Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1970 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1948–1970.*

WHEREAS by sub-section (1.) of section 88 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948–1970 it is provided that the Governor-General may make Regulations, not inconsistent with that Act, prescribing all matters which by that Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to that Act:

AND WHEREAS by sub-section (2.) of that section it is provided that where the pay of any class of members is increased or reduced, regulations for the purposes of the definition of “daily rate of pay” in sub-section (1.) of section 4 of that Act in relation to members included within that class made after the date on and from which the increase or reduction took, effect may be expressed to have taken effect from and including that date:

AND WHEREAS the pay of members the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in the items in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, other than items 1, 2, 3, 4, 18 to 33 (inclusive), 46, 48 and 49, has been increased, in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, on and from the eleventh day of September, 1970, and, in the case of members of the Air Force, on and from the tenth day of September, 1970:

AND WHEREAS the pay of members the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in items 30 and 31 in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—

(a) were increased on the eighteenth day of December, 1969; and

(b) were again increased on and from the nineteenth day of December, 1969:

AND WHEREAS the pay of members the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in items 32 and 33 in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—

(a)were increased on the eighteenth day of December, 1969;

(b) were again increased on and from the nineteenth day of December, 1969; and

(c) were further increased, in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, on and from the eleventh day of September, 1970, and, in the case of members of the Air Force, on and from the tenth day of September, 1970:

NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948–1970 for the purpose of the definition of “daily rates of pay” in subsection (1.) of section 4 of that Act.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of November, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General,

By His Excellency’s Command,

Treasurer.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3 December 1970.

23671/70—Price 10c 10/4.11.1970

 

Amendments of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations*

Maximum daily rates of active pay of members.

1. Regulation 2 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word “active” (first occurring).

First Schedule.

2.—(1.) The First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 5 to 17 (inclusive) of Part I. and inserting in their stead the following items:—

“5. Captain (or relative rank)		Colonel	Group Captain	28.00
“6. Commander (or relative rank)		Lieutenant-Colonel	Wing Commander	24.82
“7. Lieutenant-Commander (or relative rank)		Major	Squadron Leader	21.97
“8. Lieutenant (Special Duties)		Captain (Administrative and Technical Officers’ List)	Flight Lieutenant	19.23
“9.		Captain	18.63
“10. Lieutenant (or relative rank)		18.02
“11.		Lieutenant (other than a Lieutenant described in item 17 or 19)	Flying Officer	13.80
“12. Sub-Lieutenant (other than a Sub-Lieutenant described in item 17)		12.53
“13.		Second Lieutenant	11.74
“14.		Pilot Officer (other than a Pilot Officer described in item 17 or 19)	11.38
“15. Acting Sub-Lieutenant (other than an Acting Sub-Lieutenant described in item 19)		9.76
“16. Midshipman (Supplementary List)		7.49
“17.	Midshipman (other than  a Midshipman described in item  16 or 20) Sub-Lieutenant (Undergraduate)	Lieutenant (Undergraduate) during medical course or final year of any other course	Pilot Officer (Student) during medical course or final year of any other course	6.81”.

(2.) The First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting Parts III., IV., V., VI. and VII. and inserting in their stead the following Parts:—

“Part III.

Male Medical and Dental Officers

28.	Rear-Admiral	Major-General	Air Vice-Marshal	42.38
29.	Commodore or Captain (Special Rate)	Brigadier	Air Commodore	39.05
30.	Surgeon Captain	Colonel	Group Captain	36.50
31.	Surgeon Commander	Lieutenant-Colonel	Wing Commander	33.75
32.	Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander	Major	Squadron Leader	28.24
33.	Surgeon Lieutenant	Captain	Flight Lieutenant	23.95
34.	Surgeon Lieutenant (Resident Medical Officer)	Captain (Resident Medical Officer)	Flight Lieutenant (Resident Medical Officer)	15.01

* Statutory Rules 1963, No. 37. as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, Nos. 87 and 93; 1964. Nos. 79, 113 and 163; 1965, Nos. 20,

 38, 130 and 160; 1966, Nos. 37, 42 and 133; 1967, Nos. 25 and 119; 1968, Nos. 17, 81, 94, 105 and 163; 1969, Nos. 9, 47, 129 and 149; and 1970, Nos. 15 and 54.

“Part IV.

Female Officers, other than Medical Officers

35.	Superintendent..................	Colonel...........................	Group Officer.................	18.75
36.	Chief Officer.................... Matron..............................	Lieutenant-Colonel.......	Wing Officer..................	16.95
37.	First Officer...................... Superintending Sister........	Major............................	Squadron Officer............	15.17
38.	Second Officer.................. Senior Sister......................	Captain.........................	Flight Officer..................	12.61
39.	Third Officer.................... Sister.................................	Lieutenant....................	Section Officer...............	9.62
40.	.............................................	Second Lieutenant........	........................................	8.24

“Part V.

Female Medical Officers

41.	.............................................	Colonel..............................	Group Officer...................	29.81
42.	.............................................	Lieutenant-Colonel...........	Wing Officer.....................	27.39
43.	.............................................	Major.................................	Squadron Officer..............	23.98
44.	.............................................	Captain..............................	Flight Officer....................	20.15

“Part VI.

Male Members, other than Officers

45.	Recruit Seaman...................	Recruit Private..................	Recruit Aircraftman..........	7.21
46.	Junior Musician who has not attained the age of 17 years Junior Recruit who has not attained the age of 17 years	Apprentice Musician who has not attained the age of 17 years	..........................................	3.18
47.	Junior Musician who has attained the age of 17 years Junior Recruit who has attained the age of 17 years Apprentice during his eighth term	Apprentice Musician who has attained the age of 17 years	Aircrew Trainee.................	7.21
48.	Apprentice, before commencement of his eighth term	......................................	Apprentice Airman............	3.64
49.	...................................	Apprentice Tradesman	..........................................	3.45
50.	...................................	Cadet (Officer Cadet School)	..........................................	8.04
51.	Sergeant, First Class, Naval Dockyard Police	..........................................	..........................................	11.96
52.	Sergeant, Second Class, Naval Dockyard Police	..........................................	..........................................	11.60
53.	Constable, Naval Dockyard Police	..........................................	..........................................	10.84

“Part VII.

Female Members, other than Officers

54.	Recruit Wran.....................	Recruit Private..................	Recruit Aircraftwoman	5.19
55.	Wran, Officer Training Scheme	Student, Officer Cadet Course	..........................................	5.74”.

Second and Third Schedules.

3. The Second and Third Schedules to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules inserted in their stead:—

“SECOND SCHEDULE Regulation 2 (1.) (c).

Male Members included in a Group

Part 1.—Groups 1 to 8 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Warrant Officer, Class I....	10.11	10.11	10.25	10.47	10.70	10.95	11.18	11.44
Warrant Officer, Class II..	9.76	9.75	9.89	10.12	10.34	10.60	10.82	11.08
Staff Sergeant...................	9.48	9.48	9.61	9.83	10.05	10.31	10.53	10.79
Sergeant............................	9.00	9.00	9.13	9.36	9.58	9.84	10.06	10.32
Corporal............................	8.04	8.03	8.20	8.42	8.65	8.91	9.13	9.39
Lance Corporal..................	7.51	7.53	7.70	7.92	8.18	8.43	8.66	8.92
Private...............................	7.21	7.21	7.37	7.62	7.84	8.10	8.35	8.61

Part II.—Groups 9 to 16 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 9	Group 10	Group 11	Group 12	Group 13	Group 14	Group 15	Group 16
Warrant Officer, Class I....	11.70	11.96	12.21	12.47	12.73	12.99	13.24	13.50
Warrant Officer, Class II..	11.34	11.60	11.85	12.11	12.37	12.63	12.88	13.14
Staff Sergeant...................	11.05	11.31	11.56	11.82	12.08	12.34	12.59	12.85
Sergeant............................	10.58	10.84	11.09	11.35	11.61	11.87	12.12	12.38
Corporal............................	9.65	9.91	10.16	10.42	10.68	10.94	11.19	11.45
Lance Corporal..................	9.18	9.44	9.69	9.95	10.21	10.47	10.72	10.98
Private...............................	8.87	9.13	9.38	9.64	9.90	10.16	10.41	10.67

Part III.—Groups 17 to 24 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 17	Group 18	Group 19	Group 20	Group 21	Group 22	Group 23	Group 24
Warrant Officer, Class I....	13.76	14.02	14.27	14.53	14.79	15.05	15.30	15.56
Warrant Officer, Class II..	13.40	13.66	13.91	14.17	14.43	14.69	14.94	15.20
Staff Sergeant...................	13.11	13.37	13.62	13.88	14.14	14.40	14.65	14.91
Sergeant............................	12.64	12.90	13.15	13.41	13.67	13.93	14.18	14.44
Corporal............................	11.71	11.97	12.22	12.48	12.74	13.00	13.25	13.51
Lance Corporal..................	11.24	11.50	11.75	12.01	12.27	12.53	12.78	13.04
Private...............................	10.93	11.19	11.44	11.70	11.96	12.22	12.47	12.73

Part IV.—Groups 25 to 30 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 25	Group 26	Group 27	Group 28	Group 29	Group 30
Warrant Officer, Class I....	15.82	16.08	16.33	16.59	16.85	17.11
Warrant Officer, Class II..	15.46	15.72	15.97	16.23	16.49	16.75
Staff Sergeant...................	15.17	15.43	15.68	15.94	16.20	16.46
Sergeant............................	14.70	14.96	15.21	15.47	15.73	15.99
Corporal............................	13.77	14.03	14.28	14.54	14.80	15.06
Lance Corporal..................	13.30	13.56	13.81	14.07	14.33	14.59
Private...............................	12.99	13.25	13.50	13.76	14.02	14.28

THIRD SCHEDULE Regulation 2 (1.) (d).

Female Members included in a Group

Part I.—Groups 1 to 8(inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Warrant Officer, Class I....	7.12	7.41	7.67	7.90	8.13	8.38	8.62	8.88
Warrant Officer, Class II..	6.89	7.17	7.43	7.67	7.89	8.15	8.38	8.64
Staff Sergeant...................	6.70	6.99	7.24	7.47	7.69	7.95	8.18	8.44
Sergeant............................	6.38	6.67	6.92	7.16	7.38	7.64	7.87	8.13
Corporal............................	5.74	6.03	6.30	6.53	6.76	7.02	7.25	7.51
Lance Corporal..................	5.39	5.69	5.97	6.20	6.45	6.70	6.94	7.20
Private...............................	5.19	5.48	5.75	6.00	6.22	6.48	6.73	6.99

Part II.—Groups 9 to 16 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 9	Group 10	Group 11	Group 12	Group 13	Group 14	Group 15	Group 16
Warrant Officer, Class I....	9.14	9.40	9.65	9.91	10.17	10.43	10.68	10.94
Warrant Officer, Class II..	8.90	9.16	9.41	9.67	9.93	10.19	10.44	10.70
Staff Sergeant...................	8.70	8.96	9.21	9.47	9.73	9.99	10.24	10.50
Sergeant............................	8.39	8.65	8.90	9.16	9.42	9.68	9.93	10.19
Corporal............................	7.77	8.03	8.28	8.54	8.80	9.06	9.31	9.57
Lance Corporal..................	7.46	7.72	7.97	8.23	8.49	8.75	9.00	9.26
Private...............................	7.25	7.51	7.76	8.02	8.28	8.54	8.79	9.05

Part III.—Groups 17 to 24 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 17	Group 18	Group 19	Group 20	Group 21	Group 22	Group 23	Group 24
Warrant Officer, Class I....	11.20	11.46	11.71	11.97	12.23	12.49	12.74	13.00
Warrant Officer, Class II..	10.96	11.22	11.47	11.73	11.99	12.25	12.50	12.76
Staff Sergeant...................	10.76	11.02	11.27	11.53	11.79	12.05	12.30	12.56
Sergeant............................	10.45	10.71	10.96	11.22	11.48	11.74	11.99	12.25
Corporal............................	9.83	10.09	10.34	10.60	10.86	11.12	11.37	11.63
Lance Corporal..................	9.52	9.78	10.03	10.29	10.55	10.81	11.06	11.32
Private...............................	9.31	9.57	9.82	10.08	10.34	10.60	10.85	11.11

Part IV.—Groups 25 to 30 (inclusive)

Rank in the Permanent Military Forces	Maximum daily rate of active pay in dollars
	Group 25	Group 26	Group 27	Group 28	Group 29	Group 30
Warrant Officer, Class I......	13.26	13.52	13.77	14.03	14.29	14.55
Warrant Officer, Class II....	13.02	13.28	13.53	13.79	14.05	14.31
Staff Sergeant......................	12.82	13.08	13.33	13.59	13.85	14.11
Sergeant...............................	12.51	12.77	13.02	13.23	13.54	13.80
Corporal...............................	11.89	12.15	12.40	12.66	12.92	13.18
Lance Corporal....................	11.58	11.84	12.09	12.35	12.61	12.87
Private.................................	11.37	11.63	11.88	12.14	12.40	12.66”.

Transitional.

4.—(1.) In this regulation—

“the Act” means the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948–1970;

“the Regulations” means the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as in force on the eighteenth day of December, 1969, or on any subsequent day.

(2.) Notwithstanding regulation 2 of the Regulations, for the purpose of the definition of “daily rate of pay” in sub-section (1.) of section 4 of the Act, the maximum daily rate of active pay of a male medical or dental officer in respect of the eighteenth day of December, 1969, is—

(a) if he held the rank of Surgeon Captain, Colonel or Group Captain on that day—Thirty-five dollars forty-four cents;

(b) if he held the rank of Surgeon Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel or Wing Commander on that day—Thirty-two dollars seventy-seven cents;

(c) if he held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, Major or Squadron Leader on that day—Twenty-seven dollars nineteen cents; or

(d) if he held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant, Captain or Flight Lieutenant on that day—Twenty-three dollars two cents.

(3.) Notwithstanding regulation 2 of the Regulations, for the purpose of the definition of “daily rate of pay” in sub-section (1.) of section 4 of the Act, the maximum daily rate of active pay of a male medical or dental officer in respect of a day in the prescribed period is—

(a) if he held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander, Major or Squadron Leader on that day—Twenty-seven dollars ninety-nine cents; or

(b) if he held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant, Captain or Flight Lieutenant on that day—Twenty-three dollars seventy cents.

(4.) For the purpose of the last preceding sub-regulation, the prescribed period is—

(a) in relation to a member of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces —the period from and including the nineteenth day of December, 1969, to and including the tenth day of September, 1970; and

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force—the period from and including the nineteenth day of December, 1969 to and including the ninth day of September, 1970.

Application.

5.—(1.) Regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations have effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—

(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, other than members the descriptions applicable to whom arc referred to in items 28, 29, 30, 31, 46, 48 and 49 in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—from and including the eleventh day of September, 1970;

(b) in relation to members of the Air Force, other than members the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in the items in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations specified in the last preceding paragraph—from and including the tenth day of September, 1970; and

(c) in relation to members of the Naval Forces, the Military Forces and the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in items 30 and 31 in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—from and including the nineteenth day of December, 1969.

(2.) Sub-regulations (1.) and (2.) of regulation 4 of these Regulations have effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect in relation to members of the Naval Forces, the Military Forces and the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in items 30, 31, 32 and 33 in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations from and including the eighteenth day of December, 1969.

(3.) Sub-regulations (3.) and (4.) of regulation 4 of these Regulations have effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect in relation to members of the Naval Forces, the Military Forces and the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are referred to in items 32 and 33 in the First Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations from and including the nineteenth day of December, 1969.

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