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

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 203

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1970, THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1971 AND THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1965.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1970, the Naval Defence Act 1910-1971 and the Air Force Act 1923-1965.

Dated this ninth day of October, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. BISHOP

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendments of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations

Schedule 4.

1. The heading to Schedule 4 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “ARMY ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL LIST OFFICERS” and substituting the words “ARMY OFFICERS COMMISSIONED FROM SERGEANT AND ABOVE AND EQUIVALENT RANKS, OTHER THAN GRADUATES OF AN OFFICER CADET SCHOOL,”.

Application of Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations to Army Officers commissioned from Sergeant and above and equivalent ranks other than graduates of an Officer Cadet School.

2. An officer of the Military Forces who—

(a) holds the rank of Lieutenant or Captain;

(b) held immediately before he was commissioned as an officer in the Military Forces, the rank of—

(i) Sergeant or a higher rank in the Military Forces;

(ii) Petty Officer or a higher rank in the Naval Forces; or

(iii) Sergeant or a higher rank in the Air Forces; and

(c) is not a graduate of an Officer Cadet School,

shall, in respect of his service as an officer during the period from and including 9th February, 1973, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, be paid salary at the rate appropriate to an officer described in Schedule 4 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations who holds the same rank as that first-mentioned officer and has served for the same number of years as that first-mentioned officer in that rank.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 18 October 1973.

  Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 132 and 201.