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3A.  For the purpose of this section, increment anniversary means the day 12 months after the later of the following days.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The day that the member begins to be paid salary under one of the following.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             i.                                                                                                                                                                                                             Schedule B.8, Specialist officer salary rates – medical officer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ii.                                                                                                                                                                                                            Schedule B.15, Senior officer specialist salary rates – medical officer
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The day the member last advanced to a higher military medical level.
     c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The day of the member's last increment advancement.
     Note: The placement of a member from a medical level to a military medical level is not an increment advancement.
5.   On promotion from rank to rank, a medical officer retains the same military medical level (MML1, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A or 4) and the same increment level they held before promotion.

     Note: The member's increment advancement date will remain unchanged.
6.   If a member advances to a higher military medical level under section 3.2.47, the member's increment is the lowest increment for that military medical level.
6A.  Despite subsection 6, if one of the following applies, the member's increment level is the increment that has the next higher salary than their salary immediately before they advanced.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member advances to MML3A.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member advances from MML3A to MML4.
8.   For medical officer who becomes eligible to be paid under Schedule B.8 Part 2 or 4 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries, the medical officer's initial increment level is the higher of the following.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The entry level increment for their Force and rank.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      An increment level approved by Surgeon General Australian Defence Force above the entry level increment for the medical officer because of their qualifications, clinical experience, and currency of skills.

3.2.42A Salary on promotion – senior medical officers

   If a member is promoted to one of the following ranks, the member's rate of salary is the rate payable under Schedule B.15 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries for the lowest increment for their new rank.
   a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Brigadier.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Major General.

3.2.43 Legal Officers – increment advancement and promotion

1.   A legal officer in the specialist career structure becomes eligible for an increment level advancement (up to the maximum increment level for their legal level) on the later of the following dates.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                     The day that is 12 months after the legal officer entered the specialist career structure.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                     The day that is 12 months after the legal officer advanced to a higher legal level.
     c.                                                                                                                                                                                                     The day that is 12 months after the legal officer was promoted to a higher rank.
     d.                                                                                                                                                                                                     The day that is 12 months after the legal officer's last increment level advancement date.
2.   A legal