Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1) (Cth)

Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)¹

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 376²

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

Dated 16 December 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

DE-ANNE KELLY

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 1 July 2004.

1. Amendment of Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Regulations

Schedule 1 amends the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Regulations.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]          Regulation 1

substitute

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Regulations 1991.

[2]          Regulation 3, definitions of Leave Without Pay Determination and Maternity Leave Determination

substitute

Defence Determination means Defence Determination 2003/21, Conditions of Service, as in force from time to time under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

[3]          Regulation 4

substitute

1. Continuity of service not affected by taking certain kinds of leave

For paragraph 7 (1) (a) of the Act, the following kinds of leave are prescribed leave:

(a)compensation leave within the meaning of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988;

(b)leave granted to a member who is:

(i)incapacitated for service or work; and

(ii)entitled to compensation under Part 3 of Chapter 4 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004;

(c)maternity leave without pay granted under Part 3 of Chapter 8 of the Defence Determination;

(d)parental leave without pay granted under Part 4 of Chapter 8 of the Defence Determination;

(e)leave without pay granted under Part 7 of Chapter 8 of the Defence Determination of the kind mentioned in clause 8.7.3 of that Determination;

(f)part-time leave without pay granted under clause 8.7.4 of the Defence Determination.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1991 No. 130, as amended by 1992 No. 237.

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 2004.