STATUTORY RULES
1966 No. 37
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT
BENEFITS ACT 1948-1965.*
WHEREAS by sub-section (1.) of section 88 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1965 it is provided 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 date 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 holding a rank and appointment set out in an item inserted in the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations by regulation 1 of the following Regulations has been increased, in the case of members of the Permanent Air Force, on and from the eighth day of July, 1965, and, in the case of members of the Permanent Naval Forces and of members of the Permanent Military Forces, on and from the ninth day of July, 1965:
And whereas the pay of members the ranks and descriptions applicable to whom are set out in the Parts inserted in the Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations by regulation 2 of the following Regulations has been increased, in the case of members of the Permanent Air Force, on and from the eighth day of July, 1965, and, in the case of members of the Permanent Naval Forces and of members of the Permanent Military Forces, on and from the ninth day of July, 1965:
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 1948-1965 for the purpose of the definition of “daily rate of pay” in sub-section (1.) of section 4 of that Act.
Dated this third day of February, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Treasurer.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 10 February 1966.
467/66.—Price 6d. (5c) 9/21.1.1966
Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations
Amendments of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations†
The schedule.
1. The Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended by omitting items 4 and 5 of Part I. and inserting in their stead the following items:—
“4. Rear-Admiral........ | Major-General.. | Air Vice-Marshal | 15 | 12 | 9 |
“5. Captain (Special Rate).. | Brigadier...... | Air Commodore.... | 13 | 6 | 2”. |
The schedule.
2. The Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting Part III. and inserting in its stead the following Part:—
Part III.
Male Medical and Dental Officers
29. Rear-Admiral............ | Major-General....... | Air Vice-Marshal | 15 | 12 | 9 |
30. Captain (Special Rate) | Brigadier.......... | Air Commodore | 14 | 9 | 6 |
31. Surgeon Captain.......... | Colonel........... | Group Captain.... | 13 | 11 | 2 |
32. Surgeon Commander | Lieutenant-Colonel | Wing Commander | 12 | 5 | 3 |
33. Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander | Major............. | Squadron Leader | 10 | 16 | 11 |
34. Surgeon Lieutenant | Captain........... | Flight Lieutenant | 9 | 3 | 7 |
(b) by omitting Part V. and inserting in its stead the following Part:—
Part V.
Female Medical Officers
41...................... | Colonel........... | Group Officer.... | 13 | 0 | 2 |
42...................... | Lieutenant-Colonel | Wing Officer..... | 11 | 14 | 3 |
43...................... | Major............. | Squadron Officer | 10 | 5 | 11 |
44...................... | Captain........... | Flight Officer.... | 8 | 12 | 7 |
Application.
3. The last two preceding regulations have effect, and shall be deemed to have taken effect—
(a) in relation to the members of the Permanent Air Force the ranks and descriptions applicable to whom are inserted in the Schedule to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Daily Rates of Pay) Regulations by those regulations—from and including the eighth day of July, 1965; and
(b) in relation to the members of the Permanent Naval Forces and in relation to the members of the Permanent Military Forces the ranks and descriptions applicable to whom are so inserted in that Schedule—from and including the ninth day of July, 1965.
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† Statutory Rules 1953, No. 37, as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, Nos. 87 and 93; 1964, Nos. 79, 113 and 163; and 1965, Nos. 20, 38 and 130.
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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.