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

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 6

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 eighteenth day of January 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence

AMENDMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS (ANNUALRATES 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1.Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted: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)	44,518
Vice-Admiral (Chief of Naval Staff)	Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff)	Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff)	38,824
Rear-Admiral ................	Major-General .............	Air Vice-Marshal ..............	32,203
Commodore ..................	Brigadier ......................	Air Commodore ...............	27,474

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 January 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; and 1977, Nos. 82, 98, 158 and 161.

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 ......	21,575
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	21,032
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	19,948
Chaplain with less (ban 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	17,781
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class ......	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	15,487

SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4 (8

MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING

Item	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
1	Normal entry recruits during basic training ..........................................................	7,325
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 .................................................................................................	7,505
2nd and subsequent years .......................................................................	8,641
3	Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices—
1st year .................................................................................................	4,807
2nd year ................................................................................................	4,807
3rd year .................................................................................................	6,555
4th year .................................................................................................	7,691
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 .. .. ..	3,646
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 .................................................................................................	5,946
2nd year ................................................................................................	5,946
3rd year .................................................................................................	6,625
4th year .................................................................................................	7,303
5th year .................................................................................................	7,981
6th year .................................................................................................	8,661

 

SCHEDULE 4—continued

MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING—continued

Item	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
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 .......................................................................................................	4,053
2nd year .....................................................................................................	4,659
3rd year ......................................................................................................	5,946
4th year ......................................................................................................	5,946
5th year ......................................................................................................	6,625
6th year ......................................................................................................	7,303
7	Members, not being members to whom item 5 or 6 applies, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation ............................................................................	5,946
with 2 years to graduation ............................................................................	6,625
in final year ................................................................................................	7,303
8	Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses—
1st year .......................................................................................................	4,659
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ..............................................	5,946
3rd year ......................................................................................................	5,946
4th year ......................................................................................................	6,625
9	Male officer trainees, being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force)—
If not completed degree course ....................................................................	6,625
If completed degree course ..........................................................................	7,303
10	Female officer trainees—
If not completed degree course ....................................................................	5,300
If completed degree course ..........................................................................	5,842
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
1st year .......................................................................................................	6,625
2nd year .....................................................................................................	7,303

Application

2. The Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Application 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 22 December 1977;

(b) a member of the Air Force—after 21 December 1977;

(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 21 December 1977; 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 21 December 1977.