STATUTORY RULES
1972 No.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1948-1971.*
WHERE AS it is provided by sub-section (1.) of section 88 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1945-71 that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with that Act, prescribing all matters which by that Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to that Act:
AND WHEREAS by sub-section (2.) of that section it is provided that where the pay of any class of members is increased or reduced, regulations for the purpose of the definition of “daily rate of pay” in sub-section (1.) of section 4 of that Act in relation to members included within that class made after the day on and from which the increase or reduction took effect may be expressed to have taken effect from and including that date:
AND WHEREAS the pay of members, other than members referred to in items 1 and 2 in Part 1. of the Second Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations was increased—
(a) in the case of members of the Naval Forces or the Military Forces—from and including the nineteenth day of May, 1972; and
(b) in the case of members of the Air Force—from and including the eighteenth day of May, 1972:
NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1971 for the purpose of the definition of “daily rate of pay” in sub-section (1.) of section 4 of that Act.
Dated this fourteenth day of September, 1972.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. V. Garland
Minister of State for Supply for and on behalf of the Treasurer
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Amendments of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations†
Maximum daily rates of Pay
1. Regulation 5 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended—
(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “and”; and
(b) by omitting paragraph (aa) of sub-regulation (1.).
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.
† Statutory Rules 1971, No. 92, as amended by Statutory Rules 1971, Nos. 93 and 143; and 1972, Nos. 18, end
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Prescribed daily rate—members of the Naval Forces.
2. Regulation 6 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) In this regulation, a reference to the Naval Financial Regulations shall be read as a reference to those Regulations as in force on the date of commencement of this sub-regulation.”
Prescribed daily rate—members of the Military Forces.
3. Regulation 7 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) In this regulation, a reference to the Military Financial Regulations shall be read as a reference to those Regulations as in force on the date of commencement of this sub-regulation.”; and
(b) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (6.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(a) in the case of a servicewoman who is a recruit for the purpose of regulation 12b of the Military Financial Regulations—the rate specified in sub-regulation (2.) of that regulation;”.
Prescribed daily rate—members of the Air Forces.
4. Regulation 8 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) In this regulation, a reference to the Air Force Regulations shall be read as a reference to those Regulations as in force on the date of commencement of this sub-regulation.”; and
(b) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (6.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(a) in the case of an airwoman who holds the rank of Aircraft-woman (Recruit)—the rate specified in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 549 of the Air Force Regulations:”.
5. The Second Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—
SECOND SCHEDULE Regulation 5 (1.).
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Permanent Naval Forces | Permanent Military Forces | Permanent Air Forces | Maximum daily rate of active pay |
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Part I | |||
Male Officers, other than Chaplains and Medical and Dental Officers | |||
1. Admiral (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | General (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | Air Chief Marshal (Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee) | 56.98 |
2. Vice-Admiral (The first Naval Member of the Naval Board) | Lieutenant-General (Chief of the General Staff) | Air Marshal (Chief of the Air Staff) | 55.20 |
3. Rear-Admiral....... | Major-General........ | Air Vice-Marshal...... | 52.04 |
4. Commodore or Captain (Special Rate) | Brigadier........... | Air Commodore...... | 43.79 |
SECOND SCHEDULE‑continued
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Permanent Naval Forces | Permanent Military Forces | Permanent Air Forces | Maximum daily rate of active pay |
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| $ |
PART I.‑continued | |||
Male Officers, other than Chaplains and Medical and Dental Officers—continued | |||
5. Sub-Lieutenant (Under-graduate) | Lieutenant (Under-graduate during medical course or final year of any other course | Pilot Officer (Student) during medical course or final year of any other course | 7.82 |
6................. | Royal Military College Cadet undergoing fourth year training | Air Cadet undergoing fourth year training at the Air Force Academy | 7.82 |
7................. | Royal Military College Cadet undergoing third year training | Air Cadet undergoing third year training at the Air Force Academy Air Cadet undergoing final year training otherwise than at the Air Force Academy | 7.45 |
8. Cadet Midshipman (other than a Cadet Midshipman described in item 9 or 12)
| Royal Military College Cadet undergoing first or second year training | Air Cadet undergoing first or second year training at the Air Force Academy Air Cadet undergoing second or third year training of a four year course, or first or second year training of a three year course otherwise than at the Air Force Academy | 7.08 |
9. Cadet Midshipman Junior Entry undergoing second year training | ................. | Air Cadet undergoing first year training of a four year course otherwise than at the Air Force Academy | 5.73 |
10. Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Undergraduate) | Any other Lieutenant (Undergraduate) | Any other Pilot Officer (Student) | 7.45 |
11. Midshipman (Under-graduate) | ................. | ................. | 7.08 |
12. Cadet Midshipman Junior Entry undergoing first year training | ................. | ................. | 4.47 |
Part II. | |||
Chaplains | |||
13................ | Chaplain-General...... | Principal Air Chaplain.. | 31.10 |
14. Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Third Class, with not less than 16 years’ service in that classification | Chaplain with not less than 20 years’ service in that rank | 30.17 |
15. Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, third Class, with less than 16 but not less than 8 years’ service in that classification | Chaplain with less than 20 but not less than 12 years’ service in that rank | 28.42 |
16. Chaplain with less than 12 but not less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Third Class, with less than 8 years’ service in that classification | Chaplain with less than 12 but not less than 4 years’ service in that rank | 24.91 |
17. Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service as a Chaplain | Chaplain, Fourth Class | Chaplain with less than 4 years’ service in that rank | 21.24 |
SECOND SCHEDULE‑continued
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Permanent Naval Forces | Permanent Military Forces | Permanent Air Forces | Maximum daily rate of active pay |
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| $ |
Part III | |||
Male Medical and Dental Officers | |||
18.Rear-Admiral...... | Major-General....... | Air Vice-Marshal..... | 52.04 |
19. Commodore or Captain (Special Rate) | Brigadier.......... | Air Commodore...... | 47.92 |
20. Captain.......... | Colonel........... | Group Captain....... | 42.84 |
21. Commander....... | Lieutenant-Colonel.... | Wing Commander.... | 39.64 |
Part IV. | |||
Male Members, other than Officers | |||
22. Junior Musician who has not attained the age of 17 years Junior Recruit who has not attained the age of 17 years | Apprentice Musician who has not attained the age of 17 years | ................. | 4.38 |
23. Junior Musician who has attained the age of 17 years Junior Recruit who has attained the age of 17 years | Apprentice Musician who has attained the age of 17 years | ................. | 6.57 |
24. Apprentice during first and second year training | Apprentice Tradesman during first and second year training | Apprentice Airman during first and second year training | 4.17 |
25. Apprentice during third year training | Apprentice Tradesman during third year training | Apprentice Airman during third year training | 6.27 |
26. Apprentice during fourth year training | Apprentice Tradesman during fourth year training | Apprentice Airman during fourth year training | 7.55 |
Part V. | |||
Female Medical and Denial Officers | |||
27. | Colonel........... | Group Officer....... | 42.84 |
28. | Lieutenant-Colonel.... | Wing Officer........ | 39.64 |
Application.
6. Regulations 2, 3, 4 and 5 of these Regulations have effect, and shall be deemed to have taken effect, in relation to members other than members referred to in items 1 and 2 in Part I. of the Second Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations as amended by these Regulations—
(a) in the case of members of the Naval Forces or Military Forces—from and including the nineteenth day of May, 1972; and
(b) in the case of members of the Air Force—from and including the eighteenth day of May, 1972.
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