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

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 254

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 twenty-seventh day of November 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

1. After regulation 10 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Special allowance— senior medical and dental officers

“10a. (1) An allowance is payable to a member who is a medical or dental officer in respect of service in the rank of—

(a) Commodore in the Navy;

(b) Brigadier in the Army; or

(c) Air Commodore in the Air Force,

at the rate of—

(d) where the member is serving or has served in the rank specified in paragraph (a) or (b)—

(i) in respect of service in that rank during the period that commenced on 11 May 1979 and ended on 5 July 1979-$3,478 per annum; and

(ii) in respect of service in that rank after 5 July 1979—$3,590 per annum; and

 

(e) where the member is serving or has served in the rank specified in paragraph (c)—

(i) in respect of service in that rank during the period that commenced on 10 May 1979 and ended on 4 July 1979—$3,478 per annum; and

(ii) in respect of service in that rank after 4 July 1979—$3,590 per annum.

“(2) An allowance is payable to a member who is a medical or dental officer in respect of service in the rank of—

(a) Rear-Admiral in the Navy;

(b) Major-General in the Army; or

(c) Air Vice-Marshall in the Air Force,

at the rate of—

(d) where the member is serving or has served in the rank specified in paragraph (a) or (b)—

(i) in respect of service in that rank during the period that commenced on 11 May 1979 and ended on 5 July 1979—$1,688 per annum; and

(ii) in respect of service in that rank after 5 July 1979—$1,743 per annum; and

(e) where the member is serving or has served in the rank specified in paragraph (c)—

(i) in respect of service in that rank during the period that commenced on 10 May 1979 and ended on 4 July 1979—$l,688 per annum; and

(ii) in respect of service in that rank after 4 July 1979—$1,743 per annum.”.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 14c of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (a) of the definition of “rate of salary” in sub-regulation (1) “, 10a” after “10”.

Application

3 The Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations as amended by regulation 2 apply in relation to service by—

(a) members of the Navy or of the Army—after 10 May 1979; and

(b) members of the Air Force—after 9 May 1979.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1979.

NOTES-continued

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