Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01455:reg:24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01455
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 24
Character Range: 14789–16893

24  How the Canteen Service is to be conducted
 (1) The Army and Air Force Canteen Service is to be controlled and conducted by the Board in accordance with this instrument.
 (2) The Canteen Service's purposes are:
 (a) to supply goods, facilities and services to, or for the entertainment and recreation of:
 (i) members of the Army or Air Force; and
 (ii) persons employed in, or in connection with, Army or Air Force installations; and
 (iii) dependants of those members or persons; and
 (iv) visitors to Army or Air Force installations; and
 (v) members of the ADF Cadets; and
 (b) to undertake activities with such purposes of a similar nature as the Minister approves, in writing, after considering the recommendations of the Board.
 (3) The Board must conduct the Canteen Service in accordance with the following policy guidelines:
 (a) the Canteen Service is to operate to enhance the living conditions and social environment of the persons referred to in paragraph (2)(a);
 (b) the operations of the Canteen Service are to be conducted on a commercial and self‑supporting basis, with the aim of achieving profits sufficient to allow surplus funds to be distributed for the benefit of members of the Army or Air Force;
 (c) the operations of the Canteen Service at each Army or Air Force installation are to be conducted in such a way as to make those operations:
 (i) self‑supporting; and
 (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;
 (d) policy guidelines approved by the Minister by written instrument.
 (4) 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.
 (5) The Minister may:
 (a) approve activities for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b); and
 (b) approve policy guidelines for the purposes of paragraph (3)(d).