Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 265

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973.*

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 Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.

Dated this ninth day of December, 1976.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendments of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits

(Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations 

Schedule 2.

1. Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting the words and figures—

“ Rear-Admiral ................	Major-General ..........	Air Vice-Marshal .............................	29,951
Commodore ...................	Brigadier ..................	Air Commodore................................	25,481
and substituting the words and figures—
“ Rear-Admiral..................	Major-General ..........	Air Vice-Marshal .............................	30,610
Commodore ...................	Brigadier ..................	Air Commodore ...............................	26,042 ”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 14 December 1976.

  Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; 1975, Nos. 141 and 195; and 1976, Nos. 42, 99, 160, 170, 196 and 207.

Repeal of Schedules 3 and 4.

2. Schedules 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—

SCHEDULE 3 Sub-regulation 4 (7)

Chaplains

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Navy	Army	Air Force	Annual pay
$
Chaplain-General ................	Principal Air Chaplain ......	20,377
Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Third Class, with not less than 16 years’ service in that classification	Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain	19,852
Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Third Class, with less than 16 but not less than 8 years’ service in that classification	Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service as a Chaplain	18,805
Chaplain with less than 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Third Class, with less than 8 years’ service in that classification	Chaplain with less than 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	16,712
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class ........	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	14,496

SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4 (8)

Members undergoing Training

Item No.	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
1	Normal entry recruits during basic recruit training .................................................................................................................................	6,696
2	Trainees, including sailors in the Navy who hold the rank of Seaman, who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training—
1st year .................................................................................................................................	6,941
2nd and subsequent years .................................................................................................................................	7,979
3	Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices—
1st year .................................................................................................................................	4,393
2nd year .................................................................................................................................	4,393
3rd year .................................................................................................................................	5,991
4th year .................................................................................................................................	7,029
4	Sailors in the Navy who hold the rank of Seaman and who have not attained the age of 17 years and junior recruits in the Navy .................................................................................................................................	3,333
5	Royal Military College cadets, air cadets at the Air Force Academy and subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Navy who hold the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or a lower rank) who entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of senior entry—
1st year..................................................................................................................................	5,433
2nd year .................................................................................................................................	5,433
3rd year .................................................................................................................................	6,054
4th year .................................................................................................................................	6,674
5th year .................................................................................................................................	7,294
6th year .................................................................................................................................	7,916

Schedule 4—continued

Members Undergoing Training—continued

Item No.	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
6	Subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Navy who hold the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or a lower rank) who entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of junior entry—
1st year ................................................................................................................	3,704
2nd year ..............................................................................................................	4,258
3rd year ...............................................................................................................	5,433
4th year ...............................................................................................................	5,433
5th year ...............................................................................................................	6,054
6th year ...............................................................................................................	6,674
7	Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation ..................................................................................	5,433
with 2 years to graduation ..................................................................................	6,054
in final year .........................................................................................................	6,674
8	Members of the Navy and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses—
1st year ................................................................................................................	4,258
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ..................................................	5,433
3rd year ...............................................................................................................	5,433
4th year ...............................................................................................................	6,054
9	Male officer trainees, being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force)—
If not completed degree course ...........................................................................	6,054
If completed degree course .................................................................................	6,674
10	Female officer trainees—
If not completed degree course ...........................................................................	4,844
If completed degree course .................................................................................	5,339
11	Members of the Navy, other than members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman of the Supplementary List—
1st year ................................................................................................................	6,054
2nd year ..............................................................................................................	6,674

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Application.

3. The Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply in relation to service by—

(a) members of the Navy and of the Army—on or after 26 November 1976; and

(b) members of the Air Force—on or after 25 November 1976.