EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 458
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE AIR FORCE REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 allows the Minister to make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Sub-regulations 530(1), (1A), (3), (4) and (5) of the Air Force Regulations specify the commencement and cessation dates for salary; Regulation 540 relates to the commencement date of a different rate of salary on promotion or remuster; and Division 2 of Part XI relates to salary payable to airmen and to the granting of increments.
These Statutory Rules amend or omit sub-regulations 530(1), (1A), (3), (4) and (5) and repeal regulation 540 and Division 2 of Part XI as the provisions relating to payment of salary have been replaced by Determination 0101, Salary of Permanent Force Members, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
These Statutory Rules also -
(a) omit sub-regulations 531(1), (2), (3), (4) and (7) of the Air Force Regulations as administrative instructions on appointment and discharge dates that coincide with the dates specified in these sub-regulations have been promulgated and these sub-regulations are therefore unnecessary;
(b) amend sub-regulation 530(6) of the Air Force Regulations consequent upon the regulations concerned with the payment of salary being replaced by Determination 0101; and
(c) amend regulations 532 and 539 of the Air Force Regulations by omitting the references to salary as these regulations, to the extent that they apply to salary, have been replaced by Determination 0101.
The date of effect is 31 December 1984, the date on which Determination 0101, Salary of Permanent Force Members, is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.