102Retiring age of officers

102 Retiring age of officers (1) For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, the age for the compulsory retirement of a PNF officer who was appointed to the PNF before 1 January 1992 is the age set out in the following table in relation to the officer’s rank, opposite the name of the list on which, or branch in which, the officer is or was included before 1 November 1992: ```html <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr style="height:10.5pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:63.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000"><p class="TableInText" style="margin-left:7.1pt"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">List or Branch</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:311.1pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Rank</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.5pt"><td style="width:34.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold"></span><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Admiral</span></p></td><td style="width:34.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Vice</span><br><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold"></span><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Admiral</span></p></td><td style="width:34.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Rear</span><br><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold"></span><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Admiral</span></p></td><td style="width:41.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><br><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Com-modore or Captain</span></p></td><td style="width:34.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:bottom"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Com-</span><br><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold"></span><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">mander</span></p></td><td style="width:48.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableInText" style="text-align:center"><br><span style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:bold">Lieutenant Com-mander</span></p></td><td style="width:40.65pt; 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(3B) For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, the age for the compulsory retirement of a PNF officer who was appointed to the PNF on or after 1 January 1992 is: (a) for an Admiral — 63 years; and (b) for a Vice Admiral — 60 years; and (c) for a Rear Admiral — 57 years; and (d) for all other ranks of officers — 55 years. (4) The age for the compulsory retirement of a chaplain in the PNF is 55 years. (4A) Subject to regulation 102A, for the purposes of subregulation (1) an officer who was, immediately before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations, an officer of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service shall be deemed: (a) where the officer is a medical officer — to be included in the Medical Branch; (b) where the officer is a dental officer — to be included in the Dental Branch; (c) where the officer is an instructor — to be included in the Instructor Branch; (d) where the officer was, immediately before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations, on a Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Special Duties List — to be included on the Special Duties List; and (e) in all other cases — to be included on the Supplementary List. (5) In this regulation, rank means substantive rank.