Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 265

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903, THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910 AND THE AIR FORCE ACT 19231

 

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 Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.

Dated this twelfth day of December 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 (SALARIES) REGULATIONS2

High electricity charges allowance

1. Regulation 9b of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended–

(a) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) “with one or more of his dependants”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (5) the following sub-regulation:

“(5a) Where the charges for electricity include an amount calculated on the basis of a separate tariff in respect of a hot water service, the units of electricity referred to in paragraph (5) (a) shall include–

(a) in each monthly charging period–100 units for which the charge is calculated on the basis of that separate tariff;

(b) in each two-monthly charging period–200 units for which the charge is calculated on the basis of that separate tariff; and

(c) in each quarterly charging period–300 units for which the charge is calculated on the basis of that separate tariff.”.

 

Rations and quarters charge

2. Regulation 19 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:

Item	Description of member	Rate of deduction per day
$
1	A member referred to in Schedule 9......................................	3.55
2	A member holding a rank specified in Part I of Schedule 7, not being a member referred to in Schedule 9........................................................................	3.55
3	A member holding a rank specified in Part II or Part III of Schedule 7, not being a member referred to in Schedule 9....................................................	4.40
4	An officer other than an officer referred to in Schedule 9........	4.75

Application

3. The amendment effected by regulation 2 applies in relation to–

(a) the salaries of members of the Navy or of the Army in respect of any period after 3 January 1980; and

(b) the salaries of members of the Air Force in respect of any period after 2 January 1980.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 December 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1973 No. 100 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 4 and see also