service before the termination of his service.
(2.) A member is not eligible to be transported at the expense of the Department under this regulation—
(a) if his service is terminated at his own request before he has completed 20 years’ continuous service—unless the request is made for reasons relating to his family and he has completed not less than 3 years’ continuous service; or
(b) if his service is terminated upon disciplinary grounds or on the ground of his invalidity and the invalidity is occasioned by his own default.
(3.) A member other than a married member eligible to be transported at the expense of the Department to a place in Australia under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation may elect to travel to any other place in Australia, but, on the member so electing, the Department shall bear only so much of the cost of his fare to that other place as does not exceed the cost of his fare to the first-mentioned place.
(4.) Where the Military Board is satisfied that a married member has established or intends to establish a permanent home for his family at some place in Australia other than a place specified in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, he may be transported to that place at the expense of the Department.
(5.) Nothing in this regulation authorizes travel oversea at the expense of the Department.
Travel on termination of service on disciplinary grounds or for medical reasons occasioned by member’s own default.
81.—(1.) A member may, on the termination of his service on disciplinary grounds or for medical reasons occasioned by his own default, be transported at the expense of the Department—
(a) in the case of a married member—to the place in Australia where his family resides; or
(b) in the case of a member other than a married member—to his home in Australia.
(2.) The method of travel under this regulation shall be by the most economical means of transport available and the cost of travel borne by the Department shall include the cost of necessary meals during the journey.
(3.) In this regulation, “home”, in relation to a member, means such place as is determined by the Military Board to be the member’s home.
Applicants for appointment or enlistment.
82.—(1.) When an applicant for appointment to commissioned rank in, or for enlistment in, the Permanent Military Forces makes a journey to the place of his interview and medical examination or for the purposes of attending at the place at which he is directed to take up duty on his appointment or enlistment, the cost of his transport from his residence to that place shall, subject to such conditions as are approved by the Military Board, be borne by the Department.
(2.) If an applicant for appointment to commissioned rank in, or for enlistment in, the Permanent Military Forces is not directed to take up duty immediately after his interview and medical examination and returns to his place of residence to await further instructions from the Department, the cost of his transport from the place of interview and examination to his place of residence shall, subject to such conditions as are approved by the Military Board, be borne by the Department.
(3.) The method of travel under this regulation shall, wherever practicable, be by rail and—
(a) an applicant for appointment to commissioned rank shall be allowed first-class accommodation; and
(b) an applicant for enlistment shall be allowed second-class accommodation.
Travel on leave—members detached from units.
83.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a married member is serving with a unit in Australia in a locality other than the locality to which he is posted and it is intended that he serve with that unit for a period of not less than six months but less than twelve months, the member may, on such occasions and subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, travel between the locality in which he is serving and the locality in which his family are residing at the expense of the Department.
(a) a member travels between the locality in which he is serving and the locality in which his family are residing;
(b) the member would, but for this sub-regulation, be entiled so to travel at the expense of the Department under the last preceding sub-regulation; and
(c) an amount equal to the cost to the Department of the member so travelling is greater than an amount equal to the cost to the Department of the member travelling between the locality in which he is serving and the locality to which he is posted,
the last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to or in relation to that travel by the member but the member may, in respect of that travel, be reimbursed an amount equal to that lesser amount.
(3.) Where a member is entitled to travel at the expense of the Department under this regulatilon on a particular occasion but his family travel to the locality in which he is serving instead of the member travelling to the locality in which his family are residing, the fares of his family, and the cost of transporting so much of his family’s baggage as the Military Board approves, to and from the locality in which the member is serving may, subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, be paid by the Department.
Leave travel.
84.—(1.) This regulation applies to and in relation to a member who, having been granted recreation or emergency leave, travels from the locality in which he is serving to another locality for the purpose of spending the period, or part of the period, of leave in the last-mentioned locality.
(2.) The fares of the member other than a member serving in a remote locality or a member who is an army apprentice shall, subject to this regulation and to such conditions as the Military Board determines, be paid by the Department on one occasion in each financial year to enable him to visit his home or, with the approval of the Commander of a Command, to a place not further distant by rail than the member’s home.
(3.) Where in a financial year, a member, other than a member serving in a remote locality or a member who is an army apprentice—
(a) is granted emergency leave; or
(b) is recalled from leave before the expiration of the full period of the leave,
the Military Board may; if it considers that the circumstances so warrant, allow the member to travel at the expense of the Department on one additional occasion in the same financial year.
(4.) The fares of a member serving in a remote locality or of an army apprentice who is granted recreation leave or emergency leave shall be paid by the Department on such occasions and subject to such conditions as are determined by the Military Board.
(5.) In this regulation, “home”, in relation to a member, means such place as is determined by the Military Board to be the member’s home.
Leave travel—New Guinea area.
85.—(1.) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, where a member serving in the New Guinea area is granted recreation leave and travels to and from the Wau Leave Centre, the travel fare of the member and of any member of his family who travels with him, may, subject to such conditions as the Military Board determines, be paid by the Department.
(2.) A travel fare is not payable by the Department under this regulation unless the member makes a contribution to the Department of—
(a) in a case where only the member travels, Fifteen dollars; or
(b) in a case where a member of his family also travels, Twenty dollars.
(3.) The travel fare of a member and of any member of his family is not payable by the Department under this regulation more than once in any period of two years.
Married member serving in a remote locality and travelling on leave.
86.—(1.) This regulation applies to and in relation to a married member who—
(a) is serving and residing with his family in a remote locality other than the New Guinea area;
(b) has completed a period of two years’ residence in that locality;
(c) has volunteered to serve for a further period of not less than one year in that locality; and
(d) having been granted recreation leave, travels from that locality to another locality for the purpose of spending the period, or part of the period, of leave in the last-mentioned locality.
(2.) The fare of a member to and from the nearest capital city and of any member of his family who travels with him shall, subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, be paid by the Department.
(3.) Where the further period for which the member has volunteered to serve is less than two years, the fare is not payable by the Department unless the member makes a contribution to the Department of—
(a) in a case where only a member travels, Fifteen dollars; or
(b) in a case where a member of his family also travels, Twenty dollars.
(4.) Where the further period for which the member has volunteered to serve is not less than two years, the fare of the member and of any member of his family who travels with him is payable by the Department without any contribution by the member.
Members serving in the New Guinea area travelling on leave.
87.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a member who has been posted to the New Guinea area under a posting that was intended to be for a period of not less less than three years—
(a) is granted recreation leave during the period of that posting; and
(b) travels from that area for the purpose of spending the period, or part of the period, of that leave outside that area,
the fares of the member, and of any member of the family of the member who travels with him, to and from the nearest capital city are payable by the Department.
(2.) Where the fares of a member, or of a member and members of his family, have been paid by the Department under the last preceding sub-regulation in respect of travel during a period of recreation leave granted during the period of the member’s posting in the New Guinea area, the fares of the member or of any member of his family are not payable under that sub-regulation in respect of travel during any other period of recreation leave granted to the member during the period of that posting.
Married member serving in a remote locality and travelling on furlough.
Where a married member, while serving and residing with members of his family in a remote locality is granted furlough and travels from that locality to another locality for the purpose of spending the period, or part of the period, of furlough in the last-mentioned locality, the fare of the member to the nearest capital city and of any member of his family who travels with him shall be paid by the Department.
Alternative travel.
89.—(1.) Where a member is eligible under the last three preceding regulations for payment of the fares of the member and members of his family to the nearest capital city, he may elect to travel to any other place in Australia, but, on the member so electing, the Department shall pay only so much of the cost of the fares to that other place as does not exceed the cost of the fares to the nearest capital city.
(2.) Where the Military Board is satisfied that any member of a member’s family to and in relation to whom the provisions of the last three preceding regulations apply requires medical treatment, the Military Board may approve of payment of the fares of that person and any other member of the member’s family who travels with that person for the purpose of the medical treatment in lieu of payment of the fares in the circumstances in respect of which those provisions apply.
For the purposes of the last four preceding regulations—
(a) “child”, in relation to a member, means—
(i) the child (not being an ex-nuptial child) or the stepchild of the member; or
(ii) the legally adopted child of the member, who is—
(iii) under the age of eighteen years; or
(iv) certified by a medical practitioner to be a permanent invalid,
and who is dependent upon the member;
(b) “member of family”, in relation to a member, means such of the persons who ordinarily reside with the member who would be removed at the expense of the Department if the member were posted to a new locality;
(c) “the nearest capital city” means the capital city of Australia nearest to the remote locality where the member is serving, except that, if that locality is in the New Guinea area, Sydney shall be deemed to be the nearest capital city and, if that locality is Darwin, whichever of the cities of Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Adelaide that the member nominates shall be deemed to be the nearest capital city; and
(d) a member of his family shall be deemed to travel with the member if the member of his family travels at the same time as the member or within the period of three months immediately before or after the commencement of the member’s journey.
Leave travel concessions.
Portion of the fares of a member travelling on leave, other than recreation or emergency leave, shall be paid by the Department on such occasions and subject to such conditions as are determined by the Military Board.
Reimbursement of fares.
92.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation and to such conditions as are approved by the Military Board, a member shall be reimbursed by the Department in respect of any fares incurred by him while travelling on duty.
(2.) Reimbursement of a fare is not payable under the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) where the fare, including any return fare, exceeds an amount of One dollar—unless the member produces to his commanding officer a receipt for the payment of the fare; and
(b) where the fare, including any return fare, exceeds an amount of Two dollars—unless the Command Paymaster certifies that special circumstances warrant the reimbursement.
Tickets, &c., improperly used.
93.—(1.) In the event of a ticket, a warrant or another document authorizing the provision of transport at the expense of the Department under this Division being used for a purpose other than the transport of the person to or in respect of whom the ticket, warrant or other document was issued, that person shall be liable to pay to the Department the amount of the value of the transport.
(2.) Where, under the last preceding sub-regulation, a person is liable to pay an amount to the Department, that amount may be deducted from any moneys that are or become payable to that person or may be recovered by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Payments for use of motor vehicles not deemed hire or reward.
An allowance or other payment, made by the Department to a member under these Regulations in respect of the use of a motor vehicle, shall not be deemed to be hire, reward or other consideration within the meaning of a State law relating to motor vehicles, transport or traffic, and the member shall not be required to obtain a licence or permission or to pay a fee or tax under a State law by reason of the fact that he receives, or is entitled to receive, that allowance or other payment.
Damage to vehicle used for travel.
Where a member is permitted, under these Regulations, to use a vehicle in his possession, other than a Commonwealth vehicle, for the purpose of travel, nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed to impose any liability upon the Department in respect of damage to the vehicle caused by the negligence of the member.