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

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 6

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 twenty-fourth day of January 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

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) REGULATIONS2

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 Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted: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)	47,040
Vice-Admiral (Chief of Naval Staff)	Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff)	Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff)	41,042
Rear-Admiral..........	Major-General........	Air Vice-Marshal....	34,066
Commodore............	Brigadier................	Air Commodore......	29,085

 

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........	22,819
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	22,247
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	21,105
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	18,822
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class.......	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	16,405

SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4 (8)

MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING

Item	Annual
	Training capacities	pay
$
1	Normal entry recruits during basic training.................................................................	7,767
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.........................................................................................................
2nd and subsequent years................................................................................	9,174
3	Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices—
1st year.........................................................................................................	5,140
2nd year........................................................................................................	5,140
3rd year........................................................................................................	7,009
4th year.........................................................................................................	8,224
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
3,899
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.........................................................................................................	6,358
2nd year........................................................................................................	6,358
3rd year........................................................................................................	7,083
4th year.........................................................................................................	7,809
5th year.........................................................................................................	8,534
6th year.........................................................................................................	9,261
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.........................................................................................................	4,334
2nd year........................................................................................................	4,982
3rd year........................................................................................................	6,358
4th year.........................................................................................................	6,358
5th year.........................................................................................................	7,083
6th year.........................................................................................................	7,809

 

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.................................................	6,358
with 2 years to graduation.................................................	7,083
in final year......................................................................	7,809
8	Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses—
1st year............................................................................	4,982
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry)...................	6,358
3rd year............................................................................	6,358
4th year............................................................................	7,083
9	Officer trainees of the Army and Air Force, not being members referred to in item 5,6,7 or 8—
If not completed degree course..........................................	7,083
If completed degree course................................................	7,809
10	Officer trainees of the Navy, not being members referred to in item 5, 6, 7 or 8—
7,083
1st year............................................................................
2nd year...........................................................................	7,809

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 21 December 1978;

(b) a member of the Air Force—after 20 December 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 20 December 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 20 December 1978.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 January 1979.

2. 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, 80, 118 and 241.