Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1985 No.771

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Air Force Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Air Force Act 1923.

Dated 16 May 1985.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

 

By His Excellency’s Command,

 

John Brown

Minister of State for Sport, Recreation and Tourism

for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Defence

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Interpretation

1. Regulation 4 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definitions of “aircraftwoman”, “airwoman” and “Women’s Service”.

Ranks of officers

2. Regulation 50 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1) and (1a) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(1) The ranks of officers in order of seniority, commencing with the most senior rank, shall be as follows:

Column 1	Column 2
Item	Rank
1	Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force
2	Air Chief Marshal
3	Air Marshal
4	Air Vice-Marshal
5	Air Commodore
6	Group Captain
7	Wing Commander
8	Squadron Leader
9	Flight Lieutenant
10	Flying Officer
11	Pilot Officer
12	Officer Cadet

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Repeal

3. Regulation 72a of the Air Force Regulations is repealed.

Retiring ages for officers

4. Regulation 88 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(1) The age for the compulsory retirement of an officer, other than an officer who is a chaplain of the Air Force, holding a substantive rank specified in Column 2 in the table in this sub-regulation in an item in that table is the age specified in Column 3 or 4, as the case may be, in that item:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Rank	General Duties Branch	Other Branches
1	Air Chief Marshal	63
2	Air Marshal	60
3	Air Vice-Marshal	57	57
4	Air Commodore	55	55
5	Group Captain	55	55
6	Wing Commander	50	55
7	Squadron Leader	47	55
8	Flight Lieutenant	45	55
9	Flying Officer	45	55
10	Pilot Officer	45	55
11	Officer Cadet	45	55

Commencement of sentences

5. Regulation 414 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3).

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 May 1985.

2.Statutory Rules 1927 No. 161 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1985 No.  and see also Statutory Rules 1985 No. .

                    

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