Statutory Rules
1973 No. 23
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1971.*
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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1971.
Dated this first day of February, 1973.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. BISHOP
Minister of State for Repatriation for and on behalf of the Minister of State for the Navy.
Amendments of the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations†
Commencement.
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the ninth day of February, 1973.
Pay.
2. Regulation 8 of the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (3e.) the words “Eighty-eight cents” and inserting in their stead the words “One dollar thirty-seven cents”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3f.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(3f.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, the rate of pay of a sailor who holds the rank of ordinary seaman is—
(a) in the case of a sailor who has less than one year’s pay seniority—
(i) if he has not attained the age of twenty years and is unmarried—One dollar forty-eight cents per day;
(ii) if he has attained the age of twenty years but has not attained the age of twenty-one years and is unmarried—One dollar sixty-two cents per day; or
(iii) in any other case—One dollar seventy-six cents per day;
(b) in the case of a sailor who has not less than one year’s pay seniority but less than two years’ pay seniority—
(i) if he has not attained the age of twenty-one years and is unmarried—One dollar sixty-two cents per day; or
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 8 February 1973.
† Statutory Rules 1966. No. 104, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, No. 172; 1967. Nos. 93 and 128; 1970, Nos. 11 and 195; 1971, No, 99; 1972, No. 126; and 1973, No. 11.
(ii) in any other case—One dollar seventy-six cents per day; and
(c) in the case of a sailor who has not less than two years’ pay seniority—One dollar seventy-six cents per day.”.
Living out allowance.
3. Regulation 16 of the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Fifty-four cents” and inserting in their stead the words “Seventy-two cents”.
Family needs allowance.
4. Regulation 18a of the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—
“(4.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, family needs allowance is not payable to a member who enlisted or enlists in, or was appointed or is appointed an officer of, the Naval Forces on or after the seventh day of December, 1972.
“(5.) Where—
(a) a member has been appointed an officer of the Naval Forces on or after the seventh day of December, 1972;
(b) the member was, immediately before having been so appointed, discharged from the Naval Forces for the purposes of being appointed an officer; and
(c) the member enlisted or last enlisted in the Naval Forces before the seventh day of December, 1972,
the last preceding sub-regulation does not apply in relation to the member.”.
Second, Third and Fourth Schedules.
5. The Second, Third and Fourth Schedules to the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules inserted in their stead:—
“SECOND SCHEDULE Regulation 8 (1.)
Rates or Pay—Officers
Rank and Pay Seniority | Rate per day |
| $ |
Cadet Midshipman ................................................. | 1.37 |
Midshipman ..................................................... | 3.55 |
Acting Sub-Lieutenant............................................... | 5.85 |
Sub-Lieutenant— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 6.07 |
With not less than 1 year’s pay seniority ................................. | 6.29 |
Lieutenant— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 6.73 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 6.95 |
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 7.17 |
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 7.39 |
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 7.66 |
With not less than 5 years’ pay seniority .. .. | 7.93 |
Lieutenant-Commander— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 8.21 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 8.56 |
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 8.92 |
With not less than 3 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 9.28 |
THIRD SCHEDULE Regulation 8 (2.)
Rates of Pay—Sailors
Table 1
Trained sailors
Rank and Pay Seniority | Rate per day |
| $ |
Able Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 1.84 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 1.95 |
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.06 |
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.17 |
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.28 |
With not less than 5 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 2.48 |
Leading Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 3.37 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 3.55 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 3.73 |
Table 2
Sailors qualified at Lower Skilled Level
Rank and Pay Seniority | Rate per day |
| $ |
Able Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 2.17 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.28 |
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.48 |
With not less than 3 but less than 4 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.66 |
With not less than 4 but less than 5 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.84 |
With not less than 5 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 3.02 |
Leading Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 3.55 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 3.73 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 3.91 |
Petty Officer— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 4.08 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 4.26 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 4.44 |
Chief Petty Officer— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 5.19 |
With not less than 1 year’s pay seniority ................................. | 5.41 |
Third Schedule—continued
Table 3
Sailors Qualified at Skilled Level
Rank and Pay Seniority | Rate per day |
| $ |
Able Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 2.66 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 2.84 |
With not less than 2 but less than 3 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 3.02 |
With not less than 3 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 3.19 |
Leading Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 3.73 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 3.91 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 4.08 |
Petty Officer— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 4.26 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 4.44 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 4.62 |
Chief Petty Officer— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 5.41 |
With not less than 1 year’s pay seniority ................................. | 5.63 |
Table 4
Sailors qualified at Higher Skilled Level
Rank and Pay Seniority | Rate per day |
| $ |
Able Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 3.02 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 3.19 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 3.37 |
Leading Seaman— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 3.91 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 4.08 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 4.26 |
Petty Officer— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 4.44 |
With not less than 1 but less than 2 years’ pay seniority ....................... | 4.62 |
With not less than 2 years’ pay seniority ................................. | 4.80 |
Chief Petty Officer (not including Chief Artificer)— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 5.63 |
With not less than 1 year’s pay seniority ................................. | 5.85 |
Chief Artificer— |
|
With less than 1 year’s pay seniority .................................... | 6.07 |
With not less than 1 year’s pay seniority ................................. | 6.29 |
FOURTH SCHEDULE Regulation 8 (3g.) | |
Apprentices | |
Stage of Training | Rate per week |
| $ |
During his first year of apprenticeship training ............................... | 2.80 |
During his second year of apprenticeship training ............................. | 4.30 |
During his third year of apprenticeship training .............................. | 5.80 |
During his fourth year of apprenticeship training ............................. | 7.80 |
During his fifth year of apprenticeship training .............................. | 10.80 |
Application.
6.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the rates of pay provided for under the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to and in relation to service, on and after the twenty-third day of November, 1972, in relation to which those first-mentioned regulations apply.
(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply in relation to the rates provided for in the Fourth Schedule to the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations as amended by these Regulations.
(3.) The rate specified in regulation 16 of the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations as amended by regulation 3 of these Regulations applies to and in relation to living out allowance paid or payable in accordance with those first-mentioned Regulations in respect of the twenty-sixth day of January, 1973, or any subsequent day.
(4.) A member to whom the Naval Forces (Papua and New Guinea Division) Regulations apply, being a member who was in receipt of pay in respect of a day in the period from and including the twenty-third day of November, 1972, to and including the twenty-fifth day of January, 1973, is, by virtue of this sub-regulation, entitled to be paid an amount of Six cents as additional pay in respect of his service on that day.