Statutory Rules
1978 No. 3
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903, THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910 AND THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923*
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 Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.
Dated this eleventh day of January 1978.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
D. J. KILLEN
Minister of State for Defence
AMENDMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (SALARIES) REGULATIONS†
Annual rate of salary payable to officers
1. Regulation 7 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting “ The ” and substituting “ Subject to sub-regulation (2), the ”;
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:
“ (2) Where a medical officer or a dental officer is promoted to a higher rank, or appointed to hold temporarily a higher rank, and the rate of salary applicable to the officer in respect of his service in that higher rank during a period is less than the rate of salary that would have been applicable to the officer in respect of his service during that period if he had not been so promoted or appointed, the rate of salary applicable to his service during that period shall be that higher rate.”.
Application
2. The amendment effected by regulation 1 applies in relation to service by members of the Defence Force after 10 October 1977.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 16 January 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 132, 201, 203, 249 and 269; 1974, Nos. 71, 77, 90, 92, 93, and 208; 1975, Nos. 34, 149, 163, and 197; 1976, Nos. 3, 13, 48, 81, 120, 130, 136, 197, 239 and 263; 1977, Nos. 69, 80, 95, 96, 101, 128, 139, 159, 215 and 216; and 1978, No, 2.