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The undermentioned Forms have been introduced for use in H.M.A. Ships
and Establishments in connexion with R.A.N.R Officers undergoing courses
for selection or promotion. Supply may be obtained by demand on Naval
Store Officer, Sydney, in the usual manner :—
R.A.N.R. 10 . .
R.A.N.R. 10A. .
R.A.N.R. 10B. .
Passing or Requalification Certificate
for R.A.N.R. Officers—Executive
Officers. (S. 418/1/42.)
Passing or Requalification Certificate
for R.A.N.R. Officers—Engineer
Officers. (S. 418/1/42.)
Passing or Requalification Certificate
for R.A.N.R. Officers—Accountant
Officers. (S. 418/1/12.)
The undermentioned publications have been received, and distribution
has been made to H.M.A. Ships and Establishments as necessary :—
O.U. 5265A' .. Priced Vocabulary of Naval Armament
Stores, Part. I. (S. 403/2/76.)
O.U. 5265B .. Priced Vocabulary of Naval Armament
Stores, Part II. (S. 403/2/76.)
O.U. 5265c .. Priced Vocabulary of Naval Armament
Stores, Part III. (S. 403/2/76.)
O.U. 5273 .. Pendant List for H.M. Ships and
Stations, 1921. (S. 403/2/62.)
O.U. 6067A .. Handbook for 36-in. Searchlight
Equipment (Plates). (S. 403/2/64.)
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2. The reduced amount of Re-engagement Gratuity, viz., £10, provided
for in the fourth paragraph of Navy Order No. 41/1919 will not be payable
in cash on and after 1st July, 1921. The gratuity will thereafter be credited
to the rating's Deferred Pay Account, and become subject to the conditions
prescribed in Article 12, clauses (2), (3), and (4) of the Financial Regulations
(Sea-going). Consequent upon this decision, the following amendment of the
Financial Regulations (Sea-going) is approved with effect as from 1st July,
1921 :—
Article 14 is amended by adding at the end of clause (2) the following
sub-clause :—
" (vii.) Ratings who, within six months from the date of discharge
from the Royal Australian Navy, are permitted to re-engage for such
further period as is necessary to complete not less than twelve years'
service shall receive a gratuity of £10. This sum shall be credited as,
and be subject to the conditions, set forth in sub-clause (iv.) of this
clause." (21/6777.)
3. The abolition of Re-engagement Gratuity as from 1st July, 1922,
has been approved, and the Financial Regulations (Sea-going) are accordingly
to be amended as follows :—
Article 14 is amended, as from 1st July, 1922, as follows:—
(i) by omitting from the heading the words " and Re-engagement
Gratuity."
(ii) by omitting clause (2).
169.
AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATIONS (SEA-GOING)—
RE-ENGAGEMENT GRATUITY.
(Amendment of Navy Order No. 68/1922, &c.)
With reference to Navy Order No. 68/1922, paragraph 3, relating to the
repealing of Article 14 of the Financial Regulations (Sea-going) is cancelled,
and the following paragraph is to be inserted in its stead :—
" 3. Article 14 is amended as from 1st July, 1921, as follows :—
(i) by omitting the heading and clauses (1) to (16) inclusive and
inserting in their stead the following heading and clause :—
" Service, Promotion, and Re-engagement Gratuity.
Article 14.—(1) Petty Officers and Other Ratings.—All previous
service in the Royal Navy, or Royal Marines, or in the Navy of
any other of His Majesty's Dominions, of Petty Officers and other
ratings serving in the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) shall
be allowed to. count as if served in the Royal Australian Navy,
towards service for seniority, rates of pay and allowances and
award of Good Conduct Badges, provided that the provisions of
Article 9, clause (53), shall also apply in the case of Good Conduct
Badges."
(ii) by re-numbering clause (17) as clause (2).
170.
AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATIONS (SEA-GOING)—
—REDUCED PAY.
The following amendments of the Financial Regulations (Sea-going)
have been approved as from 1st April, 1922 :—
AMENDMENTS.
1. Article 6 is amended by omitting from clause (1) the words " Kit
Upkeep Allowance is, as from the 1st December, 1921, subject to
reduction when ratings are in receipt of reduced pay in accordance
with Article 43 ". "
2. Article 43 is amended by omitting the words " and Kit Upkeep
Allowance " following the words " non-substantive rates of pay " in
the second line.
(S. 411/1/13.)