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In addition to the above, the ordinary travelling allowance or expenses for the time occupied on the journey may be paid.

33. (a) Where a married member of the Regular Force is unable to obtain a house within seven days after arrival at the new station the Army Secretary may approve payment, for a further period, of an allowance equal to the difference between 60 per cent. of salary and the amount actually paid out for temporary accommodation. Receipts for such expenditure must be produced.

(b) The O.C. District shall, before submitting his recommendations to Army Headquarters, satisfy himself that the most reasonable arrangements have been made for such temporary accommodation, and that genuine endeavours are being made to obtain a house.

HOLDER OF HONORARY COMMISSION.

34. A member of the Regular Force holding an honorary commission shall be entitled to receive such outfit grant, uniform-upkeep, and travelling allowances, as are prescribed in these regulations for officers of the Regular Force.

TRANSPORT FOR NEW APPOINTEES, ETC.

35. On first appointment every member of the Regular Force shall be provided with a travelling-warrant from his house to his new station for the use of himself, his wife, and his family; and, subject to the approval of the Minister, the member’s household effects shall be moved at the public expense.

36. A member of the Regular Force whose services are dispensed with during or immediately upon the conclusion of his probationary period shall be provided with a travelling-warrant, for the use of himself, his wife, and his family, to enable them to return to the place wherein they resided at the time of the member’s enlistment; and, subject to the approval of the Minister, the member’s household effects shall be moved at the public expense.

Where a member marries during his probationary period he shall, in the circumstances aforesaid, be entitled to a travelling-warrant for himself only.

37. A member of the Regular Force transferred from one station to another solely at his own request, or by exchange (except as provided in para. 39), shall bear the whole cost of his removal.

38. Where he is transferred on account of misconduct the member shall, unless the Minister decides otherwise prior to the date of removal, bear the cost thereof.

39. Where a member of the Regular Force is transferred (a) in the public interest, or (b) to meet the convenience of the Department or in the ordinary course of promotion, the reasonable cost of conveyance of the member, his wife, and family, and of his furniture and effects, shall be paid by the Department.

REMOVAL OF FURNITURE.

40. Wherever possible removal shall be carried out entirely by the Army Department, and the procedure shall be as follows:—

(a) All cases and other packing required will be provided by the N.Z.P.A.S.C. or N.Z.A.O.C.

(b) Such packing-cases and packing will remain the property of the Department and, where such course is economical will be taken into store on completion of the removal.

(c) All packing will be done by the N.Z.P.A.S.C. or N.Z.A.O.C. as directed by the O.C. District.

(d) The N.Z.P.A.S.C. will make all transport arrangements, using N.Z.P.A.S.C. transport where available.

(e) Packages will be numbered consecutively and marked with the initial letter of the surname of the owner in a diamond-shaped figure over the first letter of the name of destination.

(f) The following particulars will be supplied by the owner to the N.Z.P.A.S.C. officer carrying out the removal: (i) Total value, (ii) markings, (iii) number of packages, (iv) items of special value, and their value.

(g) The N.Z.P.A.S.C. officer carrying out the removal will take out a policy of insurance on the goods removed to their full insurable value.

41. Where it is not possible for any portion of the work of the removal to be carried out by the Department the services of the N.Z. Railways Department shall be utilized, but where such services are not available tenders shall be obtained from at least two carrying firms (forms N.Z. 238 being issued to a reasonable number of such firms) and submitted through the usual channels to Army Headquarters, which may then give authority for the acceptance of the most suitable tender.

The O.C. District shall, before making his recommendations to Army Headquarters, satisfy himself that every endeavour has been made to obtain the most favourable quotations.

Packing-cases and packing shall be dealt with as provided in para. 40 (b).

42. Where it is possible for only a portion of the work of removal to be carried out by the Army Department, and the O.C. District considers that such part should be carried out, the services of the Railways Department shall be utilized for the rest of the work, but where such services are not available tenders for the remaining part of the removal shall be called as provided in para. 41.

43. (a) In estimating the cost of removal only necessary household furniture and effects shall be taken into account.

The cost of removing any of the following shall not be allowed: Motor-car and accessories; motor-cycle and side-chair; dog-kennel; plants in box or pot; wood or coal; horse; horse-drawn vehicle; harness; live-stock; clothes-prop; garden-seat; timber or material connected with outside structures; aviary; beehive; boat.

(b) Where a member travels to his new station in his own motor-car he may be paid mileage for such journey not exceeding the cost of fares by the ordinary means of transport, for himself, his wife, and dependent children who accompany him.

44. The Minister may, in exceptional circumstances, authorize a cash payment to the member concerned, who will then make his own arrangements for the removal of his household effects.

Such authorization shall, however, be strictly limited, and shall be made according to the following scale:—

45. All claims on account of damage occurring during a removal carried out by the Army Department shall be investigated by a Court of Inquiry assembled by the order of the O.C. District.

STORAGE OF FURNITURE.

46. (a) Where a married member on permanent transfer is unable to obtain a house within seven days after arrival at the new station, and is obliged to pay for the storage of his furniture, the Army Secretary may approve payment to the member of the amount actually disbursed by him for storage for a period not exceeding one month from the date of arrival, after which period the case may be submitted for further consideration.

(b) The O.C. District shall, before submitting his recommendations to Army Headquarters, satisfy himself that genuine endeavours are being made to secure a house.

RATIONS AND QUARTERS, ETC.

47. A member of the Regular Force detailed for temporary duty at a camp or school of military instruction where officers or soldiers receive free rations shall be entitled, so long as he actually resides in quarters, to free rations and messing according to the scale laid down, but, while thus drawing free rations and messing, shall not be entitled to receive any other allowances relating to rations and/or quarters.

Provided that an officer of the Regular Force who, while attending a camp, is required to contribute to an officers’ mess may, upon production of receipts therefor signed by the Mess President or Mess Secretary, be reimbursed the actual amount of such contributions, excluding entrance fees and annual subscriptions. (For the purposes of this paragraph “camp” includes any period up to twelve days spent with the same unit.)

48. A married member of the Regular Force detailed for temporary duty at a station where free quarters and messing facilities, but not free rations, are provided shall be entitled, so long as he resides in such quarters, to an allowance of 4s. per day in the case of officers or 3s. per day in the case of other ranks. He shall not be entitled to any other allowance relating to rations and/or quarters.

49. A married member of the Regular Force detailed for temporary duty at a station where free quarters are provided, but where it is necessary to obtain meals outside such quarters, may be granted, so long as he actually resides in such quarters, an allowance not exceeding half the travelling-allowance laid down for his rank.

50. (a) A married member of the Regular Force employed at a camp or other establishment where he cannot obtain quarters for his family, and is compelled by reason of distance to remain away from his home at night, may, on the recommendation of the O.C. station, through the usual channels, be granted for each complete day of twenty-four hours that he is away from home whichever one of the allowances provided in paras. 47, 48, and 49 is applicable.

Such allowance shall be granted only for a period not exceeding twenty-eight days; and, if approved, subsequent renewals shall be made for periods not exceeding twenty-eight days each.

(b) Where a member is granted the privilege provided in sub-para. (a), and his family resides within access, he may be granted also, to enable him to visit his family once a week, a free return travelling-warrant available within a radius of thirty miles of his place of duty.

51. (a) A member of the Regular Force who is accommodated and rationed in permanent barracks or quarters at his station shall pay a fixed daily charge to cover the cost of rations, pay of cooks, lighting, fuel, upkeep of utensils, and other incidental overhead expenses.

This charge will be collected at the time of each pay-issue and accounted for in the Receiver’s Account by Messing Attendance Roll N.Z. 269.

(b) A married member living in permanent barracks during temporary absence on duty away from his station shall be accommodated and rationed free of charge.

A single member shall pay the charge provided in subpara. (a).

52. Except in the case of single personnel required to live in barracks under military discipline, members of the Regular Force and civilians employed by the Department shall—

(a) If occupying quarters for married men, pay rental therefor at rates from time to time laid down; or

(b) If accommodated in barracks or quarters provided for single men (other than under the conditions prescribed in paras. 47 to 51) pay rental therefor at the rate of £13 per annum.

53. Except as provided in these regulations, no allowance shall be made for rations or quarters unless specially authorized by the Army Secretary.

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