Naval Financial Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1970 No. 158

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1968.*

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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1968.

Dated this nineteenth day of October, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for the Navy.

Amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations 

Consolidated rates of pay.

1. Regulation 7a of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the figures and word “ (2.) or (3.)” and inserting in their stead the figures and word “ (2.), (3.), (4.) or (5.)”.

Officers’ General List— active pay.

2. Regulation 9 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (a), (b)and (c) of sub-regulation (1a.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“ (a) if he has less than ten years’ pay seniority in that rank—Sixty-one cents; or

(b)if he has not less than ten years’ pay seniority in that rank—One dollar twenty-one cents.”.

Medical and denial officers— active pay.

3. Regulation 10 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Twelve dollars seventy-three cents” and inserting in their stead the words “Thirteen dollars sixty-nine cents”.

4. Regulation 12 of the Naval Financial Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Chaplains— active pay.

“12. The daily rate of active pay payable to an officer of the Chaplain’s Branch is the rate specified in relation to his pay seniority in the following table:—

Pay seniority	Rate per day
$
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority.............................................................................	12.98
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority.................................................	13.56
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority.................................................	14.13
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.................................................	14.71
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority.................................................	15.29
With not less than 6 but less than 8 years’ pay seniority.................................................	15.86
With not less than 8 but less than 10 years’ pay seniority...............................................	16.44
With not less than 10 but less than 12 years’ pay seniority.............................................	17.40
With not less than 12 but less than 14 years’ pay seniority.............................................	17.98
With not less than 14 but less than 16 years’ pay seniority.............................................	18.56
With not less than 16 but less than 18 years’ pay seniority.............................................	19.13
With not less than 18 but less than 20 years’ pay seniority.............................................	19.71
With not less than 20 but less than 22 years’ pay seniority.............................................	21.24
With not less than 22 years’ pay seniority.....................................................................	21.81

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1970.

  Statutory Rules 1956. No. 88, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Financial Regulations, see footnote t to Statutory Rules 1970, No. 12; and see also Statutory Rules 1970, Nos 12, 36, 38, 60, 61.

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Consolidated rates of pay.

5. Regulation 15 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (3.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(4.) The rate at which active pay is payable to a Surgeon Captain or a Surgeon Captain (D) is a consolidated rate of Thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars per year.”

(5.) The rate at which active pay is payable to a Surgeon Commander or a Surgeon Commander (D) is a consolidated rate of Twelve thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars per year.”.

Men—general scale of active pay.

6.—(1.) Regulation 31 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (12.) the word and figure “Group 3 “ and inserting in their stead the word and figure “ Group 5”.

(2.) A man who held the rating of Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman, Second Class, during the period from and including the seventh day of July, 1969, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations or during a part of that period is entitled to be paid active pay in respect of that period or that part of that period as if the amendment of regulation 31 of the Naval Financial Regulations effected by the last preceding sub-regulation had come into operation on the seventh day of July, 1969.

Active Pay and Allowances.

7. Regulation 79 of the Naval Financial Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Stage or training and age	Rate per week
$
During his first year of apprenticeship training—
Under 18 years of age...........................................................................................	12.04
At 18 years of age or over.....................................................................................	12.39
During his second year of apprenticeship training—
Under 18 years of age...........................................................................................	13.30
At 18 years of age or over.....................................................................................	13.65
During his third year of apprenticeship training—
Under 18 years of age...........................................................................................	14.56
At 18 years of age or over.....................................................................................	14.91
During his fourth year of apprenticeship training—
Before commencing the eighth term of his apprenticeship training—
Under 18 years of age......................................................................................	15.89
At 18 years of age or over................................................................................	16.24
During the eighth term of his apprenticeship training..........................................	38.43

8. The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Schedules to the Naval Financial Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules are respectively inserted in their stead:—

THIRD SCHEDULE Reg. 9.

Rates of Active Pay—Officers

Division 1—Officers Entered Direct as University Undergraduates, or Final Year Students doing Diploma Courses at a Technical College

Rank	Rate per day
$
Midshipman (U)..........................................................................................................	2.69
Acting Sub-Lieutenant (U)...........................................................................................	3.17
Sub-Lieutenant (U)......................................................................................................	5.49

Third Schedule—continued

Division 2—Officers other than those included in Division 1

Rank and pay seniority	Rate per day
$
Midshipman, other than a Midshipman on the Supplementary List	5.49
Midshipman on the Supplementary List—
With less than 6 months’ pay seniority.....................................................................	5.49
With not less than 6 months’ pay seniority...............................................................	6.17
Acting Sub-Lieutenant.................................................................................................	8.44
Sub-Lieutenant or relative rank, or Sub-Inspector—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	9.70
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	10.06
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority............................................	10.42
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority............................................	10.79
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	11.21
Lieutenant or relative rank, or Inspector—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	11.64
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	12.48
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority............................................	13.69
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority............................................	14.29
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority............................................	14.90
With not less than 5 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority............................................	15.50
With not less than 6 but less than 7 years’ pay seniority............................................	16.10
With not less than 7 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	16.70
Lieutenant-Commander or relative rank, or Chief Inspector—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	17.91
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	18.59
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority............................................	19.28
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority............................................	19.96
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	20.65
Commander or relative rank, or Superintendent—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	21.96
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	22.73
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	23.50
Captain—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	24.98
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	25.83
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	26.68

FOURTH SCHEDULE Reg. 10.

Rates of Active Pay—Officers of the Medical Branch or Dental Branch

Rank and pay seniority	Rate per day
Surgeon Lieutenant or Surgeon Lieutenant (D)—	$
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	18.46
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	19.25
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority............................................	20.05
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority............................................	20.84
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority............................................	21.64
With not less than 5 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	22.63
Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander or Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander (D)—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority........................................................................	23.61
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority............................................	24.60
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority............................................	25.92
With not less than 3 years’ pay seniority..................................................................	26.92

FIFTH SCHEDULE Reg. 31.

Rates of Active Pay—Men who hold the Rating of Able Seaman or a Higher Rating

Part I: Groups 1 to 6 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Able Seaman.....................................................	5.49	5.49	5.65	5.90	6.12	6.38
Leading Seaman................................................	6.32	6.31	6.48	6.70	6.93	7.19
Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	6.97	6.97	7.10	7.33	7.55	7.81
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	7.13	7.13	7.27	7.49	7.72	7.97
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........	7.28	7.28	7.41	7.64	7.86	8.12
Chief Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	7.90	7.90	8.03	8.26	8.49	8.74
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	8.04	8.03	8.17	8.40	8.62	8.88
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority................................................................	8.23	8.23	8.36	8.59	8.81	9.07
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........	8.39	8.39	8.53	8.75	8.98	9.23

Part II: Groups 7 to 12 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10	Group 11	Group 12
Able Seaman.....................................................	6.63	6.89	7.15	7.41	7.66	7.92
Leading Seaman................................................	7.41	7.67	7.93	8.19	8.44	8.70
Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	8.03	8.29	8.55	8.81	9.06	9.32
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	8.20	8.46	8.72	8.98	9.23	9.49
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........	8.34	8.60	8.86	9.12	9.37	9.63
Chief Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	8.97	9.23	9.49	9.75	10.00	10.26
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	9.10	9.36	9.62	9.88	10.13	10.39
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority................................................................	9.29	9.55	9.81	10.07	10.32	10.58
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........	9.46	9.72	9.98	10.24	10.49	10.75

Part III: Groups 13 to 18 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 13	Group 14	Group 15	Group 16	Group 17	Group 18
Able Seaman.....................................................	8.18	8.44	8.69	8.95	9.21	9.47
Leading Seaman................................................	8.96	9.22	9.47	9.73	9.99	10.25
Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	9.58	9.84	10.09	10.35	10.61	10.87
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	9.75	10.01	10.26	10.52	10.78	11.04
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........	9.89	10.15	10.40	10.66	10.92	11.18
Chief Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	10.52	10.78	11.03	11.29	11.55	11.81
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	10.65	10.91	11.16	11.42	11.68	11.94
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority................................................................	10.84	11.10	11.35	11.61	11.87	12.13
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........	11.01	11.27	11.52	11.78	12.04	12.30

Fifth Schedule—continued

Part IV: Groups 19 to 24(inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 19	Group 20	Group 21	Group 22	Group 23	Group 24
Able Seaman.....................................................	9.72	9.98	10.24	10.50	10.75	11.01
Leading Seaman................................................	10.50	10.76	11.02	11.28	11.53	11.79
Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	11.12	11.38	11.64	11.90	12.15	12.41
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	11.29	11.55	11.81	12.07	12.32	12.58
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........	11.43	11.69	11.95	12.21	12.46	12.72
Chief Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	12.06	12.32	12.58	12.84	13.09	13.35
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority................................................................	12.19	12.45	12.71	12.97	13.22	13.48
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority................................................................	12.38	12.64	12.90	13.16	13.41	13.67
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........	12.55	12.81	13.07	13.33	13.58	13.84

Part V: Groups 25 to 30 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 25	Group 26	Group 27	Group 28	Group 29	Group 30
Able Seaman.....................................................	11.27	11.53	11.78	12.04	12.30	12.56
Leading Seaman................................................	12.05	12.31	12.56	12.82	13.08	13.34
Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	12.67	12.93	13.18	13.44	13.70	13.96
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority...................................................	12.84	13.10	13.35	13.61	13.87	14.13
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.........	12.98	13.24	13.49	13.75	14.01	14.27
Chief Petty Officer—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............	13.61	13.87	14.12	14.38	14.64	14.90
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority...................................................	13.74	14.00	14.25	14.51	14.77	15.03
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority...................................................	13.93	14.19	14.44	14.70	14.96	15.22
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority.........	14.10	14.36	14.61	14.87	15.13	15.39

SIXTH SCHEDULE Reg. 31 (7.).

Rates of Active Pay—Junior Recruits or Junior Musicians

Rating and age	Rate per day
$
Junior Recruit—
Under 16 years of age....................................................................................................	1.34
Of the age of 16 years....................................................................................................	1.86
Of the age of 17 years....................................................................................................	3.73
Junior Musician—
Under 16 years of age....................................................................................................	1.34
Of the age of 16 years....................................................................................................	1.86
Of the age of 17 years....................................................................................................	3.73
Of the age of 18 years....................................................................................................	5.79

SEVENTH SCHEDULE Reg. 36.

Rates of Active Pay—Men of the Naval Dockyard Police

Rank and pay seniority	Rate per day
Constable—	$
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	7.41
With not less than 2 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority....................................................	8.19
With not less than 6 but less than 8 years’ pay seniority....................................................

8.81
With not less than 8 but less than 10 years’ pay seniority..................................................	8.98
With not less than 10 years’ pay seniority........................................................................	9.12
Sergeant, Second Class—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	9.75
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	9.88
Sergeant, First Class—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	10.07
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	10.24

FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE Regs. 252, 253, 259.

Rates of Active Pay—Female Members of the Permanent Naval Forces

Table 1—Officers

Rank and pay seniority	Rate per day
Third Officer or Sister—	$
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	7.21
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority....................................................	7.91
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	8.30
Second Officer or Senior Sister—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority...............................................................................	8.98
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority....................................................	9.37
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority....................................................	9.75
With not less than 3 hut less than 4 years’ pay seniority....................................................	10.13
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority....................................................	10.51
With not less than 5 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority....................................................	10.90
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	11.29
First Officer or Superintending Sister—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority...............................................................................	11.92
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority....................................................	12.32
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority....................................................	12.70
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority....................................................	13.08
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority....................................................	13.47
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	13.85
Chief Officer or Matron—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	14.49
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority....................................................	14.87
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority....................................................	15.25
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	15.63
Superintendent—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority...............................................................................	16.28
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority....................................................	16.66
With not less than 4 but less than 6 years’ pay seniority....................................................	17.04
With not less than 6 years’ pay seniority..........................................................................	17.43

Fifteenth Schedule—continued

Table 2—Servicewomen

Part I: Groups 1 to 5 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Wran	3.87	4.16	4.43	4.68	4.90
Leading Wran	4.42	4.71	4.98	5.21	5.44
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority	4.86	5.15	5.40	5.63	5.85
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority	4.96	5.25	5.51	5.74	5.97
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority	5.06	5.35	5.60	5.84	6.06
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority	5.18	5.47	5.72	5.95	6.17
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority	5.28	5.56	5.82	6.05	6.27
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority	5.38	5.67	5.92	6.15	6.37

Part II: Groups 6 to 10 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10
Wran...............................................................................	5.16	5.41	5.67	5.93	6.19
Leading Wran..................................................................	5.70	5.93	6.19	6.45	6.71
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	6.11	6.34	6.60	6.86	7.12
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	6.22	6.46	6.72	6.98	7.24
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	6.32	6.55	6.81	7.07	7.33
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	6.43	6.66	6.92	7.18	7.44
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	6.53	6.76	7.02	7.28	7.54
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	6.63	6.86	7.12	7.38	7.64

Part III: Groups 11 to 15 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 11	Group 12	Group 13	Group 14	Group 15
Wran...............................................................................	6.44	6.70	6.96	7.22	7.47
Leading Wran..................................................................	6.96	7.22	7.48	7.74	7.99
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	7.37	7.63	7.89	8.15	8.40
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	7.49	7.75	8.01	8.27	8.52
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	7.58	7.84	8.10	8.36	8.61
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	7.69	7.95	8.21	8.47	8.72
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	7.79	8.05	8.31	8.57	8.82
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	7.89	8.15	8.41	8.67	8.92

Fifteenth Schedule—continued

Table 2—Servicewomen—continued

Part IV: Groups 16 to 20 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 16	Group 17	Group 18	Group 19	Group 20
Wran...............................................................................	7.73	7.99	8.25	8.50	8.76
Leading Wran..................................................................	8.25	8.51	8.77	9.02	9.28
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	8.66	8.92	9.18	9.43	9.69
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	8.78	9.04	9.30	9.55	9.81
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	8.87	9.13	9.39	9.64	9.90
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	8.98	9.24	9.50	9.75	10.01
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	9.08	9.34	9.60	9.85	10.11
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	9.18	9.44	9.70	9.95	10.21

Part V: Groups 21 to 25 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 21	Group 22	Group 23	Group 24	Group 25
Wran...............................................................................	9.02	9.28	9.53	9.79	10.05
Leading Wran..................................................................	9.54	9.80	10.05	10.31	10.57
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	9.95	10.21	10.46	10.72	10.98
With not less than 2 hut less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	10.07	10.33	10.58	10.84	11.10
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	10.16	10.42	10.67	10.93	11.19
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	10.27	10.53	10.78	11.04	11.30
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	10.37	10.63	10.88	11.14	11.40
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	10.47	10.73	10.98	11.24	11.50

Part VI: Groups 26 to 30 (inclusive)

Rating and pay seniority (if any)	Rate per day in dollars
	Group 26	Group 27	Group 28	Group 29	Group 30
Wran...............................................................................	10.31	10.56	10.82	11.08	11.34
Leading Wran..................................................................	10.83	11.08	11.34	11.60	11.86
Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	11.24	11.49	11.75	12.01	12.27
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	11.36	11.61	11.87	12.13	12.39
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	11.45	11.70	11.96	12.22	12.48
Chief Petty Officer Wran—
With less than 2 years’ pay seniority.............................	11.56	1181	12.07	12.33	12.59
With not less than 2 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority.	11.66	11.91	12.17	12.43	12.69
With not less than 4 years’ pay seniority.......................	11.76	12.01	12.27	12.53	12.79

SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE Regs. 259C, 259d.

Rates of Active Pay—Female Members of the Citizen Naval Forces when not entitled to active pay under regulation 259

Table 1—Officers

Rank	Rate per day
$
Third Officer......................................................................................................................	7.21
Second Officer...................................................................................................................	8.98
First Officer.......................................................................................................................	11.92

Table 2—Servicewomen

Rating	Rate per day
$
Wran..................................................................................................................................	3.87
Leading Wran.....................................................................................................................	4.42
Petty Officer Wran..............................................................................................................	5.40
Chief Petty Officer Wran....................................................................................................	5.72

Transitional.

9.—(1.) The rates of active pay provided for in—

(a) the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by regulations 2, 3, 4 and 7 of these Regulations; and

(b)the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Schedules to the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations,

apply to and in relation to service in the Permanent Naval Forces, the Naval Emergency Reserve Forces or the Citizen Naval Forces, as the case may be, on and after the eleventh day of September, 1970.

(2.) An officer of the Medical Branch or Dental Branch in receipt of active pay in respect of his service on a day in the period from and including the eleventh day of September, 1970, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, being—

(a) an officer of the Medical Branch who held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant or Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander on that day; or

(b)an officer of the Dental Branch who held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant (D) or Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander (D) on that day,

is, by force of this regulation, entitled to be paid active pay in respect of that day at the rate specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by these Regulations in relation to the rank that he held on that day and his pay seniority in that rank on that day instead of at the rate applicable under the Naval Financial Regulations as in force on that day.

(3.) An officer of the Medical Branch or Dental Branch in receipt of active pay in respect of his service on a day in the period from and including the eighteenth day of December, 1969, to and including the tenth day of September, 1970, being—

(a) an officer of the Medical Branch who held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant or Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander on that day; or

(b) an officer of the Dental Branch who held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant (D) or Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander (D) on that day,

is, by force of this sub-regulation, entitled to be paid active pay in respect of that day at the rate specified in the second column or third column, whichever is appropriate, of the following table in relation to the rank that he held on that day and his pay seniority in that rank on that day instead of at the rate provided for in the Naval Financial Regulations as in force on that day.

First Column	Second Column	Third Column
Rank and pay seniority in that rank	Rate at active pay in respect of service on 18th December, 1969	Rate of active pay in respect of service from 19th December, 1969 to 10th September, 1970
$	$
Surgeon Lieutenant or Surgeon Lieutenant (D)—
Wish less than 1 year’s pay seniority	17.70	18.21
With not less than 1 bus less than 2 years’ pay seniority	18.47	19.00
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority	19.25	19.80
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority	20.02	20.59
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority	20.79	21.39
With not less than 5 years’ pay seniority	21.75	22.38
Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander or Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander (D)—
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority	22.71	23.36
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority	23.67	24.35
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority	24.94	25.67
With not less than 3 years’ pay seniority	25.92	26.67

(4.) Where a member of the Medical Branch or the Dental Branch held during the period from and including the eighteenth day of December, 1969, to and including the day immediately before the commencement of these Regulations or during a part of that period—

(a)in the case of a member of the Medical Branch—the rank of Surgeon Captain or Surgeon-Commander; or

(b)in the case of a member of the Dental Branch—the rank of Surgeon Captain (D) or Surgeon-Commander (D),

the member is entitled to be paid in respect of his service during that period while holding such a rank, as additional active pay, an amount equal to the amount by which the sum of the active pay and allowances paid or payable to him in respect of that service is less than the sum of the active pay and allowances that would have been payable to him in respect of that service if the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by Statutory Rules 1970, No. 134, and these Regulations had been in force throughout that period.

(5.) In calculating the amount of active pay and allowances that would have been payable to a member of the Medical Branch or Dental Branch in respect of service to which the last preceding sub-regulation relates under the Naval Financial Regulations as amended by Statutory Rules 1970, No. 134, and these Regulations, it shall be assumed—

(a)that the amount specified in sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 15 of the Naval Financial Regulations as so amended was—

(i) on the eighteenth day of December, 1969—Eleven thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; and

(ii) on and after the nineteenth day of December, 1969— Twelve thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars; and

(b)that the amount specified in sub-regulation (5.) of regulation 15 of the Naval Financial Regulations as so amended was—

(i) on the eighteenth day of December, 1969—Twelve thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars; and

(ii) on and after the nineteenth day of December, 1969—Thirteen thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars.

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