{"id":"C1961L00084","name":"Military Financial Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"military-financial-regulations-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"84 of 1961","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23896,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1961L00084-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Military Financial Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1961\\. No. 84.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1956.\\*\n\nI, THE DEPUTY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth, of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1956.\n\nDated this 28th day of June, 1961.\n\nE. W. WOODWARD\n\nDeputy of the Administrator.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature: John Cramer](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for the Army.\n\nAMENDMENT OF THE MILITARY FINANCIAL REGULATIONS.†\n\nSenior appointments.\n\n1. Regulation 171 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—\n\n“(3.) The rate of pay of a member holding the appointment of Deputy Judge Advocate-General is Eight hundred and fifty pounds per annum.”.\n\nApplication of amendment.\n\n2. The amendment made by the last preceding sub-regulation applies in relation to duty performed in the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, 1961, and in subsequent years.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6th July, 1961\n\n† Statutory Rules 1961, No. 39.\n\nBy Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n3941/61.—PRICE 3D. 10/26.5.1961.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2021},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose of fixing remuneration for a single specific military appointment. No expansion of scope beyond this narrow pay-setting function is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations total, with substantive content consisting of a single sentence prescribing one specific monetary amount (£850)","Zero defined terms, interpretation provisions, or schedules","Only cross-reference is to existing Regulation 171; no external statutory cross-referencing","Application clause is a simple temporal directive without conditions, exceptions, or nested logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the annual salary for a specific senior military lawyer.\n\n**What it does:**\n* Inserts a new rule into the Military Financial Regulations stating that the **Deputy Judge Advocate-General** (the second-most senior legal officer in the armed forces) receives a fixed salary of **£850 per year** (in pre-decimal currency)\n* Makes this pay rate apply retrospectively to the financial year ending June 1961, as well as all future years\n\n**Who it affects:**\nDirectly impacts only the individual holding the appointment of Deputy Judge Advocate-General. The Department of Defence must ensure this specific rate is paid.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nClarifies the remuneration for this senior legal position and ensures any work performed during the 1960–61 financial year is properly compensated at the new rate."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/military-financial-regulations-amendment","history":"/api/acts/military-financial-regulations-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/military-financial-regulations-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/military-financial-regulations-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/military-financial-regulations-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/military-financial-regulations-amendment/documents"}}