EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO. 301
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE SCIENCE AND PERSONNEL DEFENCE FORCE (RESERVES) (FINANCIAL) (MODIFIED APPLICATION) REGULATIONS (REPEAL)
The Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) (Modified Application) Regulations (“the Modified Application Regulations”) remade certain amendments to the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations (“the Financial Regulations”) that became void as a result of being incorrectly tabled in Parliament in 1977. (At that time, the Financial Regulations provided for the payment of salary to members of the Reserves.)
The Modified Application Regulations provided for the operation of those amendments to the Financial Regulations during the period that would have been covered by the void provisions.
The Financial Regulations were repealed by Statutory Rules 1984 No. 459. As a consequence of this, the Modified Application Regulations ceased to have any effect. They were not, however, formally repealed. The Attorney-General’s Department recently confirmed that the Modified Application. Regulations should be repealed, as a formal drafting matter.
The Statutory Rule repeals the Modified Application Regulations.
The Statutory Rule comes into operation on the date of gazettal.