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

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 160

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 twenty-ninth day of July, 1976.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations 

Application.

1. The Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply—

(a) in relation to service by members of the Navy or Army on or after 20 February 1976; and

(b) in relation to service by members of the Air Force on or after 19 February 1976.

Schedules 2, 3 and 4.

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 Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules are substituted:—

SCHEDULE 2 Sub-regulation 4 (5)

Officers who hold specified ranks

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Navy	Army	Air Force	Annual pay
$
Admiral (Chief of Defence Force Staff)	General (Chief of Defence Force Staff)	Air Chief Marshal (Chief of Defence Force Staff)	32,500
Vice Admiral (Chief of Naval Staff)	Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff)	Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff)	30,000
Rear Admiral ................	Major-General ...............	Air Vice-Marshal ..........	29,310
Commodore ..................	Brigadier .......................	Air Commodore ............	24,906

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 3 August 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 and 99.

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 ......	19,480
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	18,974
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	17,965
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	15,947
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class ..	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	13,810

SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4 (8)

Members undergoing training

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
1	Normal entry recruits during basic recruit training .....................................	6,282
2	Trainees, including seamen in the Navy who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training—
1st year ............................................................................................	6,566
2nd and subsequent years ..................................................................	7,539
3	Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices—
1st year ............................................................................................	4,118
2nd year ..........................................................................................	4,118
3rd year ...........................................................................................	5,616
4th year ...........................................................................................	6,589
4	Seamen in the Navy who have not attained the age of 17 years and junior recruits in the Navy ....
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 ............................................................................................	5,094
2nd year ..........................................................................................	5,094
3rd year ...........................................................................................	5,676
4th year ...........................................................................................	6,256
5th year ...........................................................................................	6,838
6th year ...........................................................................................	7,420
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 ............................................................................................	3,473
2nd year ..........................................................................................	3,992
3rd year ...........................................................................................	5,094
4th year ...........................................................................................	5,094
5th year ...........................................................................................	5,676
6th year ...........................................................................................	6,256

 

Schedule 4—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
7	Members of the Defence Force, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation .................................................................	5,094
with 2 years to graduation .................................................................	5,676
in final year .....................................................................................	6,256
8	Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses—
1st year ............................................................................................	3,992
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ...................................	5,094
3rd year ...........................................................................................	5,094
4th year ...........................................................................................	5,676
9	Male officer trainees being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force) ..................................................................................................	5,676
If completed degree course ...............................................................	6,256
10	Female officer trainees .............................................................................	4,541
If completed degree course ...............................................................	5,005
11	Members of the Navy, other than members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman (Supplementary List)—
1st year ............................................................................................	5,676
2nd year ..........................................................................................	6,256