Australian Military Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 27.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1917.

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 1903–1917, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of February, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON E. GROOM.

for the Minister of State for Defence.

 

The Australian Military Regulations 1916 are amended as follows:—

(1) After regulation 106 the following now regulation is inserted:—

106a. (1) Subject to the provisions of regulation 109 an Officer of the Permanent Forces who has been appointed an officer in any Expeditionary Forces and has served in these forces outside the limits of the Commonwealth during the present war may, without his having passed the prescribed examination, be provisionally promoted in his permanent corps to any substantive rank not above the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel equivalent to the highest permanent substantive rank which he may have held in those Expeditionary Forces.

(2) Every provisional promotion so made shall be subject to the officer concerned passing the prescribed examination within a period of eighteen months beyond the termination of the present war: provided however if in respect of any officer the Chief of the General Staff certifies to the Minister that the officer had no opportunity of passing the prescribed examination within the period provided by this sub-regulation the Minister may approve of an extension of that period for the time necessary to allow of an opportunity being given the officer to pass the prescribed examination.

(3) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as authorizing the provisional promotion of an officer who would not receive promotion in the ordinary course had he passed the prescribed examination.

(2) Regulation 378: Paragraph (b) is repealed.

 

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