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

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 195

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT

AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973-1974.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973-1974.

Dated this fifteenth day of October, 1975

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. L. MORRISON

Minister of State for Defence.

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

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

1. (1) Regulation 4 of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) the words “ Seven hundred and fifty dollars ” and substituting the figures “ $950 ”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (9) the words “ Seven hundred and fifty dollars ” and substituting the figures “ $950 ”

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—1 November 1974; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force—31 October 1974.

Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 21 October 1975.

Statutory Rules 1073, No. 183, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; and 1975, No. 141.

Schedule 2.

2. (1) Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 4 (4)

Officers who hold specified Ranks

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual Pay
$
1. Admiral (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee)	General (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee)	Air Chief Marshal (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee)	32,500
2. Vice-Admiral (Chief of the Naval Staff)	Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff)	Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff)	30,000
3. Rear-Admiral...............................	Major-General .......................	Air Vice-Marshal ...................	26,615
4. Commodore ...............................	Brigadier ...............................	Air Commodore .....................	22,616
5. Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies	.........................................	..........................................	22,616

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by that sub-regulation—16 May 1975; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—15 May 1975.

Schedule 3.

3. (1) Schedule 3 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—

SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 4 (7)

Chaplains

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual Pay
$
1...........................................	Chaplain-General ........................................	Principal Air Chaplain ........................................	17,776
2. Chaplain with not less	Chaplain, Third Class,	Chaplain with not less	17,317
than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain	with not less than 16 years’ service in that classification	than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain
3. 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 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	16,401
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 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	14,568
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class ........................................	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	12,627

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 3 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by that sub-regulation—16 May 1975; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—15 May 1975.

Schedule 4.

4. (1) Schedule 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—

SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 4 (8)

Members Undergoing Training

Item No.	Training Capacities	Annual Pay
$
1	Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training .........................................	5,792
2	Trainees, including Seamen in the Naval Forces who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training—
1st year ..................................................................................................	6,050
2nd and subsequent years .......................................................................	6,934
3	Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices—
1st year ..................................................................................................	3,740
2nd year ................................................................................................	3,740
3rd year .................................................................................................	5,100
4th year ................................................................................................. .	5,984
4	Seamen in the Naval Forces who have not attained the age of 17 years and Junior Recruits in those Forces .............................................................................	2,838
5	Royal Military College Cadets, Air Cadets at the Air Force Academy and subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Naval Forces 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 ..................................................................................................	4,626
2nd year ................................................................................................	4,626
3rd year .................................................................................................	5,155
4th year .................................................................................................	5,681
5th year .................................................................................................	6,210
6th year .................................................................................................	6,738
6	Subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Naval Forces 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 ..................................................................................................	3,154
2nd year ................................................................................................	3,625
3rd year .................................................................................................	4,626
4th year .................................................................................................	4,626
5th year .................................................................................................	5,155
6th year .................................................................................................	5,681
7	Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation .......................................................................	4,626
with 2 years to graduation .......................................................................	5,155
in final year ...........................................................................................	5,681
8	Members of the Naval Forces, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses—
1st year ..................................................................................................	3,625
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) .........................................	4,626
3rd year .................................................................................................	4,626
4th year .................................................................................................	5,155
9	Mate Officer Trainees—
Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force) ............................	5,155
If completed degree course .....................................................................	5,681

Schedule—continued

Item No	Training Capacities	Annual Pay
$
10	Female Officer Trainees ................................................................................	4,124
If completed degree course ........................................................................	4,545
11	Members of the Naval Forces, other than Members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman (Supplementary List)—
1st year ..................................................................................................	5,155
2nd year ................................................................................................	5,681

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by that sub-regulation—16 May 1975; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—5 May 1975.

Special annual rate of pay—Chaplains.

5. (1) For the purposes of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in subsection 3 (1) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973-1974, the annual pay applicable to a member of the Defence Force referred to in the following table—

(a) in the case of a member of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—on a day during the period from and including 21 February 1975 to and including 15 May 1975; or

(b) in the case of a member of the Air Force—on a day during the period from and including 20 February 1975 to and including 14 May 1975,

is the rate specified in the fourth column of that table opposite to the description of the member:—

Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual Pay
$
1. ........................................	Chaplain-General .........................................	Principal Air Chaplain .........................................	17,191
2. 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	16,748
3. 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	15,864
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	14,095
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class ..	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	12,221

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces

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the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 3 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by sub-regulation 3 (1) of these Regulations—21 February 1975; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—20 February 1975.