EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO. 224
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.
These Statutory Rules amend the Schedules to the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations to provide for increases in salaries for members of the Defence Force who are rendering continuous full-time service.
The salary increases are a flow on from the recent National Wage Case.
The date of effect is 6 October 1983.