Dec. 3.

Add new paragraph 4:

4. Deferred pay will not be paid to an officer who either resigns or voluntarily retires from the Active List before he has—
   (i) Attained the age of thirty years;
   (ii) Completed four year's service as commissioned officer from warrant rank or warrant officer on the Active List.

Article 107. Marriage Allowance : Cancel present article, and substitute :-

107. Marriage Allowance.—Marriage allowance shall be payable to commissioned officers from warrant rank and warrant officers as hereunder.

108. The following will be the maximum rates of marriage allowance payable. These rates will be reviewed by the Naval Board at the commencement of each year in the light of the cost-of-living changes in the Dominion, and, if necessary, the Naval Board will promulgate revised rates which will be payable as from the 1st April following :—

Per Diem.
(a) Commissioned officers from warrant rank in receipt of s. d.
rates of pay “after three years’ seniority” and “after six years' seniority” .. .. .. .. 1 0
Such officers as are in receipt of pay “after nine years’ seniority” shall not receive marriage allowance.
(b) Commissioned officers from warrant rank in receipt of “on promotion” rates of pay .. .. .. 2 0
(c) Warrant officers over six years’ seniority— Wife only .. .. .. .. .. 2 6
Wife and one child or more .. .. .. 3 0
(d) Warrant officers under six years’ seniority— Wife only .. .. .. .. 2 6
Wife and one child .. .. .. 3 0
Wife and two or more children .. .. 3 6

3. Subject to the above, this allowance shall be payable under the same conditions as for ratings so far as applicable (vide Article 132), except that in the case of an officer an allotment must be declared in favour of his wife of not less than one-third of his active pay (excluding allowances not in the nature of full pay) plus the full amount of marriage allowance.

4. Marriage allowance may be paid to widowers with children under the age of sixteen years. The maximum scale is as follows, and will be subject to revision annually as in the case of marriage allowance, and will be subject to an allotment to a guardian of one-quarter of active pay (excluding allowances not in the nature of full pay) plus the full amount of marriage allowance.

Warrant officers of six years’ seniority and over— s. d. One child or more .. .. .. 1 6
Warrant officers under six years’ seniority— One child .. .. .. 1 6
Two children or more .. .. .. 2 0

Article 108. Dependant’s Allowance : Cancel.

Article 132. Cancel present paragraphs 1 and 3, and substitute :-

132. Marriage Allowance. — On production to the Commanding Officer of satisfactory evidence of marriage, marriage allowance shall be payable to all ratings at the maximum rate of 2s. per diem with the addition of 6d. per diem for each child under the age of sixteen up to a total not exceeding 5s. per diem. These rates will be reviewed by the Naval Board at the commencement of each year in the light of the cost-of-living changes in the Dominion and, if necessary, the Naval Board will promulgate revised rates which will be payable as from the 1st April following.

133. Marriage allowance may be paid to widowers with children under the age of sixteen in accordance with the following maximum scale, which will be subject to revision annually and subject to an allotment being declared in favour of a guardian of one-quarter of active pay computed as in 2 (a), plus the full amount of marriage allowance. Subject to investigation in each case, the Naval Board may also