Air Force Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 631

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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 17 May 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence

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Retiring ages for officers

1. Regulation 88 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting from the column headed “Other Branches” in the table in sub-regulation (1) “60”, “58” and “57” and substituting “57”, “55” and “55” respectively.

Schedule 5

2. Schedule 5 to the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting from Item 5 “114.04” and substituting “144.04”.

Transitional

3.(1) In this regulation—

“commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into operation;

“former retirement age” means, in relation to an officer, the age for the compulsory retirement of that officer that was applicable immediately before the commencement date;

“new retirement age” means, in relation to an officer, the age for the compulsory retirement of that officer that is applicable on the commencement date.

 

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(2) Where before the commencement date an officer has attained an age equal to or greater than his new retirement age, but less than his former retirement age, the age for the compulsory retirement of that officer shall be his former retirement age, unless a greater retirement age becomes applicable to him.

(3) Subject to sub-regulation (4), where on the commencement date the new retirement age of an officer, other than an officer to whom sub-regulation (2) applies, is less than his former retirement age, that officer, at any time before attaining his new retirement age, may elect in writing delivered to the Chief of the Air Staff to serve until attaining his former retirement age.

(4) Where an officer makes an election under sub-regulation (3), the age for the compulsory retirement of that officer shall be his former retirement age, unless a greater retirement age becomes applicable to him.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 May 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1927 No. 161 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 12 and see also Statutory Rules 1983 Nos. 12, 15, 20 and 21.

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