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Division	3 -	Specialist officers (Salary) : Part 1B	: Department of Defence
Division	3 -	Specialist officers (Salary)
Division 3: Specialist officers
B.3.1 Purpose
This Division sets out the method for placement in the relevant career structure and the rate of salary that apply to specialist officers.
B.3.2 Member this Division applies to
This Division applies to the following officers.
Dental officer.
Aviation specialist.
Air Force Officer Aviation member.
A member in an approved category.
B.3.3 Approved categories
CDF may approve a category in which members of the Reserves normally perform a large part of their duties within periods of duty less than two hours. The CDF is to have regard to all of the following.
The special skills or qualifications held by the member.
The special positions or offices held by the member in the ADF.
The nature of the duties normally performed.
Note: Approved categories are listed in the definition of approved category under section A.1.12 (Specialist officers).
See: Part A Division 1 section A.1.12, Specialist officers
Persons who can make the decision under section B.3.3 on behalf of the CDF:
Director Officer Career Manqagement – Army
B.3.4 Rate of salary for a specialist officer
The following table sets out the rate of salary to be paid to a specialist officer covered by this Division
then the member is to be paid salary...
specialist career structure
under Schedule B.5 according to the officer's Force, classification and competency level.
under Schedule B.6 according to the officer's Force, rank and dental level.
a legal officer
under Schedule B.7 according to the officer's Force, rank and legal level.
under Schedule B.8 Part 1 or 3, according to the officer's Force, rank and medical level.
specialist career structure, and meets all of the following.
a. Registered to practice in Australia in an area of medical specialty.
b. Approved by the Surgeon General ADF to perform duty in that area of specialty for a period of procedural specialist service.
c. Either of the following.
i. Deployed overseas for the purpose of practicing in that area.
ii. Required to practice in that area on a regular basis for the majority of the period of procedural specialist service.
under Schedule B.8 Part 2 or 4, according to the officer's Force, rank and increment.
a medical officer who was in service at 1 May 2004
specialist career structure because the member meets all of the following.
a.	The member has not yet gained the required qualifications for a medical level.
b.	The member is in a position no higher than ML4.
c. The CDF has deemed the member competent for period ending no later than 1 May 2013.
at the lowest increment level of the deemed level of medical qualification and skill under Schedule B.8 Part 1 or 2, according to the officer's Force and rank.
an officer on a fixed tenure or fixed appointment period
specialist career structure and performing a year of compulsory medical residency
at the level 'resident' under Schedule B.8 Part 1 or 3, according to the officer's Force.
an aviation specialist
under Schedule B.14 for the officer's Force, class and experience level.
a medical officer who is a senior officer
under Schedule B.15, according to the officer's Force, rank and medical level.
a dental officer who is a senior officer
under Schedule B.16, according to the officer's Force, rank and dental level.
a legal officer who is a senior officer
under Schedule B.17, according to the officer's Force, rank and legal level.
a Chaplain in Division 5
under Schedule B.18, according to the officer's Force, classification and competency level.
Officers not described in the table in subsection 1 may be paid under Division 1 or Division 2, according to their rank.
Division 1, Senior officers
Division 2, Officers
A senior officer, who meets all the following conditions may be paid a daily rate of salary under this Determination. The daily rate is to be based on the annual rate of salary the member received immediately before transfer to the Reserves.
The member is a dental officer or legal officer.
The member was receiving an annual rate of salary under a separate determination made under Part IIIA Division 2 of the Defence Act 1903, as in force from time to time, immediately before their transfer to the Reserves.
The member transfers from the Permanent Forces to the Reserves.
A member in an approved category who attends for duty on Reserve service for at least one hour, but less than two hours, is to be paid one sixth of the daily rate of salary.
B.3.5 Rate of salary for aviation specialist
On the day that an officer first becomes an aviation specialist, the officer's rate of salary is the relevant of the following.
For an officer at the rank of Captain or Major — the rate in Schedule B.14, Part 1 or Part 2, equal to or next above the rate of salary payable to the officer immediately before that day.
For an officer at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or higher — the rate in Schedule B.14, Part 1 or Part 2, that is equal to or next above the relevant of the following amounts.
If the officer is in the Permanent Forces — the rate of salary payable to the officer immediately before they became an aviation specialist, less the annual rate of Service Allowance determined under Division B.2 of DFRT Determination No. 11 of 2013, ADF allowances, as in force from time to time.
If the officer is in the Reserves — the rate of salary payable to the officer immediately before they became an aviation specialist, less the daily rate of Reserve Allowance determined under Division B.11 of DFRT Determination No. 11 of 2013, ADF allowances, as in force from time to time.
On the day after the officer completes 12 months of continuous full-time service in an experience level in Schedule B.14, Part 1 or Part 2, the officer is advanced to the next experience level in the relevant Schedule.
See: Schedule B.14, Specialist officer salary rates – aviation
B.3.6 Officer ceases to be an aviation specialist
On the day that an officer ceases to be an aviation specialist, the officer's rate of salary is the relevant of the following.
For an officer who returns to their previous Schedule B.2 legacy employment category, the officer's pay grade and increment that they held immediately before they became an aviation specialist.
For an officer who returns to their previous Schedule B.2 competency-based employment category, the officer's pay grade and increment that they held immediately before they became an aviation specialist.
B.3.7 Rate of salary for Air Force Officer Aviation member
An Air Force Officer Aviation member is to be paid a rate of salary in Schedule B.14, Part 3 or Part 4, that corresponds to their Force, rank, pathway, competency stream and increment.
B.3.8 Officer Aviation Pay Structure pathways and competency streams
The range of increments available for each rank, pathway, and competency stream are set out in the following annexes.
For the Command pathway – Annex B.3.A.
For the Specialist pathway – Annex B.3.B.
For the Staff pathway – Annex B.3.C.
An Air Force Officer Aviation member in the Command pathway may only advance through their competency stream as set out in Annex B.3.A.
An Air Force Officer Aviation member in the Specialist pathway may advance by single increments through their competency stream’s prescribed increments as set out in Annex B.3.B.
An Air Force Officer Aviation member in the Staff pathway may only advance to a higher increment in their competency stream on promotion, as set out in Annex B.3.C.
B.3.9 Officer ceases to be an Air Force Officer Aviation member
On the day that an officer of the Permanent Forces has been in the Command pathway at the same rank for 12 years cumulative effective service (as prescribed under Division 4A of the Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service, as in force from time to time), they will cease to be an Air Force Officer Aviation member. The following will occur on that day.
The officer is transferred into the Graded Officer Pay Structure, Air Force operations officer employment category.
The CDF will determine the rate of salary for the officer that corresponds to their rank, pay grade and increment after considering any experience and qualifications that are relevant to the operations officer employment category.
On the day that an officer of the Permanent Forces has been in the Staff pathway at the same rank for 12 years cumulative effective service, they will cease to be an Air Force Officer Aviation member. The following will occur on that day.
An Air Force Officer Aviation member may also cease to be an Air Force Officer Aviation member for disciplinary action or administrative sanction as imposed or provided under other acts and instruments.