STATUTORY RULES.
1963.
No. 76
REGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1956.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia,
acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the
following Regulations under the Air Force Act 1923-1956.
Dated this seventh day of August, 1963.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command
Minister of
State for the Navy,
acting for and on behalf of
the Minister of State for Air.
AMENDMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE REGULATIONS
Parts.
1. Regulation 2 of the Air Force Regulations is amended
by omitting the words and figures—
"Division
2A.—Variations of Pay—Regulation 552B.".
Active pay of officers.
2. Regulation 543 of the Air Force Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation
(1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—
Rank and Service.
| Rate per Day.
|
£
| s.
| d.
|
Air Commodore .........................................................................................................................................................
| 10
| 15
| 8
|
Group Captain—
|
On
appointment .....................................................................................................................................................
| 8
| 14
| 7
|
After 2
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 9
| 0
| 5
|
After 4
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 9
| 6
| 3
|
After 6
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 9
| 12
| 1
|
After 8
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 9
| 17
| 11
|
Wing Commander—
|
On
appointment .....................................................................................................................................................
| 7
| 1
| 8
|
After 2
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 7
| 6
| 5
|
After 4
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 7
| 11
| 2
|
After 6
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 7
| 15
| 11
|
After 8
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 8
| 0
| 8
|
After 10
years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................................................
| 8
| 5
| 5
|
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 12th August, 1963.
Statutory Rules
1927, No. 161, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Air Force
Regulations, see footnote to Statutory Rules 1963, No. , and see also Statutory Rules 1963, .
6647/63.—PRICE 3D. 15/29.7.1963.
Rank
and Service. | Rate
per Day.
|
£
| s.
| d.
|
Squadron
Leader—
|
On appointment—
|
Officer in receipt of increment for having had 12
years' service in rank of Flight Lieutenant ............................................................................................................
| 5
| 11
| 4
|
Other
officer ......................................................................................................................
| 5
| 9
| 6
|
After 2 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 5
| 14
| 2
|
After 4 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 5
| 18
| 10
|
After 6 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 6
| 3
| 6
|
After 8 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 6
| 8
| 2
|
After 10 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 6
| 12
| 10
|
Flight
Lieutenant—
|
On appointment ..................................................................................................................
| 4
| 5
| 4
|
After 2 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 4
| 12
| 11
|
After 4 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 5
| 0
| 6
|
After 8 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 5
| 5
| 11
|
After 12 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 5
| 11
| 4
|
Flying Officer—
|
On appointment ..................................................................................................................
| 3
| 11
| 0
|
After 2 years' service in rank ..................................................................................................................
| 3
| 16
| 0
|
Pilot Officer ......................................................................................................................
| 3
| 3
| 11
|
(b) by omitting
from sub-regulation (3.) the words "Four pounds ten shillings and two
pence" and inserting in their stead the words "Five pounds and
sixpence";
(c) by omitting
from the column headed "Rate per Day" in the table in sub-regulation
(4.) the figures "3 18 0" and inserting in their stead the figures
"4 5 4";
(d)by omitting the table in sub-regulation (7.) and
inserting in its stead the following table:—
Classification
and Service.
| Rate
per Day.
|
£
| s.
| d.
|
Principal Air
Chaplain ....................................................................................................................
| 7
| 13
| 2
|
Chaplain, First
Class—
|
On appointment .................................................................................................................
| 7
| 2
| 6
|
After 2 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 7
| 7
| 10
|
After 4 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 7
| 13
| 2
|
Chaplain,
Second Class—
|
On appointment .................................................................................................................
| 6
| 8
| 3
|
After 2 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 6
| 13
| 4
|
After 4 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 6
| 18
| 5
|
Chaplain, Third
Class—
|
On appointment .................................................................................................................
| 5
| 0
| 6
|
After 2 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 5
| 5
| 10
|
After 4 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 5
| 11
| 2
|
After 6 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 5
| 16
| 6
|
Chaplain,
Fourth Class—
|
On appointment .................................................................................................................
| 4
| 7
| 10
|
After 2 years' service in
classification .................................................................................................................
| 4
| 14
| 1
|
(e) by omitting
from sub-regulation (8.) the words "Five pounds four shillings and eight
pence" and inserting in their stead the words "Five pounds sixteen
shillings and sixpence";
(f) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (9.) and
inserting in its stead the following table:—
Rank
and Service.
| Rate
per Day.
|
£
| s.
| d.
|
Group
Officer—
|
On appointment .....................................................................................................................
| 5
| 17
| 4
|
After 2 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 6
| 1
| 4
|
After 4 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 6
| 5
| 4
|
Wing
Officer—
|
On appointment .....................................................................................................................
| 4
| 15
| 7
|
After 2 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 4
| 18
| 9
|
After 4 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 5
| 1
| 10
|
Squadron
Officer—
|
On appointment .....................................................................................................................
| 3
| 14
| 0
|
After 2 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 3
| 17
| 1
|
After 4 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 4
| 0
| 2
|
After 6 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 4
| 3
| 3
|
After 8 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 4
| 6
| 4
|
Flight
Officer—
|
On appointment .....................................................................................................................
| 3
| 2
| 11
|
After 2 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 3
| 8
| 0
|
Section
Officer—
|
On appointment .....................................................................................................................
| 2
| 8
| 4
|
After 2 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 2
| 11
| 5
|
After 4 years' service in rank .....................................................................................................................
| 2
| 17
| 10
|
(g)by omitting the table in sub-regulation (10.) and
inserting in its stead the following table:—
Rank
and Service.
| Rate
per Day.
|
£
| s.
| d.
|
Group
Officer—
|
On appointment .......................................................................................................................
| 5
| 17
| 4
|
After 2 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 6
| 1
| 4
|
After 4 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 6
| 5
| 4
|
Wing
Officer—
|
On appointment .......................................................................................................................
| 4
| 15
| 7
|
After 2 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 4
| 18
| 9
|
After 4 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 5
| 1
| 10
|
Squadron
Officer—
|
On appointment .......................................................................................................................
| 3
| 14
| 0
|
After 2 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 3
| 17
| 1
|
After 4 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 4
| 0
| 2
|
After 6 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 4
| 3
| 3
|
After 8 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 4
| 6
| 4
|
Flight
Officer—
|
On appointment .......................................................................................................................
| 2
| 17
| 10
|
After 2 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 3
| 2
| 11
|
After 4 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 3
| 8
| 0
|
Section
Officer—
|
On appointment .......................................................................................................................
| 2
| 8
| 4
|
After 2 years' service in rank .......................................................................................................................
| 2
| 11
| 5
|
Repeal.
3. Division 2A of Part XI. of the Air Force Regulations
is repealed.
Allowance for medical and dental officers.
4.—(1.) Regulation 556C of the Air Force Regulations is
amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the
following sub-regulation:—
"(1.) Subject to the next succeeding
sub-regulation, an officer of the medical branch of the Permanent Air Force who
is a qualified medical or dental practitioner, and an officer of the Women's
Royal Australian Air Force Branch who is such a practitioner, may be paid an
allowance at the rate specified, in relation to the officer's rank, in the
following table:—
Rank. | Rate
per day. |
£ | s. | d. |
Air
Commodore ....................................................................................................... | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Group
Captain or Wing Commander .......................................................................... | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Squadron
Leader or Flight Lieutenant ........................................................................ | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Flight
Officer ........................................................................................................... | 2 | 18 | 8 |
(2.) The allowance provided for in regulation 556C of
the Air Force Regulations, as amended by the last preceding sub-regulation, is
payable—
(a) to an
officer of the Permanent Air Force or of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force
Branch, in accordance with that regulation, in respect of service on and after
the second day of May, 1963; and
(b)to an officer of the Citizen Air Force who is
entitled to payment of the allowance provided for in that regulation by virtue
of sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 647 of the Air Force Regulations in
respect of service on and after the first day of July, 1963.
Special
midday meal allowance.
5. Regulation 598AA of the Air Force Regulations is
amended by omitting the words "Three shillings and sixpence" and
inserting in their stead the words "Four shillings".
Application.
6.—(1.) In this
regulation, the "prescribed period" means—
(a) in relation
to an officer of the Permanent Air Force—the period from and including the
second day of May, 1963, to and including the day immediately preceding the
commencement of these Regulations;
(b)in relation to an officer of the Citizen Air
Force—the period from and including the first day of July, 1963, to and
including the day immediately preceding the commencement of these Regulations;
and
(c) in relation
to an airman of the Citizen Air Force—the period from and including the first
day of July, 1963, to and including the seventeenth day of July, 1963.
(2.) The next succeeding sub-regulation applies in a
case where an officer of the Permanent Air Force has received or is entitled to
receive active pay in accordance with regulation 543 of the Air Force
Regulations in respect of a day in the prescribed period.
(3.) The rate of active pay applicable under
Divisions 2 and 2A of Part XI. of the Air Force Regulations during the
prescribed period shall, in a case to which this sub-regulation applies, be
increased by an amount equal to the amount by which that rate is less than the
rate of active pay that would have been applicable if the amendments made by
these Regulations had taken effect on the second day of May, 1963.
(4.) The next succeeding sub-regulation applies in a
case where an officer or airman of the Citizen Air Force has received or is
entitled to receive active pay in accordance with regulation 543 or regulation
549, as the case requires, of the Air Force Regulations in respect of a day in
the prescribed period.
(5.) The rate of active pay applicable under
Divisions 2 and 2A of Part XI. of the Air Force Regulations during the
appropriate prescribed period shall, in a case to which this regulation
applies, be increased by an amount equal to the amount by which that rate is
less than the rate of active pay that would have been applicable if the
amendments made by these Regulations and by Statutory Rules 1963, No. 64, had
taken effect on the first day of July, 1963.
By
Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.