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

  

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 99

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973-1975.*

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 1973-1975.

Dated this seventh day of May, 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 

Commencement.

1. (1) Regulation 2 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 15 May 1975.

(2) Regulations 3 and 4 shall be deemed to have come into operation—

(a) in relation to members of the Navy or the Army—on 19 September 1975; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force—on 18 September 1975.

Annual rate of pay on or after 8 or 9 February 1973.

2. Regulation 4 of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“ (11) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (5), on a day during the period 15 May 1975 to 8 September 1975 (inclusive) the annual pay applicable to a member of the Defence Force described in item 1 or 2 of Schedule 2 is $33,670 or $31,080 respectively.”.

Schedule 2.

3. Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 3 and 4 and substituting the following items:—

3. Rear-Admiral....................	Major-General...................	Air Vice-Marshal...............	27,547
4. Commodore......................	Brigadier............................	Air Commodore.................	23,408

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 14 May 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, No. 42.

Schedules 3 and 4.

4. Schedules 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—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
$
1......................................................	Chaplain-General...........................	Principal Air Chaplain..............	18,365
2. Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Third Class, with not less than 16 years’ service in that	Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain	17,890
3. Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service as a Chaplain	classification 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	16,942
4. 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	15,045
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	13,036

SCHEDULE 4  Sub-regulation 4 (8)

Members undergoing training

Item No.	Training Capacities	Annual Pay
$
1	Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training......................................................................	5,961
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.........................................................................................................................................	6,229
2nd and subsequent years.........................................................................................................	7,143
3	Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices—
1st year.........................................................................................................................................	3,871
2nd year.......................................................................................................................................	3,871
3rd year........................................................................................................................................	5,279
4th year........................................................................................................................................	6,193
4	Seamen in the Navy who have not attained the age of 17 years and Junior Recruits in the Navy..................................................................................................................................................	2,937
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.........................................................................................................................................	4,788
2nd year.......................................................................................................................................	4,788
3rd year........................................................................................................................................	5,335
4th year........................................................................................................................................	5,880
5th year........................................................................................................................................	6,427
6th year........................................................................................................................................	6,974
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.........................................................................................................................................	3,264
2nd year.......................................................................................................................................	3,752
3rd year........................................................................................................................................	4,788
4th year........................................................................................................................................	4,788
5th year........................................................................................................................................	5,335
6th year........................................................................................................................................	5,880

Schedule 4—continued

Item No.	Training Capacities	Annual Pay
$
7	Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation............................................................................................................	4,788
with 2 years to graduation............................................................................................................	5,335
in final year.....................................................................................................................................	5,880
8	Members of the Navy, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses—
1st year.............................................................................................................................................	3,752
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry)........................................................................	4,788
3rd year............................................................................................................................................	4,788
4th year............................................................................................................................................	5,335
9	Male Officer Trainees—
Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force)..............................................................	5,335
If completed degree course................................................................................................................	5,880
10	Female Officer Trainees.........................................................................................................................	4,268
If completed degree course................................................................................................................	4,704
11	Members to the Navy, other than members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman (Supplementary List)—
1st year.............................................................................................................................................	5,335
2nd year...........................................................................................................................................	5,880

References to Navy or Army in respect of any period before 9 February 1976.

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