Except where provision is or may hereafter be expressly made to the contrary, no person shall be entitled to claim as a right any promotion, emolument, retired pay, pension or other benefit conferred by any provision of these Regulations in the event of such provisions being at any time varied, or cancelled.

Note.- Full details of the rules and conditions of issue of Naval Pay and Allowances are contained in the Naval Pay Regulations. The following is a brief summary only, and is not to be taken as superseding or overriding anything contained in the Naval Pay Regulations.

I. DAILY RATES OF FULL PAY.

NORMAL RATES - (GENERAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY LISTS, R.N.), R.N.R. AND R.N.V.R. OFFICERS

The following rates do not apply to National Service Officers.

* These rates are restricted to Lieutenants on the Supplementary List.

Notes.- (i) A Commodore 2nd Class receives full pay as a Captain.

(ii) Increments of full pay for Reserve officers depend on mobilised service and not seniority.

NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICERS

The following scales apply to National Service Officers:

MEDICAL OFFICERS, R.N. AND R.N.V.R.

The following rates do not apply to National Service Officers.

Note.-Increments of pay for R.N.V.R. officers depend on mobilised service and not seniority.

The following scales apply to National Service Officers.

DENTAL OFFICERS, R.N., AND R.N.V.R.

The following rates do not apply to National Service Officers.

Note.-Increments of full pay for R.N.V.R. officers depend on mobilised service and not seniority.

NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICERS.

The following scales apply to National Service Officers.

CHAPLAINS (ALL DENOMINATIONS), R.N. AND R.N.V.R.

The two Senior Chaplains holding the appointments of Senior Chaplain, Church of Scotland and Free Churches, and Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain respectively, will receive a special rate of full pay of �4 16s. 0d a day whilst so appointed. On ceasing to hold these appointments they will revert to their normal rate of full pay.

R.N.V.R. Chaplains on completing 6, 14, 22 and 28 years' Reserve Service are eligible for appropriate rates of full pay above. Intervening increments of pay depend on mobilised service on full pay.

INSTRUCTOR OFFICERS RN

The following rates do not apply to National Service Officers:

NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICERS

The following scales apply to National Service Officers

SPECIAL DUTIES LIST ROYAL NAVY

Commander: as for General List Officers - above

ROYAL MARINE OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST) AND R.M.F.V.R. OFFICERS

The following rates do not apply to National Service Officers.

Notes :-A Brigadier receives full pay as a Colonel Increments of full pay for RMFVR Officers depend on mobilised service and not seniority

NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICERS

The following scale applies to National Service Officers:

SPECIAL DUTIES LIST ROYAL MARINES

WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE

QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL NAVAL NURSING SERVICE AND RESERVE

OFFICER MEMBERS OF NAVAL VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS

II ALLOWANCES

RELATIVE RANK

The following table shows the relative Naval rank of Officers so far as rates of allowances are concerned :-

Note-A Brigadier receives Colonel's allowances

The above table applies to permanent active list RN Chaplains and to Permanent RNVR Chaplains. In the case of retired Chaplains re-employed and temporary Chaplains the same table applies with the substitution of the words ' paid service' for ' seniority'

(ii) COMMAND MONEY

Payable to Officers in Command of one or a group of HM seagoing ships or to Royal Marine Officers of relative rank in command of Landing Craft at the following daily rates:

(iii) ENTERTAINING ALLOWANCE

Payable to Officers appointed in Command at the following daily rates :-

* Subject to special Admiralty approval

(iv) FLYING PAY

Flying pay is payable at the rates shown below to Officers up to and including the rank or relative rank of Captain RN or Colonel RM who are appointable for flying duties or are trained to qualify as service pilots or observers.

Officers appointable for flying duties :-

* Note. - Commanders and Captains RN entitled to flying pay when not serving in active flying appointments receive a rate of flying pay of 10/- a day in place of the rates quoted above

(v) SUBMARINE PAY

Submarine Pay is payable to officers of the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and below at the following rates when appointed for duty in or with submarines:

(vi) SURVEYING PAY

Surveying Officers receive surveying pay at the following rates payable continuously from the date of first appointment as Surveyor or Assistant Surveyor so long as they remain in the Surveying Service.

(vii) MEDICAL OFFICERS' SPECIALIST PAY

Medical Officers of the rank of Surgeon Commander and below while appointed for duty as Senior Specialist or Specialist receive Specialist pay at the rates of 12/- and 5/- a day respectively

(viii) DENTAL OFFICERS' SPECIALIST PAY

Dental Officers of the rank of Surgeon Commander (D) and below while appointed for duty as Senior Specialist or Specialist receive Specialist pay at the rates of 12/- and 5/- a day respectively

(ix) QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL NAVAL NURSING SERVICE AND RESERVE

(x) PILOTAGE MONEY

Pilotage Money at rates embodied in an authorised scale approved by the Admiralty is payable to officers at Home and Abroad for pilotage of HM Ships and Vessels at certain ports channels etc classified as being difficult of access

(xi) HARD-LYING MONEY

Payable to officers whilst living and sleeping in ships employed on mainly sea service at full rates when the living and sleeping conditions are not superior to those in a trawler and at half rates when the conditions are superior to those in a trawler but markedly inferior to those in a destroyer.

The rates are as follows:-

Hard-lying money is not payable to officers in receipt of Surveying Pay

(xii) MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE

Subject to detailed conditions laid down in Regulations all married officers are eligible for Marriage

Allowance payable continuously at the following rates :

Married Officers aged 25 and over:

(Note.- An abatement of 3s a day is made from the above rates in certain circumstances e.g. if an officer is provided with official quarters which he occupies with his family or if he is in receipt of the married rates of Local Overseas Allowance of Mission Allowance).

(ii) Married officers under 25.- a marriage allowance of 56s a week. Except that National Service entrants under the age of 21 years receive 45s per week.

If the officer has been promoted from the Lower Deck or from the ranks he may receive the rate of Marriage Allowance (excluding the Allotment from his own pay) in issue on the day before the date of promotion if this is more than 56s a week.

WRNS officers who are widows with children are eligible for marriage allowance at the same rates and under the same conditions as widower naval officers.

(xiii) LODGING ALLOWANCE

Officers for whom accommodation cannot be provided on board HM Ships or in Naval or RM Barracks or in service quarters generally are eligible under certain conditions for Lodging Allowance at the following rates:

Lodging allowance is not normally payable in addition to Marriage Allowance or to officers whilst on leave

(xiv) RATION ALLOWANCE

Ration Allowance is payable under certain conditions to officers entitled to service victualling who cannot be so victualled. The current rate is 5s 6d a day in the British Isles ; abroad the rate varies according to station.

(xv) LONDON ALLOWANCE

Officers whose place of duty is within ten miles of Charing Cross and who are not provided with accommodation at public expense will be entitled to London Allowance at the following rates as a supplement to lodging allowance or marriage allowance:

(xvi) LOCAL OVERSEAS ALLOWANCE

Local Overseas Allowance is designed to compensate an officer for the extra cost of living overseas. Conditions of issue together with rates appropriate to the station are promulgated separately

III - PAY WHILST UNEMPLOYED

Except as provided for the payment of half pay full pay will be granted to all officers whilst unemployed together with Marriage Allowance or Lodging Allowance as appropriate and Ration Allowance on condition that they hold themselves at the disposal of the Admiralty and are regarded by the Admiralty as available for employment and do not undertake continuous professional work for which payment is made

IV - HALF PAY

Officers will be discharged to Half Pay in the following circumstances:

(1) When dismissed their ships as a result of a sentence by Court Martial or when relieved by order of the Admiralty on account of misconduct otherwise than as a result of sentence by a Court Martial.

(if) In special cases for disciplinary reasons as the Admiralty may direct.

Officers (except Admirals of the Fleet) discharged to Half Pay will receive half the rates of Full Pay Marriage Allowance and Flying Pay to which their rank and seniority as reduced by any sentence of a Court Martial entitle them except that where they are holding acting higher or temporary rank the Half Pay rate will be based on the rates appropriate to their substantive rank.

The rate of Half Pay for an Admiral of the Fleet when further naval employment is not contemplated is �2,300 a year

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