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

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 206

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE

RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 19731

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 twentieth day of September 1979.

 ZELMAN COWEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

J. E McLEAY

Minister of State for Administrative Services for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Defence

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AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT

AND DEATH BENEFITS (ANNUAL RATES OF PAY)

REGULATIONS2

1Interpretation

 Regulation 3 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:

• “(2)

  These Regulations apply for the purposes of the definition of ‘annual rate of pay’ in sub‑section 3 (1) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.”.

2Annual pay applicable to a member

 Regulation 4 of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1).

3Transitional-annual rate of pay from 12 or 13 April 1979 to 13 June 1979

 In respect of service during the period that–

• (a)

  in the case of a member of the Navy or of the Army commenced on 13 April 1979 and ended on 13 June 1979; and

• (b)

  in the case of a member of the Air Force commenced on 12 April 1979 and ended on 13 June 1979,

a reference in sub-regulations 4 (4) and 4 (9) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as in force on any day during that period to “$950” shall be deemed to have been a reference to “$1,280”.

4Transitional-annual pay applicable to a member from 14 June 1979 to 4 or 5 July 1979

 In respect of service during the period that–

• (a)

  in the case of a member of the Navy or of the Army commenced on 14 June 1979 and ended on 5 July 1979; and

• (b)

  in the case of a member of the Air Force commenced on 14 June 1979 and ended on 4 July 1979,

a reference in paragraph 4 (3) (a) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as in force on any day during that period to an amount equal to the rate of service allowance on a particular day under regulation 10 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations shall be deemed to have been a reference to the amount of $1,280.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 September 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1979 Nos. 6 and 90.