EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO. 50
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 provides that the Minister may 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 deals with general rates of salaries payable to soldiers holding the rank of corporal or a lower rank and regulation 13 provides for the payment of good conduct increments.
The Committee of Reference for Defence Force Pay in a report dated 4 November 1981 recommended the restructure of, and increases in, salaries for certain members of the Defence Force. The Committee’s recommendations were approved by the Government on 15 December 1981.
As a consequence, these Statutory Rules repeal regulation 13 and amend regulation 12B by omitting a reference to Part I of Schedule 7 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations and updating references to the Committee’s reports.
The date of effect of the amendment to regulation 12B to omit reference to Part I of Schedule 7 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is 5 November 1981.