Statutory Rules
1974 No. 161
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
Dated this fifth day of September, 1974.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
LANCE BARNARD
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations†
Schedule 2.
1. Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 2, 3, 4 and 5 and substituting the following items:—
“2. Vice-Admiral (Chief of the Naval Staff) | Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff) | Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff) | 25,850 |
3. Rear-Admiral .. | Major-General ......... | Air Vice-Marshal ....... | 23,238 |
4. Commodore .. | Brigadier .. .. | Air Commodore ........ | 19,597 |
5. Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies | .................... | .................... | 19,597 ”. |
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 17 September 1974.
† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; and 1974, No. 14.
Schedules 3 and 4.
2. Schedules 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—
SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 4 (7)
Chaplains
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Naval Forces | Military Forces | Air Force | Annual Pay |
|
|
| $ |
1. .................. | Chaplain-General…………….. | Principal Air Chaplain .... | 15,160 |
2. 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 | 14,732 |
3. 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 | 13,916 |
4. 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 | 12,284 |
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class .... | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 10,550 |
SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 4 (8)
Members undergoing training
Item No. | Training Capacities | Annual Pay |
|
| $ |
1 | Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training .................... | 4,524 |
2 | Trainees, including Seamen in the Naval Forces who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training— |
|
| 1st year ............................................. | 4,721 |
| 2nd and subsequent years ................................. | 5,410 |
3 | Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices— |
|
| 1st year ............................................. | 2,912 |
| 2nd year ............................................. | 2,912 |
| 3rd year ............................................. | 3,971 |
| 4th year ............................................. | 4,660 |
4 | Seamen in the Naval Forces who have not attained the age of 17 years and Junior Recruits in those Forces | 2,212 |
5 | Royal Military College Cadets, Air Cadets at the Air Force Academy and subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Naval Forces 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 ............................................. | 3,607 |
| 2nd year ............................................. | 3,607 |
| 3rd year ............................................. | 4,019 |
| 4th year ............................................. | 4,430 |
| 5th year ............................................. | 4,841 |
| 6th year ............................................. | 5,254 |
6 | Subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Naval Forces 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 ............................................. | 2,458 |
| 2nd year ............................................. | 2,827 |
| 3rd year ............................................. | 3,607 |
| 4th year ............................................. | 3,607 |
| 5th year ............................................. | 4,019 |
| 6th year ............................................. | 4,430 |
Schedule 4—continued
Item No. | Training Capacities | Annual Pay |
7 | Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses— |
|
| with 3 years to graduation ................................. | 3,607 |
| with 2 years to graduation ................................. | 4,019 |
| in final year .......................................... | 4,430 |
8 | Members of the Naval Forces, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses— |
|
| 1st year ............................................. | 2,827 |
| 2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ................... | 3,607 |
| 3rd year ............................................. | 3,607 |
| 4th year ............................................. | 4,019 |
9 | Male Officer Trainees— |
|
| Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force) .............. | 4,019 |
| If completed degree course ................................ | 4,430 |
10 | Female Officer Trainees ...................................... | 3,215 |
| If completed degree course ................................ | 3,544 |
11 | Members of the Naval Forces, other than Members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman (Supplementary List)— |
|
| 1st year ............................................. | 4,019 |
| 2nd year ............................................. | 4,430 |
Application.
3. These Regulations have effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—from and including 31 May 1974; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force—from and including 30 May 1974.