Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 2

REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1973.*

I,THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1973.

Dated this seventh day of January, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LANCE BARNARD

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the Australian Military Regulations 

Retiring ages for officers.

Regulation 124 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from the column headed “ General or Lieutenant-General ” of the table in sub-regulation (1) the words “ General or ”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation:—

“ (1aa) For the purposes of section 27 of the Act, the age for compulsory retirement of an officer in the Military Forces with the rank of General is, subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, the age of 63 years.”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 14 January 1975.

  Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 23, 28 and 126; 1929, No. 123; 1930, Nos. 26, 67 and 92; 1931, No. 13; 1932, Nos. 80, 87 and 125; 1933, Nos. 49 and 77; 1934, Nos. 26 and 80; 1935, Nos. 99 and 109; 1936, Nos. 21, 44 and 100; 1937, No. 45; 1938, Nos. 75, 90 and 93; 1939, Nos. 31, 51, 58, 115, 123, 134, 160 and 173; 1940, Nos. 2, 16, 29, 59. 150, 183, 184, 185, 186, 199, 237, 252, 272 and 273; 1941, Nos. 3, 4, 14, 43, 135, 153, 155, 205, 245, 246, 260 and 311; 1942, Nos. 35, 59, 60, 85, 114, 166, 179, 211, 231, 289, 333, 334, 350, 417, 477, 506, 508, 521, 522, 555 and 556; 1943, Nos. 17, 68, 72, 126, 174, 199, 200, 219 244, 245, 246, 249 and 258; 1944, Nos. 1, 39, 69, 71, 72, 114, 120, 122, 154 and 164; 1945, Nos. 6, 19, 38, 42, 68, 94, 111, 141 and 195; 1946, Nos. 72, 113, 114, 116 and 150; 1947, Nos. 25 and 59; 1948, Nos. 40, 59, 65 and 79; 1949, Nos. 55 and 68; 1950, Nos. 10, 21, 29, 64 and 65; 1951. Nos. 20, 56, 125, 149 and 152; 1952, Nos. 8, 60, 68 and 69; 1953, No. 87; 1954, Nos. 113, 117 and 118; 1955, Nos. 7, 31 and 55; 1956, Nos. 52, 102 and 115; 1957, No. 56; 1958, Nos. 31, 32 and 85; 1959, Nos. 22 and 30; 1960, No. 25; 1961, No. 42; 1962, Nos. 23, 27, 68, 69 and 171; 1963, No. 28; 1964, Nos. 62, 83, 93 and 149; 1965, Nos. 61, 72, 116, 119, 138 and 174; 1966, Nos. 119 and 167; 1967, Nos. 13, 118 and 168; 1968, Nos. 91 and 96; 1969, Nos. 76, 94, 96, 197 and 217; 1970, nos. 101 and 193; 1971, Nos. 85 and 179; 1972, Nos. 57, 123 and 207; 1973, Nos. 99, 206, 245 and 250; and 1974, Nos. 75 and 91.