Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsWhere, in consequence of a sentence or award of the Australian Military Court or of an officer dealing summarily with a charge, a sum is required to be paid by a member of the Defence Force:
(a) to or towards the making good any loss, damage or destruction of property of the Board; or
(b) as compensation for any loss, damage or destruction of property of the Board;
occasioned by the commission of an offence by the member, that sum shall be deemed to be a debt due and owing by the member to the Board and, without prejudice to any other means of recovery, may be deducted from moneys which are, or which become, due and payable by the Commonwealth to the member and may be paid to the Board in such instalments, and in such manner, as a service chief directs.