Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations (Amendment) - Legislation

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1975 No. 34

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1973, THE NAVAL

DEFENCE ACT 1910-1973 AND THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1973, the Naval Defence Act 1910-1973 and the Air Force Act 1923-1973.

Dated this twentieth day of March, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LANCE BARNARD

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations†

Service Allowance.

1. Regulation 10 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the figures “ $750.00 ” and substituting the figures “ $950.00 ”.

Uniform maintenance allowance.

2. Regulation 14 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following paragraph:—

“ (e) an Apprentice in the Naval Forces; or ”.

Senior Chaplain’s Allowance.

3. Regulation 16 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by omitting the figures “ $268.00 ” and substituting the figures “ $278.00 ”.

Rations and quarters charge.

4. Regulation 19 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“ (8) For the purposes of this regulation, a medical officer performing a year of compulsory residency in a hospital shall be treated as if—

(a) he were a category 0 member; and

(b) the residential quarters provided to him by the hospital were service accommodation.”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 20 March 1975.

† Statutory Rules 1973, No. 100, as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 132, 201, 203, 249 and 269; and 1974, Nos. 71, 77, 90, 92, 93 and 208.

Schedules 2 to 9 (inclusive).

5. Schedules 2 to 9 (inclusive) to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:—

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 7

Male Officers other than Officers who hold a Rank Specified in Schedule 1 or are Officers described in Schedules 3, 4, 5, 6 or 9

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
A/Sub-Lieutenant (Supplementary List)	Second Lieutenant ......	Pilot Officer ..........	7,150
Sub-Lieutenant—	Lieutenant—	Flying Officer—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	7,560
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	7,997
Lieutenant—
Under 1 year ........	2 years ............	2 years ............	8,434
1 year ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	8,871
	Captain—	Flight Lieutenant—
2 years ............	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	9,352
3 years ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	9,833
4 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	10,324
5 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	10,816
6 years ............	4 years ............	4 years ............	11,307
7 years ............	5 years ............	5 years ............	11,799
Lieutenant-Commander—	Major—	Squadron Leader—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	12,388
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	13,001
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	13,612
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	14,224
Commander—	Lieutenant-Colonel—	Wing Commander—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	14,988
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	15,753
Captain—	Colonel—	Group Captain—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	16,627
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	17,500

SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 7

Female Officers and Officers who are Male Nurses

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
	Second Lieutenant ......	Pilot Officer ...........	5,720
Sister or 3rd Officer—	Lieutenant—	Section Officer or Flying Officer—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year .........	6,048
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ..............	6,398
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years .............	6,747
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years .............	7,097
Senior Sister or 2nd Officer—	Captain—	Flight Officer or Flight Lieutenant—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year .........	Under 1 year ........	7,482
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	7,866
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	8,259
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	8,653
4 years ............	4 years ............	4 years ............	9,046
5 years ............	5 years ............	5 years ............	9,439
Superintending Sister or 1st Officer—	Major—	Squadron Officer or Squadron Leader—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	9,910
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	10,401
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	10,890
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	11,379
Matron or Chief Officer—	Lieutenant-Colonel—	Wing Officer or Wing Commander—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	11,990
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	12,602
Captain—	Colonel—	Group Officer or Group Captain—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	13,302
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	14,000

SCHEDULE 4 Regulation 7

Naval Officers of the Special Duties List, Army Officers Commissioned from Sergeant and above and equivalent ranks, other than graduates of an officer cadet school, and Air Force Officers Commissioned from Sergeant and above and Equivalent Ranks

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
		Pilot Officer .........	9,631
Sub-Lieutenant—	Lieutenant—	Flying Officer—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	10,078
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	10,324
Lieutenant—
Under 1 year ........	2 years ............	2 years ............	10,570
1 year ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	10,816
	Captain—	Flight Lieutenant—
2 years ............	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	11,062
3 years ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	11,307
5 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	11,553
7 years ............	5 years ............	5 years ............	11,799

SCHEDULE 5 Regulation 7

Medical Officers and Dental Officers

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
Officer performing year of compulsory residency (from under-graduate scheme)	Officer performing year of compulsory residency (from undergraduate scheme)	Officer performing year of compulsory residency (from undergraduate scheme)	9,352
Lieutenant—	Captain—	Flight Lieutenant—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	11,713
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	12,713
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	13,213
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	13,713
4 years ............	4 years ............	4 years ............	14,213
5 years ............	5 years ............	5 years ............	14,713
Lieutenant-Commander—	Major—	Squadron Leader—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	15,807
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	16,354
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	16,901
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	17,450
Commander ..........	Lieutenant-Colonel .....	Wing Commander ......	19,730
Captain .............	Colonel .............	Group Captain ........	21,729
Commodore ..........	Brigadier ............	Air Commodore .......	21,417
Rear-Admiral .........	Major-General ........	Air Vice-Marshal ......	23,238

SCHEDULE 6 Regulation 7

Chaplains

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
Chaplain—	Chaplain, 4th Class—	Chaplain—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	9,352
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	9,833
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	10,324
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	10,816
	Chaplain, 3rd Class—
4 years ............	Under 2 years .......	4 years ............	11,307
6 years ............	2 years ............	6 years ............	11,799
8 years ............	4 years ............	8 years ............	12,238
10 years ............	6 years ............	10 years ............	12,677
12 years ............	8 years ............	12 years ............	13,116
14 years ............	10 years ............	14 years ............	13,555
16 years ............	12 years ............	16 years ............	13,994
18 years ............	14 years ............	18 years ............	14,433
20 years ............	16 years ............	20 years ............	14,873
22 years ............	18 years ............	22 years ............	15,313
	Chaplain-General ......	Principal Air Chaplain ...	15,753

SCHEDULE 7 Regulation 8

Male Members other than Officers and Members undergoing Training in a Capacity referred to in Schedule 9

Part I

Ranks			Annual rates of Salary
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Pay Level One	Pay Level Two	Pay Level Three	Pay Level Four	Pay Level Five	Pay Level Six
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Pay Level One	Pay Level Two	Pay Level Three	Pay Level Four	Pay Level Five	Pay Level Six
			$	$	$	$	$	$
Seaman ........	Private .......	Aircraftman ....	5,423	5,800	6,179	6,564	6,948	7,332
Able Seaman ....	Lance Corporal	Leading Aircraftman	5,567	5,947	6,324	6,710	7,093	7,479
Leading Seaman	Corporal ......	Corporal ......	5,812	6,191	6,569	6,955	7,338	7,723

Part II

Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
Petty Officer—	Sergeant—	Sergeant—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	6,109
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	6,488
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	6,866
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	7,251
4 years ............	4 years ............	4 years ............	7,636
5 years ............	5 years ............	5 years ............	8,021
6 years ............	6 years ............	6 years ............	8,405

Part III

Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
Artificer, 1st Class, Mechanician, 1st Class, Naval Shipwright, 1st Class—	Staff Sergeant—	Flight Sergeant—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	8,405
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	8,795
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	9,185
		3 years ............	9,576
		4 years ............	9,967
Chief Petty Officer—	Warrant Officer, Class 2—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	..	9,576
1 year ............	1 year ............	..	9,967
Warrant Officer—	Warrant Officer, Class 1—	Warrant Officer—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	10,386
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	10,805

Part IV

	Appropriate Pay Level	Period of service in rank to which promoted
	Pay Level Two ...........	One year
	Pay Level Three ..........	Two years
	Pay Level Four ...........	Three years
	Pay Level Five ...........	Four years
	Pay Level Six ............	Five years

SCHEDULE 8 Regulation 8

Female Members other than Officers and Members undergoing Training in a Capacity referred to in Schedule 9

Part I

Ranks			Annual rates of Salary
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Pay Level One	Pay Level Two	Pay Level Three	Pay Level Four	Pay Level Five	Pay Level Six
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Pay Level One	Pay Level Two	Pay Level Three	Pay Level Four	Pay Level Five	Pay Level Six
			$	$	$	$	$	$
Wran ........	Private .......	Aircraftwoman ..	5,423	5,800	6,179	6,564	6,948	7,332
Senior Wran ...	Lance Corporal	Leading Aircraftwoman	5,538	5,918	6,295	6,681	7,064	7,450
Leading Wran ..	Corporal ......	Corporal ......	5,734	6,113	6,491	6,877	7,260	7,645

Part II

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate of Salary
			$
Petty Officer—	Sergeant—	Sergeant—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	5,972
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	6,351
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	6,729
3 years ............	3 years ............	3 years ............	7,114
4 years ............	4 years ............	4 years ............	7,498
5 years ............	5 years ............	5 years ............	7,883
6 years ............	6 years ............	6 years ............	8,266

Part III

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Naval Forces	Military Forces	Air Force	Annual rate or Salary
			$
Chief Petty Officer—	Staff Sergeant—	Flight Sergeant—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	8,266
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	8,578
2 years ............	2 years ............	2 years ............	8,890
	Warrant Officer, Class 2—
	Under 1 year ........	.................	9,203
	1 year ............	.................	9,516
Warrant Officer—	Warrant Officer, Class 1—	Warrant Officer—
Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	Under 1 year ........	9,851
1 year ............	1 year ............	1 year ............	10,186

Part IV

	Appropriate Pay Level	Period of service in rank to which promoted
	Pay Level Two ...........	One year
	Pay Level Three ..........	Two years
	Pay Level Four ...........	Three years
	Pay Level Five ...........	Four years
	Pay Level Six ............	Five years

SCHEDULE 9 Regulation 9

Members Undergoing Training

Item No.	Training Capacities	Annual rate of Salary
		$
1	Normal Entry Recruits during basic recruit training......................	4,674
2	Trainees, including Seamen in the Naval Forces who have attained the age of 17 years and who have not completed their category training—
	1st year ................................................	4,923
	2nd and subsequent years ....................................	5,776
3	Junior Trainees, being Junior Musicians, Apprentice Musicians and other Apprentices—
	1st year ................................................	2,757
	2nd year ...............................................	3,610
	3rd year ...............................................	4,923
	4th year ...............................................	5,776
4	Seamen in the Naval Forces who have not attained the age of 17 years and Junior Recruits in those Forces	2,739
5	Royal Military College Cadets, Air Cadets at the Air Force Academy and subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Naval Forces who hold the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or a lower rank) who entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of Senior Entry—
	1st year ................................................	3,956
	2nd year ...............................................	4,465
	3rd year ...............................................	4,976
	4th year ...............................................	5,484
	5th year ...............................................	5,994
	6th year ...............................................	6,504
6	Subordinate officers (that is to say, officers of the Naval Forces who hold the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant or a lower rank) who entered the Royal Australian Naval College by way of Junior Entry—
	1st year ................................................	3,044
	2nd year ...............................................	3,499
	3rd year ...............................................	3,956
	4th year ...............................................	4,465
	5th year ...............................................	4,976
	6th year ...............................................	5,484
	7th year ...............................................	5,994
	8th year ...............................................	6,504
7	Members, not being members referred to in items 5 and 6, undertaking degree courses—
	with 3 years to graduation ...................................	4,465
	with 2 years to graduation ...................................	4,976
	in final year .............................................	5,484
8	Members of the Naval Forces, and Air Cadets not at the Air Force Academy, undertaking Diploma courses—
	1st year ................................................	3,499
	2nd year (or matriculation or equivalent entry) ......................	3,956
	3rd year ...............................................	4,465
	4th year ...............................................	4,976
9	Male Officer Trainees—
	Officer Cadets (Army) and Aircrew Cadets (Air Force)................	4,976
	If completed degree course ...................................	5,484
10	Female Officer Trainees ........................................	3,981
	If completed degree course ...................................	4,387
11	Members of the Naval Forces, other than Members referred to in another item of this Schedule, who hold the rank of Midshipman (Supplementary List)—
	1st year ................................................	4,976
	2nd year ...............................................	5,484

Schedule 10.

6. Schedule 10 to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words:—

“ Sub-regulation 15 (1)

Sub-regulation 15 (2)

Sub-regulation 15 (3) ”,

and substituting the words:—

“ Regulation 15

Sub-regulation 15a (2) ”; and

(b) by inserting after the words:—

“ Sub-regulation 95 (5) ”,

the words:—

“ Sub-regulation 113 (4)

Sub-regulation 113 (5) ”.

Schedule 11.

7. Schedule 11 to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from the second column of the item relating to regulation 7a the words:—

“ (c) being a medical officer or dental officer, within the meaning of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations, holds the rank of a Commander or a higher rank; or

(d) he is an officer referred to in sub-regulation 15 (6).”,

and substituting the words:—

“ or (c) being a medical officer or dental officer, within the meaning of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations, holds the rank of a Commander or a higher rank.”;

(b) by omitting the item relating to sub-regulation 15 (6); and

“ Sub-regulation 129 (2)

Insert in paragraph (a) after the word ‘uniform’ the word ‘maintenance’.”.

Application.

8. (1) The amendment of regulation 10 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations effected by regulation 1 of these Regulations applies to and in relation to—

(a) members of the Naval Forces and of the Military Forces—as if that amendment had come into operation on 1 November 1974; and

(b) members of the Air Force—as if that amendment had come into operation on 31 October 1974.

(2) The amendments of regulation 16 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations and of Schedules 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to those Regulations effected by regulations 3 and 5 of these Regulations apply to and in relation to—

(a) members of the Naval Forces and of the Military Forces—as if those amendments had come into operation on 12 July 1974; and

(b) members of the Air Force—as if those amendments had come into operation on 11 July 1974.

(3) The amendments of Schedules 7, 8 and 9 to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations effected by regulation 5 of these Regulations apply to and in relation to—

(a) members of the Naval Forces and of the Military Forces—as if those amendments had come into operation on 20 September 1974; and

(b) members of the Air Force—as if those amendments had come into operation on 19 September 1974.

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