Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1965 No. 161

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1948-1965.*

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section (4.) of section 4a of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1965 that, in that section, “the prescribed amount” means the amount of Two thousand six hundred pounds or such other amount, being a multiple of Sixty-five pounds, as is specified in the regulations for the purposes of that section:

And whereas it is provided by sub-section (5.) of that section that, in making a regulation for the purposes of sub-section (4.) of that section, the Governor-General shall have regard to any general variations in the rates of annual pay of members that have occurred:

Now therefore I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, and having regard to general variations in the rates of annual pay of members that have occurred, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1965.

Dated this

day of , 1965.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Treasurer.

Amendments of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations

Amount specified for purposes of section 4a.

1.—(1.) Regulation 7a of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Two thousand six hundred and sixty-five pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Two thousand seven hundred and thirty pounds”.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation shall be deemed to have come into operation on the ninth day of July, 1965.

Retiring ages and pensions for certain classes of members.

2. Regulation 21 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(a) is a member of a branch or service, or a member of the Permanent Military Forces whose name is included on a list, specified in column 1 of the Third Schedule to these Regulations; and

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 15 November 1965.

Statutory Rules 1949, No. 60, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1965, No. 6, and see also Statutory Rules 1965, Nos. 6 and 37.

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(b) holds a rank specified opposite to that branch, service or list in column 2 of that Schedule,”.

Second Schedule.

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

(a) by inserting in Table I. before the figures—

“ 40......................................................................................................................... 15.846 ”

the figures—

“36..........................................................................................................................	16.715
37..........................................................................................................................	16.506
38..........................................................................................................................	16.292
39..........................................................................................................................	16.071;” and

(b) by inserting in Table II. before the figures—

“55................................................................................................................................ 13.475 ”

the figures—

“40................................................................................................................................	16.997
41................................................................................................................................	16.804
42................................................................................................................................	16.608
43................................................................................................................................	16.403
44................................................................................................................................	16.192
45................................................................................................................................	15.974
46................................................................................................................................	15.748
47................................................................................................................................	15.517
48................................................................................................................................	15.279
49................................................................................................................................	15.036
50................................................................................................................................	14.788
51................................................................................................................................	14.536
52................................................................................................................................	14.277
53................................................................................................................................	14.015
54................................................................................................................................	13.747”.

Third Schedule,

4. The Third Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting the words and figures—

“Staff Corps Special List....................................................	Lieutenant-Colonel	53 years
	Major...........................	53 years
	Captain........................	53 years
	Lieutenant...................	53 years”
and inserting in their stead the words and figures.—
“Special List for the Australian Staff Corps.........................	Lieutenant-Colonel.......	53 years
	Major...........................	53 years
	Captain........................	53 years
	Lieutenant...................	53 years
Special List for the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps	Major...........................	53 years
	Captain........................	53 years
	Lieutenant...................	53 years
Special List for the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.....................................................	Major...........................	53 years
	Captain........................	53 years
	Lieutenant...................	53 years”.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.