Regulations

Current

(1)

The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular:

(a)

for prescribing the time within which an election under this Act may be made;

(b)

for prescribing the manner in which the accounts of the Fund shall be kept; and

(c)

for prescribing penalties for offences against the regulations, but so that no prescribed penalty shall exceed a fine of 1 penalty unit.

(2)

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 subsection 4(1) 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.

The Schedules

Second Schedule—Pension factors

Sections 38, 39 and 41

First column	Second column	Third column
Officers—age (in years)	Members other than officers—number of completed years of service for pension	Factors
59	39	.96
58	38	.92
57	37	.89
56	36	.86
55	35	.83
54	34	.80
53	33	.77
52	32	.74
51	31	.72
50	30	.70
49	29	.68
48	28	.66
47	27	.64
46	26	.62
45	25	.60
44	24	.58
43	23	.56
42	22	.54
41	21	.52
40	20	.50
39	..	.48
38	..	.46
37	..	.44
36	..	.42
35	..	.40

Fourth Schedule—Period of service for pension referred to in paragraph 39(2)(c)

Section 39

Rank
Permanent Navy								Period
General List		Special Duties List		Regular Army		Permanent Air Force
								Years
Rear‑Admiral, or relative or higher rank				Major‑General, or higher rank		Air Vice‑Marshal, or higher rank		30
Captain, or relative rank				Brigadier		Air Commodore		28
		Commander (S.D.), or relative rank		Colonel		Group Captain		26
Commander, or relative rank Senior Chaplain	⎫ ⎬ ⎭	Lieutenant‑Commander (S.D.), or relative rank	⎫ ⎬ ⎭	Lieutenant‑Colonel Major (Quarter‑master) Captain (Quarter‑master) Chaplain, First Class or Second Class Colonel (Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps) Colonel (Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps)	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	Wing Commander Chaplain, First Class or Second Class Group Officer (Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service) Group Officer (Women’s Royal Australian Air Force	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	24
Lieutenant‑Commander, or relative rank Chaplain Chief Officer (Women’s Royal Australian Naval Forces)	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	Lieutenant (S.D.), or relative rank or lower rank	⎫ ⎬ ⎭	Major Chaplain, Third Class Lieutenant‑Colonel (Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps) Lieutenant‑Colonel (Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps)	⎫ ⎪ ⎪⎪ ⎬ ⎪⎪ ⎪⎭	Squadron Leader Chaplain, Third Class Wing Officer (Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service) Wing Officer (Women’s Royal Australian Air Force)	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	22
Lieutenant, or relative rank First Officer, or lower rank (Women’s Royal Australian Naval Forces)	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭			Captain Lieutenant (Quarter‑master) Chaplain, Fourth Class Major (Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps) Major (Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps) Any lower rank	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	Flight Lieutenant Chaplain, Fourth Class Squadron Officer (Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service) Squadron Officer (Women’s Royal Australian Air Force) Any lower rank	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	20

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