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

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 118

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 seventh day of July 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

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 

Schedules 2, 3 and 4

1. Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted: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)	45,231
Vice-Admiral (Chief of Naval Staff)	Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff)	Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff)	39,463
Rear-Admiral ............	Major-General ..............	Air Vice-Marshal................	32,756
Commodore...............	Brigadier .......................	Air Commodore..................	27,966

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 July 1978.

  Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; 1975, Nos. 141 and 195; 1976, Nos. 42, 99, 160, 170, 196, 207 and 265; 1977, Nos. 82, 98, 158 and 161; and 1978, Nos, 6, 52 and 80.

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....	21,978
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	21,428
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	20,330
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	18,135
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	15,811

SCHEDULE 4  Sub-regulation 4 (8)

MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING

Item	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
1	Normal entry recruits during basic training .........................................	7,505
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 .................................................................................	7,690
2nd and subsequent years........................................................	8,858
3	Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices—
1st year .................................................................................	4,942
2nd year ................................................................................	4,942
3rd year ................................................................................	6,740
4th year .................................................................................	7,908
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 ...........................	3,479
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 .................................................................................	6,113
2nd year ................................................................................	6,113
3rd year ................................................................................	6,811
4th year .................................................................................	7,509
5th year .................................................................................	8,206
6th year .................................................................................	8,905
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 .................................................................................	4,167
2nd year ................................................................................	4,790
3rd year ................................................................................	6,113
4th year .................................................................................	6,113
5th year .................................................................................	6,811
6th year .................................................................................	7,509

SCHEDULE 4—continued

Item	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
7	Members, not being members to whom item 5 or 6 applies, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation ......................................................	6,113
with 2 years to graduation ......................................................	6,811
in final year ...........................................................................	7,509
8	Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, under-taking diploma courses—
1st year .................................................................................	4,790
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ........................	6,113
3rd year ................................................................................	6,113
4th ........................................................................................	6,811
9	Male officer trainees, being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force)—
if not completed degree course ...............................................	6,811
if completed degree ...............................................................	7,509
10	Female ate officer trainees—
If not completed degree course ...............................................	5,450
If completed degree course .....................................................	6,007
11	Members of the Navy, other than members to whom another item of this Schedule applies, who hold the rank of Midshipman of the Supplementary List—
1st year .................................................................................	6,811
2nd year ................................................................................	7,509

Application

2. The Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by regulation 1 apply in relation to service by—

(a) a member of the Navy or of the Army other than a member referred to in paragraph (c) or (d)—after 8 June 1978;

(b) a member of the Air Force—after 7 June 1978;

(c) a member of the Navy who holds the rank of Admiral or Vice-Admiral and is Chief of Defence Force Staff or Chief of Naval Staff—after 7 June 1978; and

(d) a member of the Army who holds the rank of General or Lieutenant-General and is Chief of Defence Force Staff or Chief of the General Staff—after 7 June 1978.