EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO. 54
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 allows the Minister to make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Sub-Regulation 12(7) of the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations provides that a member of the Reserve Forces may count twice the period of continuous full-time service rendered by him in a rank as service for pay in the same rank in the Reserve Forces. Sub-Regulation 12(3) provides for the counting of continuous full-time service rendered by a member in the Defence Force of a country within the Commonwealth of Nations.
These Statutory Rules amend sub-regulations 12(7) and 12(8) to permit the counting of any such service rendered by the member before he became a member to whom the Defence Force (Reserves) (Financial) Regulations apply.