Statutory Rules
1973 No. 261
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973.*
WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 131 (1) of the Defence Forces Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with that Act, prescribing all matters which by that Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to that Act:
AND WHEREAS by sub-section 131 (2) of that Act it is provided that where the pay of a class of members of the Defence Force is increased or reduced, regulations for the purpose of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in section 3 of that Act in relation to members of the Defence Force included in that class made after the date on and from which the increase or reduction took effect may be expressed to have taken effect from and including that date:
AND WHEREAS the pay of members, being members the description applicable to whom are set out in items 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations was increased from and including 1 April 1973:
AND WHEREAS the pay of members of the Defence Force, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in items 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 and Schedules 3 and 4 to those Regulations was increased—
(a) in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—from and including 1 June 1973; and
(b) in the case of members of the Air Force—from and including 31 May 1973:
AND WHEREAS the pay of members of the Defence Force, being members the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in items 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations was again increased—
(a) in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—from and including 24 August 1973; and
(b) in the case of members of the Air Force—from and including 23 August 1973:
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 12 December 1973.
NOW THEREFORE 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 for the purposes of the definition of “ annual rate of pay ” in sub-section 3 (1) of that Act.
Dated this eleventh day of December, 1973.
PAUL HASLUCK
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. (1) Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 1 and 2 and substituting the following items:—
“ 1. Admiral (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | General (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | Air Chief Marshal (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | 26,700 |
2. Vice-Admiral (The First Naval Member of the Naval Board) | Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff) | Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff) | 25,850 ” |
(2) Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 3, 4 and 5 and substituting the following items:—
“ 3. Rear-Admiral ...... | Major-General......... | Air Vice-Marshal....... | 22,655 |
4. Commodore ........ | Brigadier ............ | Air Commodore....... | 19,085 |
5.Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies | ................... | ................... | 19,085 ” |
(3) Sub-regulation (1) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect in relation to members of the Defence Force, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in item 1 or 2 of Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, from and including 1 April 1973.
(4) Sub-regulation (2) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in item 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—from and including 24 August 1973; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in those items—from and including 23 August 1973.
* Statutory Rules 1973, No. 188.
Schedules 3 and 4.
2. (1) 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 .... | 13,421 |
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 | 13,027 |
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 | 12,301 |
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 | 10,848 |
5. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class .... | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | 9,331 |
SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 4 (8)
Members undergoing training
Item No. | Training Capacities | Annual Pay |
|
| $ |
1 | Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training .................... | 3,940 |
2 | Trainees including Ordinary Seamen in the Naval Forces who have not completed their category training— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 4,141 |
| 2nd and subsequent years ................................... | 4,728 |
3 | Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 2,487 |
| 2nd year .............................................. | 2,487 |
| 3rd year .............................................. | 3,391 |
| 4th year .............................................. | 3,978 |
4 | Junior Recruits in the Naval Forces— |
|
| 1st year or 2nd year if under the age of 17 .......................... | 1,890 |
5 | Royal Military College Cadets, Air Cadets at the Air Force Academy and Cadet Midshipmen who have entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of Senior Entry— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 3,082 |
| 2nd year .............................................. | 3,082 |
| 3rd year .............................................. | 3,434 |
| 4th year .............................................. | 3,785 |
| 5th year .............................................. | 4,137 |
| 6th year .............................................. | 4,489 |
6 | Cadet Midshipmen who have entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of Junior Entry— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 2,100 |
| 2nd year .............................................. | 2,415 |
| 3rd year .............................................. | 3,082 |
| 4th year .............................................. | 3,082 |
| 5th year .............................................. | 3,434 |
| 6th year .............................................. | 3,785 |
7 | Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses— |
|
| with 3 years to graduation .................................. | 3,082 |
| with 2 years to graduation .................................. | 3,434 |
| in final year ............................................ | 3,785 |
Schedule 4—continued
Item No. | Training Capacity | Annual pay |
|
| $ |
8 | Members of the Naval Forces, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 2,415 |
| 2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ..................... | 3,082 |
| 3rd year .............................................. | 3,082 |
| 4th year .............................................. | 3,434 |
9 | Male Officer Trainees— |
|
| Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force) ............... | 3,434 |
| If completed degree course .................................. | 3,785 |
10 | Female Officer Trainees ................................... | 2,747 |
| If completed degree course .................................. | 3,028 |
11 | Midshipmen (Supplementary List)— |
|
| 1st year .............................................. | 3,434 |
| 2nd year .............................................. | 3,785 |
(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces, the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in Schedule 3 and 4 to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (Annual Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—from and including 1 June 1973; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force the descriptions applicable to whom are set out in those Schedules—from and including 31 May 1973.
Special annual rate of pay.
3. (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, the annual rate of pay of a member of the Defence Force referred to in the following table in respect of service—
(a) in the case of a member of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces during the period from and including 1 June 1973 to and including 23 August 1973; or
(b) in the case of a member of the Air Force—during the period from and including 31 May 1973 to and including 22 August 1973,
is the rate specified in column 4 of that table opposite to the description of the member in column 1, 2 or 3 of that table, whichever is applicable to the member.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Naval Forces | Military Forces | Air Force | Annual Pay |
|
|
| $ |
Rear-Admiral ........... | Major-General .......... | Air Vice-Marshal........ | 19,505 |
Commodore ........... | Brigadier .............. | Air Commodore......... | 16,433 |
Captain to whom sub-regulation 15 (6) of the Naval Financial Regulations applies | .................... | .................... | 16,433 |
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(2) Sub-regulation (1) has effect and shall be deemed to have taken effect—
(a) in relation to members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces referred to in that sub-regulation—from and including 1 June 1973; and
(b) in relation to members of the Air Force referred to in that sub-regulation—from and including 31 May 1973.