EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO. 49
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE NAVAL 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.
Regulations 18, 21, 31, 31A, 38 and 128 of the Naval Financial Regulations cover, respectively, Command Money, Entertaining Allowance, salary of a sailor holding the rank of Leading Seaman or a lower rank, salary of a sailor holding the rank of Petty Officer or a higher rank, good conduct increments and reduction to the second class for conduct.
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 regulations 18 and 38; omit a reference to regulation 18 from regulation 21; and amend regulation 31 by omitting reference to Part I of Schedule 7 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations and updating references to the Committee’s reports.
Minor amendments are made to regulation 31A to omit a sub-regulation whose provisions are now contained in other legislation; and regulation 128 to tidy up the text and omit reference to a repealed regulation.
The date of effect of the amendment to regulation 31 to omit reference to Part I of Schedule 7 of the Defence Force (Salaries) Regulations is 5 November 1981.