Statutory Rules 1983
No. 196
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Air Force Regulations2
(Amendment)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the
Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Air Force Act 1923.
Dated 22 September
1983.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s
Command,
Minister of State for
Aviation for and on behalf of the
Minister of State for
Defence
Commencement
1.These Regulations shall come into operation on
30 September 1983.
Period of enlistment
2.Regulation 92 of the Air Force Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting “and” from paragraph (1) (aa);
and
(b) by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting
the following paragraphs:
“(b) in the Air Force Active Reserve—for a
period of 2 years; and
(c) in the Air Force General Reserve or the Air
Force Specialist Reserve—for a period of 5 years”.
3. Regulation 92a
of the Air Force Regulations is repealed and the following regulation
substituted:
Enlistment in the Air
Force Active Reserve in time of war
“92A.
Subject to these Regulations, in time of war, any person may be enlisted in the
Air Force Active Reserve and be required to engage in service for the duration
of the war and 12 months thereafter.”.
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Re-enlistment in
Permanent Air Force after service in time of war in Air Force Reserve
4. Regulation 93a
of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation
(1) “Citizen Air Force” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Air Force
Reserve”.
Cadets—Air Force
Reserve
5. Regulation 97a
of the Air Force Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1)
“Citizen Air Force”, and substituting “Air Force Reserve”.
Re-engagement of airmen
6.Regulation 106 of the Air Force Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “and”;
and
(b) by omitting paragraph (c) and substituting
the following paragraphs:
“(c) in the case of an airman of the Air Force
Active Reserve—a period of 2 years; and
(d) in the case of an airman of the Air Force
General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve—a period of 4 years”.
7.Regulations 443 and 444 of the Air Force
Regulations are repealed and the following regulations substituted:
Training periods
“443. For the purposes of sub-section 4j (2) of the Act, the Chief of the Air
Staff shall determine—
(a) training periods in respect of the Air
Force Active Reserve and the Air Force Specialist Reserve; or
(b) different training periods in respect of
different parts, or different classes of members, of those Reserves.
Air-force service
“443a. (1) For the purposes of sub-section 4j (2a)
of the Act, a member is bound to render in each training period air-force
service for such periods as are fixed by the Chief of the Air Staff and
applicable to the member.
“(2) For the purposes of paragraph 4j (2b)
(a) of the Act, the Chief of the Air Staff may fix different periods of
air-force service with respect to different parts of the Air Force Active
Reserve and the Air Force Specialist Reserve or different classes of members.
“(3) For the purposes of paragraph 4j (2b)
(b) of the Act, the Chief of the Air Staff may exempt—
(a) a particular member; or
(b) members within a specified class of members,
from the obligation to render,
during a training period, the whole or part of the air-force service that he or
they would otherwise be bound to render during that period.
“(4) The periods of air-force service that a
member is bound to render under sub-regulation (1) shall be rendered in
accordance with a program that has been approved by the Chief of the Air Staff.
Prescribed authority
for the purposes of sub-sections 4j
(3) and (4) of the Act
“443b. For the purposes of sub-sections 4j (3) and (4) of the Act, the Chief of
Air Force Personnel is the prescribed authority.
Period for the purposes
of sub-section 4j (5) of the Act
“443c. The Chief of the Air Staff may fix a
period for the purposes of sub-section 4j
(5) of the Act.
A kind or kinds of
air-force service for the purposes of sub-section 4j (6) of the Act
“443d. The Chief of the Air Staff may fix a
kind or kinds of air-force service for the purposes of sub-section 4j (6) of the Act.
Period of service after
call out
“443e. In respect of the Air Force Active
Reserve and the Air Force Specialist Reserve, the Chief of the Air Staff is the
prescribed authority for the purposes of section 50b of the Defence Act 1903.
Air-force
service for a period of less than one day
“444. Where a member renders air-force service for
a period of less than one day, the member shall, for the purpose of calculating
the air-force service that he has rendered, be deemed to have rendered
air-force service for—
(a) if the period is not less than 6 hours—one
day;
(b) if the period is less than 6 hours but not
less than 3 hours—one-half of a day; or
(c) if the period is less than 3 hours but not
less than 2 hours—one-third of a day.”.
Discharge from Air
Force Active Reserve
8. Regulation 444a
of the Air Force Regulations is amended by emitting from sub-regulation (1)
“Active Citizen Air Force” and substituting “Air Force Active Reserve”.
Air Force Reserve to be
returned to districts
9.Regulation 447 of the Air Force Regulations is
amended by omitting “Citizen Air Force” and substituting “Air Force Reserve”.
Repeal of regulation
448
10.Regulation 448 of the Air Force
Regulations is repealed.
Repeal of regulation
458
11.Regulation 458 of the Air Force
Regulations is repealed.
Reservists proceeding
abroad
12.Regulation 462 of the Air Force
Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the
following sub-regulation:
“(2)
Where a reservist takes up permanent or protracted residence abroad, the Chief
of the Air Staff shall—
(a)
if he is an officer, recommend the termination of his appointment; or
(b)
if he is an airman, discharge him.”.
Repeal of regulation
464
13.Regulation 464 of the Air Force
Regulations is repealed.
Precedence of officers
14.Regulation 466 of the Air Force
Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4) and substituting the
following sub-regulation:
“(4)
When an officer of the Air Force General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist
Reserve is rendering continuous full-time air-force service, he shall rank and
take command with an officer of the Active Force as though his seniority in his
rank were—
(a)
the date he commenced that continuous full-time air-force service; or
(b)
if he is promoted while so serving, the date of that promotion.”.
Termination of
appointment of officers of the Air Force Reserve
15.Regulation 468 of the Air Force
Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “terminate the
appointment of an officer of the Reserve” and substituting “recommend the
termination of the appointment of an officer of the Air Force Reserve”.
Repeal of regulation
470
16.Regulation 470 of the Air Force
Regulations is repealed.
Repeal of regulation
473
17.Regulation 473 of the Air Force
Regulations is repealed.
Discharge prior to
expiration of service
18.Regulation 474 of the Air Force
Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting “Reserve”
and substituting “Air Force General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist
Reserve”; and
(b) by adding at the end
thereof the following sub-regulation:
“(2)
Whenever an airman of the Air Force General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist
Reserve claims his discharge under sub-regulation
(1), he shall be
discharged as soon as possible but, until he is discharged, he remains an airman
of the relevant Reserve.”.
Further amendments
19.The Air Force Regulations are
amended as set out in the Schedule.
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SCHEDULERegulations
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FURTHER AMENDMENTS
Provisions
amended | Amendments |
Sub-regulation 4 (1).............. | (a) Omit “Reserve” from the definition
of “Active Force”, substitute “Air Force General Reserve and the Air Force
Specialist Reserve”.
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(b) Insert after the definition of “air-force
prisoner” the following definition:
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“
‘Air Force Reserve’ means the Australian Air Force Reserve;”.
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(c) Omit “a member of the Air Force and includes”
from the definition of “member”.
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(d) Omit “full-time” from the definition of
“reserve member”, substitute “full time air-force”.
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(e) Omit “Reserve” from the definition of
“Reservist”, substitute “General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist
Reserve”.
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(f) Omit the definition of “the
Reserve”. |
Regulation
34....................... | Omit “Active Citizen Air Force”,
substitute “Air Force Active Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
51 (3)............. | (a) Omit “Citizen Air Force”, substitute “Air Force
Reserve”.
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(b) Omit “Emergency”, substitute “Emergency”. |
Sub-regulation
51 (5)............. | Omit “Citizen Air Force” (wherever
occurring), substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
71 (5)............. | Omit “Citizen Air Force”, substitute
“Air Force Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
71 (7)............. | Omit paragraph
(b), substitute: |
“(b) an officer of the Air Force Reserve who has
volunteered to render continuous full time air-force service,”.
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Regulation
87....................... | Omit “Reserve”, substitute “Air Force
General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
88 (1aa)........ | Omit “Citizen Air Force”, substitute
“Air Force Reserve”.
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Regulation
89....................... | Omit “Reserve”, substitute “Air Force
General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
92 (3)............. | Omit “Reserve”, substitute “Air Force
General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation 93a (1) and paragraph 93a (2) (b)......
| Omit “Citizen Air Force” (wherever
occurring), substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
97a (3).......... | Omit “Citizen Air Force” (wherever
occurring), substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
118 (3)........... | Insert “full time air-force” after
“continuous”. |
Sub-regulation
152g (1)......... | Omit “Citizen Air Force”, substitute
“Air Force Reserve”.
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Part
VI—Division 5.............. | Omit from the heading “Citizen Air
Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Paragraph 223 (b),
sub-regulations 421 (3), (4) and (5), and 422 (3), (4) and (5)
| Omit “Citizen
Air Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”. |
Part VIII................................ | Omit “CITIZEN AIR FORCE” from the
heading, substitute “AIR FORCE RESERVE”.
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SCHEDULE—continued
Provisions
amended | Amendments |
Sub-regulation
444a (2)......... | (a) Omit “Active Citizen Air Force”, substitute
“Air Force Active Reserve”.
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(b) Omit “that Force”, substitute “that Reserve”. |
Sub-regulations
444b (1) and (2) and 446b (1)..............
| Omit “Citizen
Air Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”. |
Sub-regulations
452 (1) and (2).......................................
| Omit “Active Citizen Air Force”, substitute
“Air Force Active Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
452 (2)........... | Omit “the
Reserve”, substitute “the Air Force General Reserve”. |
Paragraph 452
(2) (a)............. | Omit
“terminate”, substitute “recommend the termination of”. |
Sub-regulations
453a (1) and (2)..................................
| Omit “Citizen
Air Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”. |
Sub-regulation
455 (1)........... | Omit “enrolled as prescribed in the
Reserve”, substitute “appointed to or enlisted in the Air Force General
Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
455 (2)........... | (a) Omit “Reserve” (first occurring), substitute
“Air Force General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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(b) Omit “enrolled in the Reserve”, substitute
“appointed to or enlisted in the Air Force General Reserve or the Air Force
Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
455 (3)........... | Omit “enrolled in the Reserve”,
substitute “appointed to or enlisted in the Air Force General Reserve or the
Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
462 (1)........... | Omit “it”, substitute “he”. |
Regulation 463...................... | (a) Omit “enrolled in the Reserve”, substitute “a
Reservist”.
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(b) Omit “enrolled” (second occurring), substitute
“a Reservist”.
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Regulation 465
and sub-regulations 466 (1) and (1a)................................
| Omit “Reserve”, substitute “Air Force
General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Sub-regulations
466 (2) and (3) and 468 (2).....................
| Omit “Reserve” (wherever occurring),
substitute “Air Force General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Regulation 471...................... | Omit “enrolment in the Reserve as an
airman”, substitute “enlistment in the Air Force General Reserve or the Air
Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Regulation 475...................... | Omit “Reserve”, substitute “Air Force
General Reserve or the Air Force Specialist Reserve”.
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Regulation 492...................... | Omit “Citizen Air Force” (wherever
occurring), substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Sub-regulation
527 (1)........... | Omit “Citizen Air Force” from the
definition of “member”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Paragraph 530
(4) (i) and sub-regulation 549a
(6).........
| Omit “Citizen
Air Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”. |
Part
XI—Division 12............. | Omit “Citizen Air Force”from
the heading, substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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Sub-regulations
646 (4) and 647 (2), paragraph 647 (4) (a), sub-regulations 647 (6) and 648
(2) and (3)..........
| Omit “Citizen
Air Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”. |
Schedule 1............................ | Omit Forms 3
and 3a. |
Schedule 2— |
Items (n) and
(o)................... | (a) Omit from paragraph (2) in Column 3 “Citizen
Air Force”, substitute “Air Force Reserve”.
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(b) Omit from paragraph (2) in Column 3 “or
training”.
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Schedule 4............................ | Omit from the modification of Chapter
XV, Section IV, Paragraph 1138 “Citizen Air Force called up for war
service”, substitute “Air Force Reserve called up for service
under section 50a of the Defence
Act 1903”.
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NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of
Australia Gazette on 29 September 1983.
2.Statutory
Rules 1927 No. 161 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note
2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 12 and see also Statutory Rules 1983 Nos.
12, 15, 20, 21, 63 and 170
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