Statutory Rules
1976 No. 160
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 twenty-ninth day of July, 1976.
JOHN R. KERR
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†
Application.
1. The Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply—
(a) in relation to service by members of the Navy or Army on or after 20 February 1976; and
(b) in relation to service by members of the Air Force on or after 19 February 1976.
Schedules 2, 3 and 4.
2. Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules are substituted:—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) | 32,500 |
Vice Admiral (Chief of Naval Staff) | Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff) | Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff) | 30,000 |
Rear Admiral ........ | Major-General ....... | Air Vice-Marshal ..... | 29,310 |
Commodore ........ | Brigadier .......... | Air Commodore ...... | 24,906 |
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 3 August 1976.
† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 261; 1974, Nos. 14, 161 and 234; 1975, Nos. 141 and 195; and 1976, Nos. 42 and 99.
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 ... | 19,480 |
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 | 18,974 |
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 | 17,965 |
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 | 15,947 |
Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class .. | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 13,810 |
SCHEDULE 4 Sub-regulation 4 (8)
Members undergoing training
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Item | Training capacities | Annual pay |
|
| $ |
1 | Normal entry recruits during basic recruit training ................. | 6,282 |
2 | Trainees, including seamen in the Navy who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training— |
|
| 1st year .......................................... | 6,566 |
| 2nd and subsequent years .............................. | 7,539 |
3 | Junior trainees, being junior musicians, apprentice musicians and other apprentices— | |
| 1st year .......................................... | 4,118 |
| 2nd year ......................................... | 4,118 |
| 3rd year ......................................... | 5,616 |
| 4th year ......................................... | 6,589 |
4 | Seamen in the Navy who have not attained the age of 17 years and junior recruits in the Navy .. | |
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 .......................................... | 5,094 |
| 2nd year ......................................... | 5,094 |
| 3rd year ......................................... | 5,676 |
| 4th year ......................................... | 6,256 |
| 5th year ......................................... | 6,838 |
| 6th year ......................................... | 7,420 |
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 .......................................... | 3,473 |
| 2nd year ......................................... | 3,992 |
| 3rd year ......................................... | 5,094 |
| 4th year ......................................... | 5,094 |
| 5th year ......................................... | 5,676 |
| 6th year ......................................... | 6,256 |
Schedule 4—continued
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Item | Training capacities | Annual pay |
|
| $ |
7 | Members of the Defence Force, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses— |
|
| with 3 years to graduation ............................. | 5,094 |
| with 2 years to graduation ............................. | 5,676 |
| in final year ....................................... | 6,256 |
8 | Members of the Navy, and air cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking diploma courses— |
|
| 1st year .......................................... | 3,992 |
| 2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ................ | 5,094 |
| 3rd year ......................................... | 5,094 |
| 4th year ......................................... | 5,676 |
9 | Male officer trainees being officer cadets (Army) and aircrew cadets (Air Force) | 5,676 |
| If completed degree course ............................. | 6,256 |
10 | Female officer trainees ................................... | 4,541 |
| If completed degree course ............................. | 5,005 |
11 | Members of the Navy, other than members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman (Supplementary List)— |
|
| 1st year .......................................... | 5,676 |
| 2nd year ......................................... | 6,256 |