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

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 261

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973.*

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 131 (1) of the Defence Forces Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with that Act, prescribing all matters which by that Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to that Act:

AND WHEREAS by sub-section 131 (2) of that Act it is provided that where the pay of a class of members of the Defence Force is increased or reduced, regulations for the purpose of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in section 3 of that Act in relation to members of the Defence Force included in that class made after the date on and from which the increase or reduction took effect may be expressed to have taken effect from and including that date:

AND WHEREAS the pay of members, being members the description applicable to whom are set out in items 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations was increased from and including 1 April 1973:

AND WHEREAS the pay of members of the Defence Force, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in items 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 and Schedules 3 and 4 to those Regulations was increased—

(a) in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—from and including 1 June 1973; and

(b) in the case of members of the Air Force—from and including 31 May 1973:

AND WHEREAS the pay of members of the Defence Force, being members the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in items 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations was again increased—

(a) in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—from and including 24 August 1973; and

(b) in the case of members of the Air Force—from and including 23 August 1973:

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 12 December 1973.

NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 for the purposes of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in sub-section 3 (1) of that Act.

Dated this eleventh day of December, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LANCE BARNARD

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations*

Schedule 2.

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

“ 1. Admiral (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee)	General (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee)	Air Chief Marshal (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee)	26,700
2. Vice-Admiral (The First Naval Member of the Naval Board)	Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff)	Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff)	25,850 ”

(2) Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 3, 4 and 5 and substituting the following items:—

“ 3. Rear-Admiral ........................................	Major-General..................	Air Vice-Marshal..............	22,655
4. Commodore .........................................	Brigadier ..........................	Air Commodore................	19,085
5.Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies	..........................................	..........................................	19,085 ”

(3) Sub-regulation (1) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect in relation to members of the Defence Force, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in item 1 or 2 of Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, from and including 1 April 1973.

(4) Sub-regulation (2) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in item 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—from and including 24 August 1973; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in those items—from and including 23 August 1973.

* Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188.

Schedules 3 and 4.

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

SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 4 (7)

Chaplains

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual Pay
$
1...........................................	Chaplain-General........................................	Principal Air Chaplain ........................................	13,421
2. 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	13,027
3. 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	12,301
4. 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	10,848
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	Chaplain, Fourth Class ........................................	Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain	9,331

SCHEDULE 4  Regulation 4 (8)

Members undergoing training

Item No.	Training Capacities	Annual Pay
$
1	Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training ...........................................	3,940
2	Trainees including Ordinary Seamen in the Naval Forces who have not completed their category training—
1st year .......................................................................................................	4,141
2nd and subsequent years ............................................................................	4,728
3	Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices—
1st year .......................................................................................................	2,487
2nd year .....................................................................................................	2,487
3rd year ......................................................................................................	3,391
4th year ......................................................................................................	3,978
4	Junior Recruits in the Naval Forces—
1st year or 2nd year if under the age of 17 .........................................................	1,890
5	Royal Military College Cadets, Air Cadets at the Air Force Academy and Cadet Midshipmen who have entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of Senior Entry—
1st year .......................................................................................................	3,082
2nd year .....................................................................................................	3,082
3rd year ......................................................................................................	3,434
4th year ......................................................................................................	3,785
5th year ......................................................................................................	4,137
6th year ......................................................................................................	4,489
6	Cadet Midshipmen who have entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of Junior Entry—
1st year .......................................................................................................	2,100
2nd year .....................................................................................................	2,415
3rd year ......................................................................................................	3,082
4th year ......................................................................................................	3,082
5th year ......................................................................................................	3,434
6th year ......................................................................................................	3,785
7	Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses—
with 3 years to graduation ............................................................................	3,082
with 2 years to graduation ............................................................................	3,434
in final year ................................................................................................	3,785

Schedule 4—continued

Item No.	Training Capacity	Annual pay
$
8	Members of the Naval Forces, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses—
1st year .......................................................................................................	2,415
2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ..............................................	3,082
3rd year ......................................................................................................	3,082
4th year ......................................................................................................	3,434
9	Male Officer Trainees—
Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force) .................................	3,434
If completed degree course ..........................................................................	3,785
10	Female Officer Trainees .............................................................................	2,747
If completed degree course ..........................................................................	3,028
11	Midshipmen (Supplementary List)—
1st year .......................................................................................................	3,434
2nd year .....................................................................................................	3,785

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—from and including 1 June 1973; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in those Schedules—from and including 31 May 1973.

Special annual rate of pay.

3. (1) For the purposes of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in subsection 3 (1) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973, the annual rate of pay of a member of the Defence Force referred to in the following table in respect of service—

(a) in the case of a member of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces during the period from and including 1 June 1973 to and including 23 August 1973; or

(b) in the case of a member of the Air Force—during the period from and including 31 May 1973 to and including 22 August 1973,

is the rate specified in column 4 of that table opposite to the description of the member in column 1, 2 or 3 of that table, whichever is applicable to the member.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual Pay
$
Rear-Admiral .......................	Major-General .....................	Air Vice-Marshal..................	19,505
Commodore .........................	Brigadier .............................	Air Commodore...................	16,433
Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies	............................................	............................................	16,433

(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces referred to in that sub-regulation—from and including 1 June 1973; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force referred to in that sub-regulation—from and including 31 May 1973.