EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO. 53
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (SALARIES) REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 provides that the Minister may make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
These Statutory Rules amend the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations to provide for a restructure of, and increases in, salaries for members of the Defence Force rendering continuous full-time service, other than trainees, certain Chaplains and certain medical and dental officers. They also provide for an increase in the rate of Service Allowance and some limiting of the range of members entitled to the allowance.
The restructure of, and increases in, salaries and the changes to the rates and conditions of Service Allowance were recommended by the Committee of Reference for Defence Force Pay in its report on salary structure dated 4 November 1981. The Committee’s recommendations were approved by the Government on 15 December 1981.
The opportunity has been taken to amend regulation 9 by omitting sub-regulation 9(3). New regulation 9A expands on the substance of that sub-regulation to clarify policy intent.
The salary and Service Allowance increases are effective from 5 November 1981.