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The Division describes how to work out the rate of salary that may apply to a member at various points in their career. |
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On the day a member is enlisted or appointed, salary becomes payable to the member at the minimum rate for the member's rank at the relevant pay grade. |
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Exception 1: The CDF may approve a salary above the minimum rate in the salary scale for a member because of their experience, qualifications and skills. |
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Exception 2: The member may be paid at a higher rate if another clause in this Division authorises it. |
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Note: This does not apply to a member on training rates. See: Clause 3.2.23, Salary rate for training – start and advancement dates |
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The discretion in exception 1 to subclause 1 does not apply to an officer appointed to an ordinary entry-level rank listed in the following table. |
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Army |
Officer cadet (OCDT) |
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Air Force |
Officer Cadet (OFFCDT) |
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Persons who can make the decision under subclause 3.2.17.1, exception 1, on behalf of the CDF: Director Sailors’ Career Management Director Naval Officers’ Postings Commanding Officer, Soldier Career Management Agency Commander Career Management Army Director Officer Career Management – Army Director Personnel – Air Force Deputy Director Selection, Enlistment, Appointment and
Transition (Air Force) Deputy Director Administrative Sanctions, Promotion,
Gradings and Internal Review (Air Force) Executive Officer Director Personnel – Air Force Director General Navy Personnel and Training Commander Australian Navy Systems Command Director General Personnel – Army Director General Personnel – Air Force |
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On the day that a member's rank changes due to a promotion, the member is to be paid at the minimum rate for the member's new rank at the relevant pay grade. |
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Exception 1: The CDF may approve a salary above the minimum rate in the salary scale for a member on promotion because of their experience, qualifications and skills. |
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Exception 2: The member may be paid at another rate if a non-reduction provision applies. See: Division 5, Salary non-reduction provisions See also: DFRT Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries, clause B.2.4, Rate of salary on advancement from other rank – Sergeant and above |
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Persons who can make the decision under clause 3.2.18, exception 1, on behalf of the CDF: Director Sailors’ Career Management Director Naval Officers’ Postings Commanding Officer, Soldier Career Management Agency Commander Career Management Army Director Officer Career Management – Army Director Personnel – Air Force Deputy Director Selection, Enlistment, Appointment and
Transition (Air Force) Deputy Director Administrative Sanctions, Promotion,
Gradings and Internal Review (Air Force) Executive Officer Director Personnel – Air Force Director General Navy Personnel and Training Commander Australian Navy Systems Command Director General Personnel – Army Director General Personnel – Air Force |
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This clause applies to a member who meets all of the following conditions. |
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The member's pay grade changes. |
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The change is for a reason other than disciplinary action or administrative sanction. |
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The change is not related to the member becoming eligible for salary in a different pay grade under another salary Schedule in DFRT Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries. Examples: 1. An other rank member who becomes a Warrant Officer Class 1. 2. An other rank member who is commissioned as an officer. 3. An officer who is promoted to the rank of Brigadier or higher. |
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The member is to be paid the salary rate for the new pay grade that corresponds to the rank increment the member held at their former pay grade. Exception: If salary non-reduction arrangements apply to the member under Division 5, then the member's salary will be preserved at the rate for the member's rank and increment at the former pay grade for the period that is specified. See: Division 5, Salary non-reduction provisions |
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This clause applies to a member who ceases to perform duty as a specialist officer. |
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The member is to be paid the salary rate for the new pay grade that corresponds to the rank increment the member held in their former specialist officer competency level. |
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Exception 1: The CDF may approve a salary above the minimum incremental rate for a member because of their experience, qualifications and skills. |
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Relevant military service has the meaning defined below. |
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Definition in this clause |
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Relevant military service |
Service that meets all of these conditions. a. It must have been in the ADF, or the
forces of a Commonwealth country or the b. It must be relevant to the kind of work the member enlisted or is appointed to do. c. It must have been performed at a rank
equivalent to the rank the member enlisted or is appointed to, or at a higher
rank. The CDF may declare that another rank is equivalent. The decl |
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This clause does not apply to members on promotion. |
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A member may have previous relevant military service at the time they enlist or are appointed to a rank. The CDF may grant the member a commencement salary between the following two amounts. |
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The minimum rate. |
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The rate the member would have been paid if the member's service had been in the ADF. |
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The CDF must consider all of the following factors. |
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The member's previous relevant military service. |
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What incremental salary rate the length of the member's relevant military service would place them at in the salary scale. |
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For a member being reappointed or re-enlisted – whether the qualifications, skills or training requirements for the rank have changed since the member last served. |
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Other matters relevant to periods of service for salary advancement. Example: The
member's service is recognised for the purpose of seniority in rank under the
Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002. |
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This table sets out what the CDF considers in working out the period of relevant military service if there is a break in service between two periods of continuous full-time service. |
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If the break in service is… |
then the CDF may disregard… |
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five years or less |
any service before an earlier break in service. |
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more than five years |
any service before the break. |
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Example 1: A member is appointed to a rank in January 2004 on direct transfer from the British Army. Three years previously, the member had a six-year break in service. The CDF ignores the service before that six-year break, when determining the member's commencement salary. The CDF does this because the break in service was more than five years. Example 2: A member is appointed to a rank in January 2007 after a 12-month break from service. Before that break, they had served for two years from January 2004 to January 2006. Before that service, they had taken a break of 12 months after service of four years from 1999 to January 2003. |
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4 years |
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2 years |
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The CDF ignores the 1999–2003 service when determining commencement salary in January 2004. The CDF does this because the break in service was more than five years. The skills and qualifications for that rank in that earlier period are no longer adequate or applicable. |
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Persons who can make the decision under subclause 3.2.20.3 on behalf of the CDF: Director Sailors’ Career Management Director Naval Officers’ Postings Commanding Officer, Soldier Career Management Agency Commander Career Management Army Director Officer Career Management – Army Director Personnel – Air Force Deputy Director Selection, Enlistment, Appointment and
Transition (Air Force) Deputy Director Administrative Sanctions, Promotion,
Gradings and Internal Review (Air Force) Executive Officer Director Personnel – Air Force Director General Navy Personnel and Training Commander Australian Navy Systems Command Director General Personnel – Army Director General Personnel – Air Force |
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The CDF may approve a salary above the minimum rate in the salary scale for the member's rank, for a member who served in the Reserves before they enlisted or were appointed to the Permanent Forces. This also applies to any other service that is not continuous full-time service. |
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The CDF must consider the nature and period of the previous service. |
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A period that is not continuous full-time service counts as half the period of continuous full‑time service towards the next increment. |
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Example: The member does two years' Reserve service. That counts as one year's continuous full-time service. |
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Persons who can make the decision under subclause 3.2.21.1 on behalf of the CDF: Director Sailors’ Career Management Director Naval Officers’ Postings Commanding Officer, Soldier Career Management Agency Commander Career Management Army Director Officer Career Management – Army Director Personnel – Air Force Deputy Director Selection, Enlistment, Appointment and
Transition (Air Force) Deputy Director Administrative Sanctions, Promotion,
Gradings and Internal Review (Air Force) Executive Officer Director Personnel – Air Force Director General Navy Personnel and Training Commander Australian Navy Systems Command Director General Personnel – Army Director General Personnel – Air Force |
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This clause applies to a member undergoing training who meets all of these conditions. See: Chapter 1 Part 3 clause 1.3.41, Member undergoing training |
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They are undertaking recategorisation training. |
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They were on continuous full-time service immediately before the training began. |
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They continue to be on continuous full-time service. |
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During training, the member continues to be paid the salary and Service allowance for the rank, pay grade and increment that they held immediately before they began training. |
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A member who meets both the following conditions is to be paid the rate of salary under Schedule B.13 of DFRT Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries, that applies to the first year of the member's course of training, from the day the member starts their service. This includes a member on Reserve service. |
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The member is a trainee entrant to the ADF. |
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The member is appointed for a course of training to which annual rate changes apply. |
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See: Part 1 Schedule B.13, Trainee salary rates |
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If a member is advanced to a higher year of training to recognise previous studies then they are to be paid salary at the following rates and corresponding periods. |
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From the date of entry into the Service — the rate of salary that applies to the first year of the member's course of training. |
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From the date the member begins the academic studies of the higher year — the rate that applies to that higher year of training. |
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If a course of training listed in Schedule B.13 of DFRT Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries, provides rates of salary for different years of the course, then the member is to be paid the rate applicable to the year they are in, regardless of when they start the training. See: Part 1 Schedule B.13, Trainee salary rates |
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Example 1: A member's salary would normally increase to the next rate that is listed in the Schedule for the course on the commencement of a new year of the course, 1 January. Example 2: If the member commences a new year of the course mid-year, then the date of change may be 1 July. |
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For members undergoing a course of officer training
and paid in accordance with item 7 of Part 1 of Schedule B.13 of DFRT
Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries, the date of increase to the next
year's rate is the date that corresponds to the member's month of entry to
the course, set out in p See: Part 1 Schedule B.13, Trainee salary rates |
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For the January entry — the date of commencement of the second term. |
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For the July entry — 1 January of the following year. |
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If approval is given for a trainee to repeat a year of training, that member is to be paid the rate applicable to the year of training being repeated. |
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