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AIR FORCE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2000 (NO. 1) 2000 NO. 25

STATUTORY RULES 2000 No. 25

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs

Air Force Act 1923

Air Force Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)

Section 9 of the Air Force Act 1923 ("the Act") provides that the Governor-General may make Regulations for the purposes of the Act.

The Air Force Regulations 1927 ("the Principal Regulations") made under the Act, set out, among other things, the conditions of service for members of the Air Force.

The Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 ("the 1999 Act") includes amendments to the Defence Act 1903 and the Naval Defence Act 1910 to enable the Chief of the Defence Force, the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, the Chief of Army, the Chief of Navy and officers subject to the management initiated or limited tenure promotion, to transfer to the Reserve Forces on the expiration of their terms of appointment.

The Defence Act and the Naval Defence Act amendments apply to officers who hold those appointments as members of the Army and Navy respectively. The related provisions for officers of the Air Force are contained in the Principal Regulations as opposed to the Air Force Act 1923. This Statutory Rule amends the Principal Regulations to make corresponding changes for Air Force members.

This Statutory Rule enables the Chief of Defence Force and the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, when they are Air Force officers, the Chief of Air Force and Air Force officers who are subject to limited tenure promotion or management initiated early retirement, to transfer to the Air Force Reserve on the expiration of the term of their appointment or promotion. This enables the streamlining of the administrative processes for dealing with those officers on their departure from permanent service and avoids the cumbersome process of retiring those officers from the Defence Force and then as a separate process, appointing them to the Reserve Forces.

This Statutory Rule commences in conjunction with the commencement of Schedule 2 the 1999 Act on 23 March 2000.