EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 443
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (SALARIES) REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 allows the Minister to make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulation 19 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations allows a member of the Defence Force to be charged for rations and quarters when he or she lives in in service accommodation.
These Statutory Rules repeal regulation 19 which has been replaced by Determination 2501, Charge for Rations and Quarters, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
The date of effect is the date Determination 2501 is made.
Regulations 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F and 12G of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations have also been repealed as a result of the recent transfer of rental allowance to a section 58B determination.
The date of effect is the date of gazettal of these Statutory Rules.