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

 

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 98

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 sixteenth day of June, 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

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) Regulations 

Schedule 2.

1. Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting the words and figures—

$
“ Rear-Admiral......................		Major-General......................	Air Vice-Marshal...................	30,907
Commodore...........................		Brigadier..............................	Air Commodore.....................	26,339 ”,
and substituting the words and figures—
“ Rear-Admiral.....................	Major-General.....................		Air Vice-Marshal..................	31,105
Commodore..........................	Brigadier..............................		Air Commodore....................	26,537 ”.

Schedule 3 and 4.

2. Schedules 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—

      

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* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 22 June 1977.

  Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; 1975, Nos. 141 and 195; and 1976, Nos. 42, 99, 160, 170, 196, 207 and 265.

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.......	20,872
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	20,347
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	19,300
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	17,207
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class.........	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	14,991

SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4(8)

Members undergoing Training

Item No.	Training capacities	Annual pay
$
1	Normal entry recruits during basic training....................................................................	7,108
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...................................................................................................................	7,282
2nd and subsequent years.........................................................................................	8,379
3	Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices—
1st year...................................................................................................................	4,643
2nd year..................................................................................................................	4,643
3rd year..................................................................................................................	6,332
4th year...................................................................................................................	7,429
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 .. .. ..	3,522
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...................................................................................................................	5,743
2nd year..................................................................................................................	5,743
3rd year..................................................................................................................	6,399
4th year...................................................................................................................	7,054
5th year...................................................................................................................	7,709
6th year...................................................................................................................	8,366
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...................................................................................................................	3,915
2nd year..................................................................................................................	4,500
3rd year..................................................................................................................	5,743
4th year...................................................................................................................	5,743
5th year...................................................................................................................	6,399
6th year...................................................................................................................	7,054

Schedule 4—continued

Members Undergoing Training

Item No.	Training capacities	Annual pay
7	Members, not being members to whom item 5 or 6 applies, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation..................................................................................	5,743
with 2 years to graduation..................................................................................	6,399
in final year.........................................................................................................	7,054
8	Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses—
1st year................................................................................................................	4,500
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry)..................................................	5,743
3rd year...............................................................................................................	5,743
4th year...............................................................................................................	6,399
9	Male officer trainees, being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force)—
If not completed degree course...........................................................................	6,399
If completed degree course.................................................................................	7,054
10	Female officer trainees—
If not completed degree course...........................................................................	5,120
If completed degree course.................................................................................	5,643
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................................................................................................................	6,399
2nd year..............................................................................................................	7,054

Application.

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

(a) members of the Navy and of the Army—on or after 27 May 1977; and

(b) members of the Air Force—on or after 26 May 1977.