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(c) The provisions of subpara. (a) of this paragraph shall
not apply to personnel who, although regularly employed, are not
“permanent” in the sense that they are not contributors to the
Public Service Superannuation Fund.

Such personnel shall receive the issues of clothing referred to
in para. 10 and shall be entitled to the allowance and renewals
provided in para. 12.

TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES: GENERAL.

14. Every care shall be taken that expenditure under the
    head of travelling-expenses is always as small as possible in the
    circumstances; and the O.C. District shall be held responsible that
    the least possible expense is incurred during the course of duty by
    those under his command.

15. No member shall proceed on any duty involving expenditure
    on travelling without first informing the head of his Department or
    his Commanding Officer, who, before granting permission to proceed,
    shall satisfy himself that travelling is necessary.

16. If, through the exigencies of the service, it is not practicable
    to obtain permission as aforesaid, the circumstances shall at once
    be reported in writing, or if the member returns within twenty-four
    hours shall be reported orally immediately on his return.

In every case where it is available, military or Government
transport shall be utilized.

17. Any case which does not come within the provisions of these
    regulations shall be referred to Army Headquarters for a special
    ruling.

TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCE.

18. There shall be paid at the rate hereinafter provided a
    travelling-allowance, which shall include meals and porterage.

Such allowance shall be paid only on defined absence from
residence or headquarters, and not while the member is under
canvas or with troops who are rationed.

When a member enters camp or other establishment where
meals and quarters are available for the individual member, the
time of entry shall be considered as the termination of the journey,
and the departure therefrom as the commencement of a fresh journey.

Per Day of Twenty-
four Hours.

Chief of the General Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 0
Colonel, Lieut.-Colonel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0
Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0
Captain (drawing salary exceeding £470) . . . . . . . 1 0 0
Captain (drawing salary not exceeding £470) . . . . . 0 17 6
Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Warrant Officer
(drawing salary exceeding £380) . . . . . . . . . . 0 17 6
Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Warrant Officer
(drawing salary not exceeding £380) . . . . . . . . 0 15 0
Warrant Officer, N.C.O., other ranks (drawing
salary exceeding £305 but not exceeding
£380) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 15 0
Other ranks (drawing salary exceeding £180 but
not exceeding £305), where not more than six
days are spent in one locality . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 15 0
Other ranks (where more than six days are spent
in one locality, with a minimum payment of
£4 10s.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 12 6
Cadet, Recruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Actual expenses.

19. (a) “Porterage,” which includes the cost of the employment
    of a porter to handle luggage at a wharf, hotel, or railway-station,
    shall not be a charge against public funds.

(b) The conveyance of personal luggage from or to a railway-
station or wharf or other terminus, to or from the home of a member
travelling on duty, or to or from the hotel or boardinghouse at
which he is staying, shall not be regarded as porterage and, provided
that car-hire is not charged for the same journey, may be allowed.

20. For a journey where a member is not obliged to be absent
    from his headquarters for a full day of twenty-four hours, actual and
    reasonable expenses shall be paid up to an amount not exceeding the
    full daily rate. (In New Zealand the maximum amount allowed
    for any one meal is 2s. 6d.)

21. When a member of the Regular Force is required to be in
    attendance at a camp-site prior to the day of arrival of advanced
    parties, and during the period preceding the arrival of advanced
    parties is necessarily required to make his own arrangements for
    meals, the travelling-time shall be calculated from the time he
    left his station to the time of the first meal in camp, but where he is
    not required to make his own arrangements for meals the travelling-
    time shall be calculated only to the time of his own arrival in camp.

22. (a) Provided the total period of absence exceeds twenty-
    four hours, the rate for portion of a day shall, for each hour’s
    absence, be one twenty-fourth part of the full daily rate.

(b) In computing the time of absence any part of an hour less
than half an hour shall not be taken into account, but half an hour
or more shall be reckoned as one hour.

23. In the cases of members of the Regular Force travelling
    on duty, not more than 75 per cent. of the maximum travelling-
    allowance for the estimated period of absence may be advanced.

Applications for such advance shall be made on the form
provided for the purpose.

24. Whenever the Army Secretary is satisfied that a travelling-
    allowance smaller than the scale rate should suffice he may act
    accordingly.

25. The following table shows the class of accommodation by
    rail and by steamer available for members of the Regular Force
    when travelling in New Zealand:

Rank.
Class of Accommodation.
By R.it. By
Steamer.
Officers, Warrant Officers, N.C.O.s above
rank of Sergeant . . . . . First . . First.
All other ranks . . . . . . Second.. Second.

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A superior class of accommodation may, upon medical
recommendation, be assigned to invalids.

26. (a) The following officers when travelling on the public
    service shall be entitled to deck-berths in steamers and sleeping-
    berths on trains at the public expense:-

General Officer Commanding.
Chief of the General Staff.
Inspector-General.
Officers Commanding Districts.
Officers Commanding Divisions.
Director-General of Medical Services.
Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
Assistant Chief of the General Staff.
Adjutant-General.
Quartermaster-General.
Commander, R.N.Z.A.
Director of Dental Services.

(b) In special circumstances the Minister may extend the
privilege provided in subpara. (a) to any other officer.

(c) Where special deck or de luxe sleeping-berth is used, the
additional cost above that of an ordinary deck or sleeping-berth
shall be borne by the officer.

27. Except as provided in the last preceding paragraph, where
    an officer, warrant officer, or non-commissioned officer above the
    rank of sergeant who is travelling by train uses a sleeping-berth,
    the cost shall, on production of a receipt for payment thereof, be
    refunded to him.

In such case the claimant shall, except where the claim is
for out-of-pocket expenses only during a period of less than
twenty-four hours, reduce his claim for travelling-allowance by
one-fourth of one full day’s travelling-allowance at scale rate.

If a “special” sleeping-berth is used, the cost above that of
an “ordinary” sleeping-berth must be borne by the claimant,
except when travelling on the “Limited” express.

28. (a) Except in the case of an officer mentioned in para. 26
    (a) and (b), where a member of the Regular Force travelling by
    sea is provided with sleeping-accommodation, and the journey by
    sea does not occupy more than twenty-four hours, he shall reduce
    his claim for travelling-allowance by one-fourth of one full day’s
    travelling-allowance at scale rate.

(b) Where actual travelling-expenses only are drawn by the
member, the claim shall not be reduced.

(c) If special accommodation is used, the additional cost above
that of ordinary accommodation shall be borne by the officer or
other rank concerned.

FORAGE ALLOWANCE WHEN TRAVELLING.

29. Provided the distance travelled is not less than ten miles
    from his headquarters, every member of the Regular Force travelling
    on duty for which (with his horse) he has been detailed, shall be
    paid forage allowance at the rate of 1s. 6d. per feed, with a
    maximum of 4s. 6d. per diem.

BICYCLE ALLOWANCE.

30. (a) Members of the Regular Force may, where it is more
    economical to do so, use bicycles in lieu of horses.

The cost of the bicycle shall, on the approval of the Army
Secretary, become a charge against the Department.

An allowance not exceeding £2 per annum shall be allowed
for the upkeep of the bicycle; and the certificate on the voucher
must indicate that the amount claimed has been expended on
upkeep, and that the bicycle is in good order and repair.

(b) The annual upkeep-allowance shall be claimed in arrear
at the end of each twelve-months period of use, and shall be paid
only to the member who actually owns and is in possession of
the bicycle.

TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCE ON TEMPORARY TRANSFER.

31. (a) A member of the Regular Force temporarily transferred
    for duty from his own headquarters to a station where neither
    rations nor quarters are provided may be granted travelling-
    allowance for such period, not exceeding twenty-eight days in the
    case of a married member and seven days in the case of a single
    member, as the Minister shall prescribe.

Where the term of duty extends beyond the period of twenty-
eight days or seven days, as the case may be, a commuted
allowance for such additional period may be granted by the Minister.

(b) A member of the Regular Force on relieving duty at a
station away from his own headquarters may be granted a relieving-
allowance at a rate fixed according to circumstances by the
Minister, but not exceeding the rate of travelling-allowance for
rank laid down in para. 18.

Ordinary travelling allowance or expenses may, however, be
claimed for the time occupied in travelling to and from headquarters.

ALLOWANCES ON PERMANENT TRANSFER.

32. Where a member of the Regular Force is permanently
    transferred from one station to another, payment of personal
    expenses, for which receipts duly completed by the payees are
    produced, may be allowed by the Army Secretary up to an amount
    not exceeding the travelling-allowance for rank for the period set
    out hereunder:-

Married personnel—
At commencement of journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 days.
On arrival at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 days.
If moving into Government quarters allotted at
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 days.
Single personnel—
On arrival at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 days.
If proceeding to Government quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . Nil.