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

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 1421

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Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, hereby make the following Interim Determination under section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979.

Dated 9 August 1983.

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Defence

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Annual rates of salary payable to officers

The Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations are amended by omitting sub-regulation 7 (9) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(9) Where, on appointment, an officer—

(a) is included in the class of members the description of which is specified in the heading to Schedule 4;

(b) holds a rank (hereinafter called the first mentioned rank) specified in that Schedule; and

(c) would, but for this sub-regulation, be entitled to be paid a rate of salary (hereinafter called the first mentioned rate) fixed in accordance with sub-regulation (3),

and that rate—

(d) is greater than the maximum rate of salary specified in that Schedule in relation to the first mentioned rank; and

(e) is less than or equal to the maximum rate of salary specified in that Schedule in relation to the rank (hereinafter called the second mentioned rank) that is next higher than the first mentioned rank,

the rate of salary payable to the officer shall, while he holds the first mentioned rank, be—

(f) where, on appointment, the first mentioned rate is equal to a rate of salary specified in that Schedule in relation to the second mentioned rank—the rate specified from time to time in relation to a member who

holds the second mentioned rank and who has completed the number of years service in the second mentioned rank for which, on the date of that appointment, the rate that is equal to the first mentioned rate is appropriate; or

(g) where, on appointment, the first mentioned rate is not equal to a rate of salary specified in that Schedule in relation to the second mentioned rank—the rate specified from time to time in relation to a member who holds the second mentioned rank and who has completed the number of years service in the second mentioned rank equal to the number of years service in the second mentioned rank for which, on the date of that appointment, the rate that is next higher than the first mentioned rate is appropriate.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 August 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1973 No. 100 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 53 and see also