EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1932 NO. 58
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (RESERVES)
(FINANCIAL) 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 8 and 12 of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations cover, respectively, pay for members other than officers and trainees and service of a member in a rank.
These Statutory Rules insert in Regulation 12 provisions dealing with the service of a member in the rank of Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Warrant Officer or equivalent rank, where the member is promoted to, or enlisted with, that rank.
The Statutory Rules also make consequential amendments to regulation 8.