Statutory Rules 1980 No. 3331
Interim Determination under the Defence Amendment Act 1979
I, THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, hereby make the following Interim Determination under section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979.
Dated this seventh day of November 1980.
D. J. KILLEN
Minister of State for Defence
AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE FORCE (SALARIES) REGULATIONS2
Airconditioning allowance
1. Regulation 9C of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended —
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) “480” and substituting “1120”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) “480 – (16 x C)” and substituting
“”.
Uniform maintenance allowance
2. Regulation 14 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended —
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “$210.00” wherever occurring and substituting “$285.00”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “$130.00” and substituting “$175.00”; and
(c) by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2) “$155.00” and substituting “$210.00”.
Application
3. The Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations as amended by clause 2 of this Determination apply in relation to payment of uniform maintenance allowance to a member —
(a) of the Air Force — on or after 3 July 1980; and
(b) of the Navy and the Army — on or after 4 July 1980.
4. The Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations as amended by clause 1 of this Determination apply in respect of the cost of operating airconditioning facilities on or after 1 December 1979.
Transitional
5. Where airconditioning facilities were installed in accordance with sub-regulation (1) of regulation 9C of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations and operated during the period commencing on or after 1 December 1978, and ending 31 March 1979, the provisions of sub-regulations (4) and (5) of regulation 9C of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations as amended by clause 1 of this Determination apply in respect of that period as though —
(a) the prescribed number in sub-regulation (4) were —
(i) where one airconditioning unit is installed in accordance with sub‑regulation (1) — 480; or
(ii) where two or more airconditioning units are installed in accordance with sub‑regulation (1) — 960; and
(b) the formula in sub-regulation (5) were —
where —
A is —
(i) 480 where one airconditioning unit is installed in accordance with sub‑regulation (1); or
(ii) 960 where two or more airconditioning units are installed in accordance with sub-regulation (1); and
C is the number of days during that prescribed month on which the married quarters were not occupied by the member or by a dependant of the member.
Notes
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 November 1980.
2. Statutory Rules 1973 No. 100 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1980 No. 1 and see also Statutory Rules 1980 Nos. 1, 4, 9, 20, 23, 34, 42, 43, 55, 73, 132, 142, 148, 155, 174, 216, 217, 229, 249, 274, 302 and 314.