AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1985 NO. 77 

AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1985 NO. 77 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Interpretation  
2. Ranks of officers  
3. Repeal  
4. Retiring ages for officers  
5. Commencement of sentences  


1985 No. 77 AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
Interpretation


  1. Regulation 4 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting from
sub-regulation (1) the definitions of "aircraftwoman", "airwoman" and "Women's
Service".


1985 No. 77 AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
Ranks of officers


  2. Regulation 50 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting
sub-regulations (1) and (1A) and substituting the following sub-regulation:
 "(1)  The ranks of officers in order of seniority, commencing with the most
senior rank, shall be as follows:
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Column 1    Column 2
Item        Rank
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 1          Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force
 2          Air Chief Marshal
 3          Air Marshal
 4          Air Vice-Marshal
 5          Air Commodore
 6          Group Captain
 7          Wing Commander
 8          Squadron Leader
 9          Flight Lieutenant
10          Flying Officer
11          Pilot Officer
12          Officer Cadet
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1985 No. 77 AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 3
Repeal


  3. Regulation 72A of the Air Force Regulations is repealed.


1985 No. 77 AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 4
Retiring ages for officers


  4. Regulation 88 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting
sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub-regulation:
  "(1) The age for the compulsory retirement of an officer, other than an
officer who is a chaplain of the Air Force, holding a substantive rank
specified in Column 2 in the table in this sub-regulation in an item in that
table is the age specified in Column 3 or 4, as the case may be, in that item:
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-- Column 1    Column 2                                        Column 3
Column 4
                                                      General Duties
Other
Item        Rank                                              Branch
Branches
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 1          Air Chief Marshal                                     63
 2          Air Marshal                                           60
 3          Air Vice-Marshal                                      57
57
 4          Air Commodore                                         55
55
 5          Group Captain                                         55
55
 6          Wing Commander                                        50
55
 7          Squadron Leader                                       47
55
 8          Flight Lieutenant                                     45
55
 9          Flying Officer                                        45
55
10          Pilot Officer                                         45
55
11          Officer Cadet                                         45
55
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1985 No. 77 AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 5
Commencement of sentences


  5. Regulation 414 of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting
sub-regulation (3).


- NOTES


1985 No. 77*1* AIR FORCE REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 May 1985.
*2* Statutory Rules 1927 No. 161 as amended to date. For previous amendments
see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1985 No. 73 and see also Statutory Rules 1985
No. 73.