EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 119
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.
The Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations prescribe rates of salary payable to members of the Defence Force who are rendering continuous full-time service.
Currently an Army Chaplain is paid salary in accordance with his classification and the number of years service that he has completed in that classification.
These Statutory Rules amend the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations by omitting the references to classifications for Army Chaplains to permit payment of salary to a chaplain in accordance only with the number of years service completed as a chaplain.
The date of effect is the date of gazettal of the Statutory Rules.