Australian Military Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 179.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventh day of October, 1920.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

GRANVILLE RYRIE,

for Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of The Australian Military Regulations 1916.

The Australian Military Regulations 1916 are amended as follows:—

(1) Regulation 348 is repealed and the following regulation made in lieu thereof:—

348. (1) “When a person liable to be trained under Part XII. of the Act has completed the service required of him, the Officer prescribed by regulation 863 (e) or 864 (f) shall certify in the Record Book and the Record documents retained by the Department that the person has completed the Military Service required of him and that such service has been “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory”.

(2) An entry to the effect that the service has been “satisfactory” shall only be made when the following conditions have been fulfilled by the person concerned:—

(a) He has not been classified as non-efficient on more than one occasion during his Citizen Force Service.

For the purpose of this paragraph a person shall not be considered efficient for any year for which he has been classified non-efficient notwithstanding that he has subsequently been classified efficient owing to his having attended additional equivalent training for that year.

(b) (i) Either he has not incurred a total of more than six entries in Tables XI. and XII. of his Record Book during his Citizen Force Service, but the number of entries allowable shall be reduced by one for each year during which he has been exempted from the whole of the training or the whole of the training has been suspended;

(ii) or, he has not incurred any entries in Tables XI. and XII of his Record Book during the last three years of his Citizen Force Service, in which he has performed the prescribed training.

 

(3) Where a person liable to be trained under Part XII. of the Act has served in an Expeditionary Force abroad and has been discharged therefrom for reasons other than disciplinary or medical unfitness due to his own default, has completed the service required of him under the Act, an entry that his service has been “satisfactory” shall be made notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (2) above.

(4) An entry of “unsatisfactory” service shall be made in respect of all persons liable to be trained under Part XII. of the Act, who, on the completion of the service required of them do not fulfil the conditions prescribed in sub-regulations (2) or (3) above.

(2) Regulation 863 is amended by adding the following paragraph:—

“(e) for discharges and certificates an Area Officer or other Officer appointed by the District Commandant”.

 

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