Australian Military Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 323.

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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 fourth day of December, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the Australian Military Regulations 1916.

The Australian Military Regulations 1916 are amended as follows:—

(1) Regulation 788a is amended by adding the following sub-regulation:—

“4. No person who has made a false answer on attestation or who has been discharged from the Military Forces by sentence of Court Martial or for disciplinary reasons shall be entitled to any exemption from the prescribed training under the provisions of this regulation.

Provided that in cases where the false answer on attestation is made in respect of the age of the person enlisting such person may be exempted from the prescribed training under the provisions of this regulation if the Military Board so approves.”

(2) Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 1157 is amended to read as follows:—

“1. Captains of Rifle Clubs shall maintain order and discipline amongst their members at all rifle practices and other meetings thereof, whether general or committee, and shall be responsible for the proper carrying out of all orders and regulations that may be issued from time to time. It shall be the special duty of the Captain to see that rifle practice is carried out with due precautions to the safety of the public and all concerned, and he will be held responsible that sufficient ammunition only for the practices fixed for the day is issued to each member, also that all ammunition remaining unexpended after each practice is returned. He may appoint any member of the Club to perform such duties as his deputy when he cannot attend personally.

(3) Next after regulation 1169 are inserted the following regulations:—

1169a. (i) Service ammunition issued free or sold by or on behalf of the Defence Department to a Rifle Club, shall be issued free or sold by the Club only to members thereof, and only for the purposes of rifle practice or rifle competitions by such members on approved ranges.

 

(ii) A member of a Rifle Club, to whom service ammunition has been issued free or sold under the restrictions specified in Australian Military Regulation 1157 (1), shall not sell such ammunition to any other Rifle Club, nor to any person not a member of the same club as himself.

(iii) Any member of a Rifle Club who sells any service ammunition otherwise than in accordance with this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Twenty pounds.

(iv) Any person who without authority (proof whereof shall lie upon him) buys any service ammunition from a Rifle Club or member of a Rifle Club shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Twenty pounds.

1169b. (i) All service ammunition found in the possession of any private person may be seized without warrant by a police constable, and taken before a Court of summary jurisdiction.

(ii) The Court before which any service ammunition is brought in pursuance of this regulation shall declare such ammunition to be forfeited unless the person in whose possession it was found satisfies the Court that he was lawfully in the possession of such ammunition.

(iii) All service ammunition declared to be forfeited under this regulation shall be handed over to the Commandant of the Military District in which the forfeiture is declared, to be dealt with by him as prescribed or as the Minister may direct.

(iv) Any private person who buys service ammunition from or sells service ammunition to any person without the authority of the Commandant of the Military District in which such purchase or sale took place or who has in his possession any service ammunition without the authority of a District Commandant (proof whereof shall lie upon him) shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Twenty pounds.

 

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