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3.2.21 Salary on change of pay grade or specialist level

1.  This section applies to a member who meets all of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The member's pay grade or specialist level changes.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The change is for a reason other than disciplinary action or an administrative sanction.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The change is not related to the member becoming eligible for salary in a different pay grade scale under another salary Schedule in DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries.
2.  The member's salary rate is the rate for the new pay grade or specialist level that corresponds to the rank increment the member held at their former pay grade or specialist level.
3.  Despite subsection 2, if salary non-reduction arrangements apply to the member under Division 5, then the member's rate of salary is the rate for the member's rank increment of their former pay grade or specialist level.

3.2.22 Salary on ceasing to be a specialist officer

1.  This section applies to a member who ceases to perform duty as a specialist officer.
2.  The member is to be paid one of the following.
    a.                                                                                    The salary rate for the new pay grade that corresponds to the rank increment the member held in their former specialist officer competency level.
    b.                                                                                    A salary rate above the minimum increment that the CDF is satisfied is reasonable having regard to the member's relevant experience, qualifications and skills.

3.2.23 Member with previous service – commencement salary

1.  In this section relevant military service means service that meets all of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                               It was in the ADF, or the forces of a Commonwealth country or the United States of America.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                               It is relevant to the kind of work the member enlisted or is appointed to do.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                               It was performed at a rank equivalent to the rank the member enlisted or is appointed to, or at a higher rank.
2.  This section does not apply to members on promotion.
3.  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.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                               The minimum rate.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                               The rate the member would have been paid if the member's service had been in the ADF.
4.  The CDF must consider all of the following factors.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                               The member's previous relevant military service.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                               What incremental salary rate the length of the member's relevant military service would place them at in the salary scale.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                               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.
    d.                                                                                                                                                                                               Other matters