EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 456
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL 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.
Regulation 12B of the Military Financial Regulations provides for the allocation of pay levels to classes of soldiers. Regulations 12BA and 12BC of the Military Financial Regulations provide, in certain circumstances, for payment of salary to a member at a rate other than the rate that would otherwise be payable. Regulation 12H of the Military Financial Regulations specifies certain service which may or may not be counted as service in rank for the purposes of salary. Sub-regulations 15(1) and (6) specify the commencement and cessation dates for salary.
These Statutory Rules repeal regulations 12B, 12BA, 12BC and 12H and omit sub-regulations 15(1) and (6) of the Military Financial Regulations as these provisions have been replaced by Determination 0101, Salary of Permanent Force Members, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
These Statutory Rules also -
(a) omit sub-regulations 15(2) and (3) and repeal regulation 16 of the Military Financial Regulations because administrative instructions on appointment and discharge dates that coincide with the dates specified in this legislation have been promulgated and this legislation is therefore unnecessary; and
(b) make consequential amendments to regulation 8A and sub-regulation 52(5) of the Military Financial Regulations because the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations dealing with payment of salary have been replaced by Determination 0101, Salary of Permanent Force Members.
The date of effect is 31 December 1984, the date on which Determination 0101, Salary of Permanent Force Members is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.