Statutory Rules
1978 No. 52
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT
AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
Dated this eleventh day of April 1978.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
D. J. KILLEN
Minister of State for Defence
AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS (ANNUAL RATES OF PAY) REGULATIONS†
Schedules 2, 3 and 4
1. Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:
SCHEDULE 2 Sub-Regulation 4 (5)
OFFICERS WHO HOLD SPECIFIED RANKS
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Navy | Army | Air Force | Annual pay |
|
|
| $ |
Admiral (Chief of Defence Force Staff) | General (Chief of Defence Force Staff) | Air Chief Marshal (Chief of Defence Force Staff) | 44,651 |
Vice-Admiral (Chief of Naval Staff) | Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff) | Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff) | 38,957 |
Rear-Admiral........ | Major-General........ | Air Vice-Marshal...... | 32,336 |
Commodore......... | Brigadier........... | Air Commodore....... | 27,607 |
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 April 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; 1975, Nos. 141 and 195; 1976, Nos. 42, 99, 160, 170, 196, 207 and 265; 1977, Nos. 82, 98, 158 and 161; and 1978, No. 6
SCHEDULE 3 Sub-regulation 4 (7)
CHAPLAINS
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Navy | Army | Air Force | Annual pay |
|
|
| $ |
| Chaplain-General....... | Principal Air Chaplain... | 21,708 |
Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Third Class, with not less than 16 years’ service in that classification | Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain | 21,165 |
Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Third Class, with less than 16 but not less than 8 years’ service in that classification | Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service as a Chaplain | 20,081 |
Chaplain with less than 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Third Class, with less than 8 years’ service in that classification | Chaplain with less than 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 17,914 |
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class... | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 15,620 |
SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4 (8)
MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING
Item | Training capacities | Annual pay |
|
| $ |
1 | Normal entry recruits during basic training .. .. .. .. | 7,421 |
2 | Trainees, including sailors in the Navy who hold the rank of Seaman, who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training— |
|
| 1st year............................................... | 7,603 |
| 2nd and subsequent years................................... | 8,756 |
3 | Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices— |
|
| 1st year............................................... | 4,879 |
| 2nd year.............................................. | 4,879 |
| 3rd year.............................................. | 6,653 |
| 4th year.............................................. | 7,806 |
4 | Sailors in the Navy who hold the rank of Seaman and who have not attained the age of 17 years and junior recruits in the Navy .. .. .. | 3,701 |
5 | Royal Military College cadets, air cadets at the Air Force Academy and subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Navy who hold the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or a lower rank) who entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of senior entry— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 6,035 |
| 2nd year.............................................. | 6,035 |
| 3rd year.............................................. | 6,724 |
| 4th year.............................................. | 7,413 |
| 5th year.............................................. | 8,101 |
| 6th year.............................................. | 8,791 |
6 | Subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Navy who hold the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or a lower rank) who entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of junior entry— |
|
| 1st year............................................... | 4,114 |
| 2nd year.............................................. | 4,729 |
| 3rd year.............................................. | 6,035 |
| 4th year.............................................. | 6,035 |
| 5th year.............................................. | 6,724 |
| 6th year.............................................. | 7,413 |
SCHEDULE 4—continued
MEMBERS UNDERGOING TRAINING
Item | Training capacities | Annual pay |
7 | Members, not being members to whom item 5 or 6 applies, undertaking degree courses— |
|
| with 3 years to graduation.................................. | 6,035 |
| with 2 years to graduation.................................. | 6,724 |
| in final year............................................ | 7,413 |
8 | Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses— |
|
| 1st year............................................... | 4,729 |
| 2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry)..................... | 6,035 |
| 3rd year.............................................. | 6,035 |
| 4th year.............................................. | 6,724 |
9 | Male officer trainees, being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force)— |
|
| If not completed degree course............................... | 6,724 |
| If completed degree course.................................. | 7,413 |
10 | Female officer trainees— |
|
| If not completed degree course............................... | 5,380 |
| If completed degree course.................................. | 5,930 |
11 | Members of the Navy, other than members to whom another item of this Schedule applies, who hold the rank of Midshipman of the Supplementary List— |
|
| 1st year............................................... | 6,724 |
| 2nd year.............................................. | 7,413 |
Application
2. The Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by regulation 1 apply in relation to service by—
(a) a member of the Navy or of the Army other than a member referred to in paragraph (c) or (d)—after 2 March 1978;
(b) a member of the Air Force—after 1 March 1978;
(c) a member of the Navy who holds the rank of Admiral or Vice-Admiral and is Chief of Defence Force Staff or Chief of Naval Staff—after 1 March 1978; and
(d) a member of the Army who holds the rank of General or Lieutenant-General and is Chief of Defence Force Staff or Chief of the General Staff—after 1 March 1978.