EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO. 6
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE AIR FORCE REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 provides that the Minister may make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulations 534, 534A, 534CA and 538A of the Air Force Regulations cover, respectively, payment in lieu of war service leave, payment in lieu of recreation leave, the meaning of pay in regulations 534A and 534B and payments to dependants.
The provisions of regulations 534A and 538A are now contained in, respectively, Determinations 2601, Recreation Leave, and 2699, Payments in Lieu of Recreation Leave, War Service Leave, Long Service Leave and Recreation Leave Bonus, Consequent Upon the Death of a Member or Former Member, being determinations made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
The Statutory Rules repeal regulations 534A and 538A and make consequential amendments to regulations 534 and 534CA.
Date of effect is the date that clauses 35 to 47 inclusive of Determination 2601 come into effect.