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

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 201

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 third day of October, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LANCE BARNARD

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations

Schedule 1.

1. Schedule 1 to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 7

Officers who hold Specified Ranks

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
$
Rear-Admiral.....................	Major-General ...................	Air Vice-Marshal ...............	22,655
Commodore.......................	Brigadier............................	Air Commodore.................	19,085

Schedule 5.

2. Schedule 5 to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“ Commodore....................	Brigadier............................	Air Commodore.................	17,969
Rear-Admiral.....................	Major-General....................	Air Vice-Marshal...............	19,505 ”

and substituting the words—

“ Commodore....................	Brigadier............................	Air Commodore.................	20,870
Rear-Admiral.....................	Major-General....................	Air Vice-Marshal...............	22,655.”

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 11 October 1973.

  Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 132.

Application.

3. The amendments effected by regulations 1 and 2 apply to and in relation to—

(a) members of the Air Force—as if those amendments had come into operation on 23 August 1973; and

(b) members of the Naval Forces or of the Military Forces—as if those amendments had come into operation on 24 August 1973.