Statutory Rules
1975 No. 195
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT
AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973-1974.*
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 1973-1974.
Dated this fifteenth day of October, 1975
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. L. MORRISON
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations
Annual rate of pay on or after 8 or 9 February 1973.
1. (1) Regulation 4 of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) the words “ Seven hundred and fifty dollars ” and substituting the figures “ $950 ”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (9) the words “ Seven hundred and fifty dollars ” and substituting the figures “ $950 ”
(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—1 November 1974; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force—31 October 1974.
Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 21 October 1975.
Statutory Rules 1073, No. 183, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; and 1975, No. 141.
Schedule 2.
2. (1) Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—
SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 4 (4)
Officers who hold specified Ranks
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Naval Forces | Military Forces | Air Force | Annual Pay |
|
|
| $ |
1. Admiral (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | General (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | Air Chief Marshal (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | 32,500 |
2. Vice-Admiral (Chief of the Naval Staff) | Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff) | Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff) | 30,000 |
3. Rear-Admiral.......... | Major-General ........... | Air Vice-Marshal ......... | 26,615 |
4. Commodore .......... | Brigadier .............. | Air Commodore .......... | 22,616 |
5. Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies | ................... | ................... | 22,616 |
(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by that sub-regulation—16 May 1975; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—15 May 1975.
Schedule 3.
3. (1) Schedule 3 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule 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 .... | 17,776 |
2. Chaplain with not less | Chaplain, Third Class, | Chaplain with not less | 17,317 |
than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain | with not less than 16 years’ service in that classification | than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain |
|
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 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 16,401 |
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 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 14,568 |
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class .... | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 12,627 |
(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 3 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by that sub-regulation—16 May 1975; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—15 May 1975.
Schedule 4.
4. (1) Schedule 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—
SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 4 (8)
Members Undergoing Training
Item No. | Training Capacities | Annual Pay |
|
| $ |
1 | Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training ................... | 5,792 |
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 ............................................ | 6,050 |
| 2nd and subsequent years ................................ | 6,934 |
3 | Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices— |
|
| 1st year ............................................ | 3,740 |
| 2nd year ............................................ | 3,740 |
| 3rd year ............................................ | 5,100 |
| 4th year ............................................. | 5,984 |
4 | Seamen in the Naval Forces who have not attained the age of 17 years and Junior Recruits in those Forces | 2,838 |
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 ............................................ | 4,626 |
| 2nd year ............................................ | 4,626 |
| 3rd year ............................................ | 5,155 |
| 4th year ............................................ | 5,681 |
| 5th year ............................................ | 6,210 |
| 6th year ............................................ | 6,738 |
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 ............................................ | 3,154 |
| 2nd year ............................................ | 3,625 |
| 3rd year ............................................ | 4,626 |
| 4th year ............................................ | 4,626 |
| 5th year ............................................ | 5,155 |
| 6th year ............................................ | 5,681 |
7 | Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses— |
|
| with 3 years to graduation ................................ | 4,626 |
| with 2 years to graduation ................................ | 5,155 |
| in final year ......................................... | 5,681 |
8 | Members of the Naval Forces, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses— |
|
| 1st year ............................................ | 3,625 |
| 2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ................... | 4,626 |
| 3rd year ............................................ | 4,626 |
| 4th year ............................................ | 5,155 |
9 | Mate Officer Trainees— |
|
| Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force) ............. | 5,155 |
| If completed degree course ............................... | 5,681 |
Schedule—continued
Item No | Training Capacities | Annual Pay |
|
| $ |
10 | Female Officer Trainees ..................................... | 4,124 |
| If completed degree course ................................. | 4,545 |
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 ............................................ | 5,155 |
| 2nd year ............................................ | 5,681 |
(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by that sub-regulation—16 May 1975; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—5 May 1975.
Special annual rate of pay—Chaplains.
5. (1) For the purposes of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in subsection 3 (1) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973-1974, the annual pay applicable to a member of the Defence Force referred to in the following table—
(a) in the case of a member of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—on a day during the period from and including 21 February 1975 to and including 15 May 1975; or
(b) in the case of a member of the Air Force—on a day during the period from and including 20 February 1975 to and including 14 May 1975,
is the rate specified in the fourth column of that table opposite to the description of the member:—
Naval Forces | Military Forces | Air Force | Annual Pay |
|
|
| $ |
1. .................. | Chaplain-General ........ | Principal Air Chaplain .... | 17,191 |
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 | 16,748 |
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 | 15,864 |
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 | 14,095 |
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class .. | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 12,221 |
(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect from and including, and shall be deemed to have taken effect on—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces
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the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 3 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by sub-regulation 3 (1) of these Regulations—21 February 1975; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in that Schedule—20 February 1975.