Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1970 No.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1948-1969.*

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 1948-1969.

Dated this twelfth day of October, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Immigration for and on behalf of the Treasurer.

 

Amendments of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits regulations

1. After regulation 8b of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Prescribed number applicable to male contributors.

“8c. The number nineteen is specified as the number applicable for the purposes of section 58a of the Act to male members who ceased or cease to be members on or after the nineteenth day of December, 1969.”.

Retiring ages and pensions for certain cities of transfers.

2. Regulation 21 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “and” (last occurring);

(b) by inserting after that paragraph the following paragraph:—

“(aa) in the case of a member who is a chaplain of the Air Force, other than a chaplain who holds an appointment of Principal Air Chaplain—

(i) if his length of service in the rank of chaplain will exceed eighteen years upon his attaining the age of fifty-five years—fifty-seven years; or

(ii) if his length of service in that rank will not exceed eighteen years upon his attaining the age of fifty-five years—fifty-five years; and”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “the last preceding paragraph” and inserting in their stead the words “a preceding paragraph of this sub-regulation”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1970.

  Statutory Rules 1949, No. 60, as amended by Statutory Rules 1950, No. 14; 1951, No. 111; 1954, 4 and 33; 1955, Nos. 14 and 15; 1956, No. 25; 1959, No. 104; 1964, Nos. 84, 114 and 162; 1965, Nos. 6, 37 and 161; 1966, Nos. 39, 97 and 134; 1967, No. 26; 1968, No. 80; 1969, Nos. 8, 48 and 130; and 1970, No. 55.

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Third Schedule.

3. The Third Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from column 2 the following words:—

“Chaplain First Class

Chaplain Second Class

Chaplain Third Class

Chaplain Fourth Class”; and

(b) by omitting from column 3 the words and figures opposite to the words so omitted from column 2.

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