Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 521

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Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES acting for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence, hereby make the following Interim Determination under section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979.

Dated 23 February 1982.

KEVIN NEWMAN

Minister of State for Administrative Services for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence

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Pay of certain officers

1. Regulation 4 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations is amended–

(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:

Column 1	Column 2
Appointment	Rate per year
$
Chief of the Army Reserve..................................................	13,500
Appointment in the establishment of the Army for which the rank of Major General is provided in that establishment.......................................................	13,000
Appointment in the establishment of the Army for which the rank of Brigadier is provided in that establishment...........................................................	11,250
Consultant Colonel, CMF, 2nd Military District....................	10,373
Consultant Colonel, CMF, 3rd Military District.....................	10,373
Colonel, Medical, 1st Division.............................................	10,373
Chaplain General– Anglican........................................................................	7,250

 

Column 1

Appointment

Column 2

Rate per year

$

Roman Catholic...................................................................

7,250

Presbyterian.........................................................................

5,800

Uniting Church in Australia..................................................

5,800

United Churches .................................................................

5,800

Jewish.................................................................................

3,625

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2).

2. Regulation 5aa of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations is repealed and the following regulations substituted:

Pay of certain members during prescribed period

“5aa. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations or any provision in the Service Financial Regulations, the amount payable in respect of reserve service rendered on a day during the prescribed period to a member who on that day is included in an employment category, employment classification, mustering or grade thereof specified in the following table shall be–

(a) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Seaman, Private or Aircraftman–$34.45;

(b) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Able Seaman, Lance Corporal or Leading Aircraftman–$35.15; and

(c) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Leading Seaman or Corporal and has completed–

(i) less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$36.55; and

(ii) not less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$37.75.

Navy	Army	Air Force
Employment category	Employment classification	Mustering
Medical (qualified X-ray Assistant) Leading Seaman Signals	Bookbinder, Grade 2 Compositor, Grade 2 Illustrator Publications Mechanic Radar, Grade 1 Mechanic Radio, Grade 1 Operator Specialist Vehicles Photographer Cinematographic Photographer Public Relations Printer Letterpress, Grade 2 Surveyor Artillery, Grade 3 Technician Electronic, Grade 1 Technician Photographic, Grade 1 Technician Printing, Grade 2	Air Photo Plotter Laboratory Technician, Grade 1 Printer (Bookbinder), Grade 2 Radio Technician (Air), Grade 1 Radio Technician (Ground), Grade 1 Telecommunications Technician, Grade 1

“(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations or any provision in the Service Financial Regulations, the amount payable in respect of reserve service rendered on a day during the prescribed period to a member who on that day is included in an employment category, employment

classification, mustering or grade thereof specified in the following table shall

be–

(a) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Seaman, Private or Aircraftman–$33.30;

(b) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Able Seaman, Lance Corporal or Leading Aircraftman–$34.00; and

(c) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Leading Seaman or Corporal and has completed–

(i) less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$35.40; and

(ii) not less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$36.55.

Navy	Army	Air Force
Employment category	Employment classification	Mustering
Employment category in the General entry Ratings Structure scheme– Electronic Technical Communications Electronic Technical Weapons Systems	Bookbinder, Grade 1 Compositor, Grade 1 Operator Data Processing Photographer Still Printer Letterpress, Grade 1 Technician Printing, Grade 1	EDP Operator Printer (Bookbinder),Grade 1

“(3) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations or any provision in the Service Financial Regulations, the amount payable in respect of reserve service rendered on a day during the prescribed period to a member who on that day is included in an employment category, employment classification, mustering or grade thereof specified in the following table shall be–

(a) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Seaman, Private or Aircraftman–$31.45;

(b) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Able Seaman, Lance Corporal or Leading Aircraftman–$32.15; and

(c) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Leading Seaman or Corporal and has completed–

(i) less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$33.55; and

(ii) not less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$34.70.

Navy	Army	Air Force
Employment category	Employment classification	Mustering
Leading Seaman Aviation WRAN Motor Transport Driver, Grade 1 Employment category in the General entry Ratings Structure scheme– Air Technical Weapons Ordnance Employment category in the General entry Sailors Structure scheme– Air Technical Aircraft, Grade 1 Air Technical Communications, Grade 1	Assistant Health Assistant Traffic Baker Dispatch Rider Driver, Grade 1 Handler Freight Operator Petroleum	Bookbinder Motor Transport Driver, Grade 1 Publications Assistant

 

Navy	Army	Air Force
Employment category	Employment classification	Mustering
Air Technical Weapons Electrical, Grade 1 Air Technical Weapons Ordnance, Grade 1 Electrical Technical Power, Grade 1 Electrical Technical Weapons, Grade 1 Electronic Technical Communications, Grade 1 Electronic Technical Weapons Systems, Grade 1

“(4) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations or any provision in the Service Financial Regulations, the amount payable in respect of reserve service rendered on a day during the prescribed period to a member who on that day is included in an employment category, employment classification, mustering or grade thereof specified in the following table shall be-

(a) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Seaman, Private or Aircraftman–$29.80;

(b) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Able Seaman, Lance Corporal or Leading Aircraftman and has completed–

(i) less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$30.50; and

(ii) not less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$31.20; and

(c) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Leading Seaman or Corporal and has completed–

(i) less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$32.60; and

(ii) not less than 1 year’s service in that rank–$33.55.

Navy Army	Army	Air Force
Employment category	Employment classification	Mustering
Steward (Male), Grade 1	Assistant Supplier

Pay of members entitled to command money

“5ab. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations, the amount payable to a member in respect of reserve service rendered by him on a day during the prescribed period is the amount which would otherwise be payable to him, but for this regulation, less any amounts to which he is entitled under regulation 18 of the Naval Financial Regulations, in respect of reserve service on that day.

“5ac. In regulations 5aa and 5ab, ‘prescribed period’ means the period from and including 5 November 1981 to and including the day immediately before the day on which the making of those regulations was notified in the Gazettes.”.

Pay of members other than officers and trainees

3. Regulation 8 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations is amended–

(a) by omitting paragraphs (1) (a), (1) (b) and (1) (c) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a) in the case of a member who holds the rank of Seaman, Private or Aircraftman–the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to that rank and the pay level appropriate, under the Service Financial Regulations, to the member; and

(b) in any other case–the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to–

(i) the rank held by the member;

(ii) the pay level appropriate, under the Service Financial Regulations, to the member; and

(iii) the number of years that is equal to the number of years of service that the member has completed in that rank.”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulations (1a), (1b), (1ba), (1c), (1d), (1e) and ( 1f) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(1a) In this regulation, a reference to service that a member has completed in a rank shall, in relation to a member other than a member referred to in sub-regulation 12 (5),be a reference to the service actually completed by the member in that rank.”.

Repeal

4. Regulation 11 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations is repealed.

Service of a member in a rank

5. Regulation 12 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (5) and (6) and substituting the following sub-regulations:

“(5) Subject to sub-regulations (11), (12) and (13), where the Minister, in the period ending immediately before the day on which the making of this sub-regulation was notified in the Gazette, made an approval under the relevant provision in respect of a member who has been downgraded, reverted or reduced to a lower rank being a rank specified in Part II or Part III of Schedule 5, the number of years of service that the member has completed in that rank shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph 8 (1) (b) (iii), be–

(a) in the case of a member who has been downgraded, reverted or reduced for reasons of inefficiency–the number of years that the member has actually completed in that rank including any previous service rendered by the member in that rank; and

(b) in the case of a member who has been downgraded, reverted or reduced for reasons other than inefficiency–the number of years equal to the sum of the member’s actual service in that rank including any previous service rendered by the member in that rank and the service actually rendered by the member in the rank from which he has been downgraded, reduced or reverted.

“(6) In sub-regulation (5), ‘relevant provision’ means–

(a) in the case of a member of the Navy–paragraph 31a (4) (b) of the Naval Financial Regulations;

(b) in the case of a member of the Army–paragraph 12ba (5) (b) of the Military Financial Regulations; and

(c) in the case of a member of the Air Force–paragraph 549a (4) (b) of the Air Force Regulations.”.

Application of certain provisions of Service Financial Regulations

6. Regulation 16 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “Part I of” (wherever occurring).

Schedules 1, 4 and 5

7. Schedules 1, 4 and 5 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:

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SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 7

OFFICERS OTHER THAN OFFICERS WHO HOLD AN APPOINTMENT SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE IN REGULATION 4 OR ARE OFFICERS DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULES 3 AND 4

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Navy	Army	Air Force	Amount
$
Acting Sub Lieutenant–	Second Lieutenant–	Pilot Officer–
Under 2 years........	Under 2 years....	Under 2 years.....	39.45
2 years..................	2 years..............	2 years...............	40.95
Sub Lieutenant–	Lieutenant–	Flying Officer–
Under 2 years........	Under 2 years....	Under 2 years.....	42.40
2 years..................	2 years..............	2 years...............	45.85
Lieutenant–	Captain–	Flight Lieutenant–
Under 2 years........	Under 2 years....	Under 2 years.....	51.15
2 years..................	2 years..............	2 years...............	55.35
4 years..................	4 years..............	4 years...............	59.55
Lieutenant Commander–	Major–	Squadron Leader–
Under 2 years........	Under 2 years....	Under 2 years.....	65.35
2 year...................	2 years..............	2 years...............	69.80
Commander–	Lieutenant Colonel–	Wing Commander–
Under 2 years........	Under 2 years....	Under 2 years.....	77.55
2 years..................	2 years..............	2 years...............	79.90
Captain......................	Colonel..................	Group Captain......	89.65
Brigadier................	............................	104.80
Major General........	............................	121.10

SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 7

CHAPLAINS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Navy	Army	Air Force	Amount
$
Chaplain–	Chaplain, 4th Class–	Chaplain–
Under 2 years....	Under 2 years.............	Under 2 years...............	43.90
2 years.................	2 years.........................	2 years............................	47.15
Chaplain, 3rd Class–
4 years.................	Under 4 years.............	4 years............................	50.50
8 years.................	4 years.........................	8 years............................	53.80
12 years..............	8 years.........................	12 years.........................	56.50
16 years..............	12 years.......................	16 years.........................	59.75
20 years..............	16 years.......................	20 years.........................	62.95
Principal Air Chaplain...	71.50

SCHEDULE 5 Regulations 8

MEMBERS OTHER THAN OFFICERS AND MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN A CAPACITY REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 7

Part I

Column 4
Ranks	Amount
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay
level	level	level	level	level	level	level
Navy	Army	Air Force	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
$	$	$	$	$	$	$
Seaman......	Private	Aircraftman	27.95	29.80	31.45	33.30	34.45	37.05	37.05
Able Seaman	Lance Corporal	Leading Aircraftman
Under 2 years	Under 2 years	Under 2 years	28.65	30.50	32.15	34.00	35.15	37.75	38.65
2 years	2 years	2 years	29.35	31.20	32.15	34.00	35.15	37.75	38.65
Leading
Seaman	Corporal	Corporal
Under 2 years	Under 2 years	Under 2 years	30.75	32.60	33.55	35.40	36.55	38.90	40.05
2 years	2 years	2 years	31.65	33.55	34.70	36.55	37.75	40.05	41.20

Part II

Column 4
Ranks	Amount
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay
level	level	level	level	level	level	level
Navy	Army	Air Force	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
$	$	$	S	$	$	$
Petty Officer	Sergeant	Sergeant
Under 2 years	Under 2 years	Under 2 years	33.55	35.40	36.55	38.90	40.05	42.40	43.55
2 years.......	2 years.......	2 years....	35.40	37.25	38.90	41.20	41.20	43.55	44.70
4 years ......	4 years.......	4 years....	37.25	39.10	40.05	41.20	41.20	43.55	44.70
6 years.......	6 years ......	6 years....	39.10	40.05	40.05	41.20	41.20	43.55	44.70
8 years.......	8 years.......	8 years....	40.05	40.05	40.05	41.20	41.20	43.55	44.70

Part III

Column 4
Ranks	Amount
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay	Pay
level	level	level	level	level	level	level
Navy	Army	Air Force	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
$	$	$	$	$	$	$
Artificer, 1st
Class–	Staff Sergeant–
Under 2 years	Under 2 years	42.40	42.40	42.40	43.55	43.55	45.90	47.05
2 years...	2 years..	44.70	44.70	44.70	45.90	45.90	48.20	48.20
4 years...	4 years..	45.90	45.90	45.90	45.90	45.90	48.20	48.20
Flight Sergeant–
Under 2 years	42.40	42.40	42.40	43.55	43.55	45.90	47.05
2 years..	44.70	44.70	44.70	45.90	45.90	48.20	49.35
4 years..	45.90	45.90	45.90	48.20	48.20	50.55	51.70
6 years..	48.20	48.20	48.20	50.55	50.55	51.70	51.70
8 year....	50.55	50,55	50.55	50.55	50.55	51.70	51.70
	Chief Petty	Warrant Officer,
Officer–	Class 2–
Under 2 years	Under 2 years	48.45	48.45	48.45	48.45	48.45	50.75	50,75
2 years...	2 years..	50.75	50.75	50.75	50.75	50.75	51.95	51.95
Warrant	Warrant Officer,	Warrant
Officer–	Class 1–	Officer–
Under 2 years	Under 2 years	Under 2 years	53.80	53.80	53.80	53.80	53.80	54.95	54.95
2 years...	2 years..	2 years..	56.10	56.10	56.10	56.10	56.10	56.10	56.10

Application

8. Paragraph 1 (a) and clauses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Interim Determination shall be deemed to have come into operation on 5 November 1981.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 3 March 1982.

2. Statutory Rules 1976 No. 16 as amended by Statutory Rules 1976 Nos. 41, 75, 82, 137, 198 and 264; 1977 Nos. 81, 97, 160, 174 and 280; 1978 Nos. 5, 51, 117 and 240; 1979 Nos. 5, 22, 83 and 162; 1980 Nos. 10, 24, 44, 83, 94, 154, 165, 218, 230 and 350; 1981 Nos. 11, 20, 94, 114, 121, 237, 256, 272 and 337.