CHAPTER 204 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 - PAY - REGULAR FORCE AND RESERVE FORCE ON CLASS "C" RESERVE SERVICE - GENERAL

204.01 - APPLICATION

The instructions in this section apply to officers and non-commissioned members who

1. are enrolled in the Regular Force;
2. transfer from the Reserve Force to the Regular Force; or
3. commence a period of Class “C” Reserve Service.

(TB # 832770, effective 22 June 2006)

204.015 - PAY INCREMENTS

(1) (Purpose) Pay increments as set out in the tables to the CBIs in this chapter serve two purposes:

1. to determine the rate of pay on enrolment, transfer or change in class of Reserve Force service based on pay credits that, in accordance with orders or instructions issued by the Chief of Defence Staff, reflect the amount of qualifying service, academic or other special qualifications possessed by an applicant that are determined to be of military value; and
2. to provide a means of progression through the pay range for each rank.

(2) (Qualifying service) Subject to paragraph (4) and other conditions as may be prescribed in orders or instructions issued by the Chief of the Defence Staff, qualifying service includes:

1. subject to paragraph (3) of this instruction, all previous service of an officer or non-commissioned member in the member’s present rank, equivalent rank or any higher rank, including paid acting rank in:
   
   
   1. the Regular Force and all other permanent armed forces of Her Majesty,
   2. any component of the Canadian Forces and of all other armed forces of Her Majesty, when on active service,
   3. the Reserve Force on Class "B" or Class "C" Reserve Service;
2. one-quarter of all previous service in the Reserve Force, other than Class "B" or Class "C" Reserve Service, in the officer’s or non-commissioned member’s present rank, equivalent rank or any higher rank, including paid acting rank, in the Primary Reserve, the Cadet Instructors Cadre or the Canadian Rangers; and
3. for an officer or non-commissioned member on enrolment in the Canadian Forces, a period as established in orders or instructions issued by the Chief of the Defence Staff, for academic or other special qualifications considered by the Chief of the Defence Staff to be of military value.

(3) (Determination of pay increments on transfer, re-enrolment or on commencement of Class "C" service) The determination of a member's pay increment shall include all qualifying service as determined in paragraph (2) and shall take into consideration any other relevant factor set out in the following table as may be applicable to the member’s circumstance:

(4) (Exception) Qualifying service for pay increments does not include:

1. any service prior to a continuous interruption of more than five years during which no service designated in paragraph (2) was performed, unless the member during the period of the interruption has maintained relevant skills or qualifications considered by the Chief of the Defence Staff, or any officer designated by the Chief of the Defence Staff, to be of military value;
2. any service that is not declared on enrolment;
3. any service prior to the date of a promotion to a higher substantive rank, other than a period of continuous service in an acting rank at the end of which the officer or non-commissioned member is promoted to the same substantive rank; or
4. any period of forfeiture, or leave without pay other than a period granted under QR&O 16.26 (Maternity Leave) or 16.27 (Parental Leave).

(5) (Promotion on enrolment) An officer or non-commissioned member who is promoted to a higher rank effective the date of the member’s enrolment or the day following enrolment is, for the purpose of pay increment increases, deemed to have been enrolled in the rank to which the member was promoted.

(6) (Reduction or reversion) On reduction in rank or reversion to a lower rank, an officer or non-commissioned member shall be paid at the pay increment for that lower rank that is determined by taking into account all previous qualifying service in that rank and in any higher rank.

(7) (General) Following the initial determination of the rate of pay on enrolment, component transfer or change in class of service, an officer or non-commissioned member shall be paid at the monthly rate of pay for the next higher pay increment for the member’s rank and, if applicable, pay level or trade group or both, as established in the applicable CBI in this Chapter, if the member has:

1. met the performance standards established in orders or instructions issued by the Chief of the Defence Staff; and
2. has completed one year of qualifying service, or after such lesser amount of qualifying service as may be authorized by the Chief of the Defence Staff.

(TB # 832770, effective 22 June 2006)

204.02 - PAY WHEN ON LEAVE

An officer or non-commissioned member shall be paid for any period of leave except when the leave has been granted as leave without pay.

204.03 - PAY PROTECTION ON COMPULSORY OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER

(1) (Application) This instruction applies to an officer or non-commissioned member who changes military occupation as a result of a compulsory occupational transfer, other than a remuster for inefficiency, and includes a change of occupation as a result of:

1. the elimination of a military occupation;
2. the downgrading of a military occupation to a lower trade group; or
3. the amalgamation of two or more military occupations.

(2) (Pay protection not applicable) This instruction does not apply to:

1. pilots who are paid under CBI 204.215 (Pay - Officers - Pilots - Lieutenant-colonel, Major and Captain) or CBI 204.2156 (Pay - Officers - Pilots - Officer Entry Plans - Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant); or
2. non-commissioned members who are appointed to the rank of officer cadet or to whom an officer entry plan referred to in CBI 204.211 (Pay - General Service Officers - Officer Entry Plans - Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant and Officer Cadet ) applies.

(3) (Protection) After March 2002, if the rate of pay of an officer or non-commissioned member to whom this instruction applies would be reduced as a result of a change of military occupation in the circumstances described in paragraph (1), the member shall be paid at the rate of pay before the change of military occupation until the rate of pay in the new or downgraded military occupation for the rank, pay increment and, if applicable, pay level and trade group is greater than or equal to the rate of pay before the change of military occupation.

(4) (Rate of pay before the change) For the purpose of paragraph (3), the rate of pay before the change of military occupation is, including any upwards adjustments to the rates of pay determined under subparagraphs (a) and (b) that may be established from time to time, the greater of the rate of pay established for

1. the rank, pay increment and, if applicable, pay level and trade group that was held by the member on the day immediately prior to the date of the change of military occupation; or
2. any higher pay increment for the rank and, if applicable, pay level and trade group to which the member would have become entitled had the member remained in the former military occupation.

(TB # 829735, effective 1 April 2002)

204.04 - RATE OF PAY ON PROMOTION

(1) (General) The rate of pay on promotion or commission for an officer up to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and for a non-commissioned member will be based on the rate of pay held prior to promotion. A pay increment higher than basic in the new rank may be determined in accordance with this instruction.

(2) (Application) This instruction applies to:

1. officers paid under:
   1. CBI 204.21 (Pay - General Service Officers);
   2. CBI 204.211 (Pay - General Service Officers - Officer Entry Plans - Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant and Officer Cadet), with the exception of officer cadets promoted to second lieutenant to whom the Direct Entry Officer Plan applies;
   3. CBI 204.215 (Pay - Officers - Pilots - Lieutenant-colonel, Major and Captain);
   4. CBI 204.2156 (Pay - Officers - Pilots - Officer Entry Plans - Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant);
   5. CBI 204.216 (Pay – Medical Officers);
   6. CBI 204.217 (Pay – Dental Officers); and
   7. CBI 204.218 (Pay – Legal Officers);
2. non-commissioned members paid under CBI 204.30 (Pay - Non-commissioned Members), with the exception of corporals on appointment to master corporal.

(3) (Rate of pay on promotion) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), an officer or non-commissioned member shall be paid, on promotion to a higher rank, at the rate of pay established in the applicable CBI which is the greater of

1. the basic rate of pay for the member's new rank and, if applicable, pay level and trade group; or
2. the rate of pay for the pay increment and, if applicable, pay level and trade group, for the member’s new rank that is nearest to, but at least equal to, the sum of the rate of pay the member was receiving on the day immediately prior to the date of the promotion, plus an amount equal to the difference between the rate of pay established for pay increment 1 and pay increment Basic in the member’s new rank, but not to exceed the rate of pay for the highest pay increment in the new rank.

(4) (General Service Officer - Officer Entry Plans) If an officer is paid under CBI 204.211 and is entitled to receive pay level D on promotion to a higher rank, but the rate calculated under subparagraph (3)(b) of this instruction exceeds the rate of pay for the highest pay increment in pay level D in Table "B" or "C", as applicable for the officer’s new rank, the officer shall be paid under pay level E in that table in accordance with paragraph (3).

(5) (Medical and Dental officers) If a medical or dental officer is promoted to the rank of major or captain,

1. "basic rate of pay" for the purpose of subparagraph (3)(a) is pay increment 1; and
2. the "difference between the rate of pay established for pay increment 1 and pay increment Basic" for the purpose of subparagraph (3)(b) is the difference between the rate of pay established for pay increment 2 and pay increment 1.

(TB # 832549, effective 1 April 2005)

204.07: REPEALED BY TB 829735, EFFECTIVE 1 APRIL 2002

204.072: REPEALED BY TB 829735, EFFECTIVE 1 APRIL 2002

204.075 - RATE OF PAY ON PROMOTION - RETROACTIVE PAY INCREASE

When an officer or non-commissioned member has been promoted, and a revision of the rate of pay established in the CBI that applies to the member is approved after the date on which the member was promoted, as a result of which payment of the revised rate of pay for the member’s new rank and pay increment and, if applicable, pay level and trade group is to commence prior to the date of the member’s promotion, the member shall be paid from the date of the promotion at the rate of pay that is determined by the application of the CBI that determine the member’s rate of pay on promotion, as if the revised rates of pay had been approved prior to the date of the promotion.

204.08 - RATE OF PAY ON PROMOTION - COINCIDENT WITH A PAY INCREASE

An officer or non-commissioned member who is promoted coincidentally with a pay increase shall have the rate of pay resulting from that promotion determined as if the member had been promoted on the day prior to the pay increase.

204.09 - RATE OF PAY ON COMMISSIONING - SIMULTANEOUS PROMOTION TO A HIGHER RANK

An officer, on being commissioned, who is promoted on the same day on which the officer is commissioned, or on the day following the day on which the officer was commissioned, shall be paid as if they were commissioned in that higher rank.