Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

ARMY AND AIR FORCE CANTEEN SERVICE REGULATIONS 1959 - REG 4

         (1)    There shall be a canteen service to be known as the Army and Air Force Canteen Service.

         (2)    The Canteen Service shall be controlled and conducted by the Board in accordance with these regulations.

         (3)    The purposes of the Canteen Service shall be:

                (a)    the supply of goods, facilities and services to, or for the entertainment and recreation of:

                          (i)    members of the Army or the Air Force;

                         (ii)    persons employed in or in connection with Army or Air Force installations;

                         (iii)    dependants of those members or persons;

                        (iv)    visitors to Army or Air Force installations; and

                         (v)    members of the Australian Army Cadets or the Australian Air Force Cadets; and

               (b)    such other purposes of a similar nature as the Minister approves after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Board.

         (4)    The Board shall conduct the Canteen Service in accordance with the following policy guidelines:

                (a)    the Canteen Service shall operate to enhance the living conditions and social environment of the persons referred to in paragraph (3) (a);

               (b)    the operations of the Canteen Service shall be conducted on a commercial and self-supporting basis, with the aim of providing profits sufficient to permit distribution of surplus funds for the benefit of members of the Army or the Air Force;

                (c)    the operations of the Canteen Service at each Army or Air Force installation shall be conducted in such manner as to make those operations:

                          (i)    self-supporting;

                         (ii)    commercially viable; and

                         (iii)    sufficiently profitable so as to ensure, in conjunction with the operation of the Canteen Service at other Army or Air Force installations, the financial self‑sufficiency of the Canteen Service as a whole; and

               (d)    policy guidelines approved by the Minister by instrument in writing.

         (5)    The Board may conduct the operations of the Canteen Service under a name registered under the legislation, relating to business names, of a State or Territory in which the operations of the Canteen Service are being conducted.