Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 250

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1970.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1970.

Dated this fourth day of December, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. BISHOP

Minister of State for Repatriation for and on behalf of Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations 

Regimental seniority.

1 Regulation 44 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub-regulations:—

“ (1) Subject to sub-regulations (1a) and (1b), officers of the same rank doing duty with a regiment or corps shall take regimental seniority in that rank according to the respective dates of their appointments to that rank.

“ (1a) Where the appointments of two or more officers on first appointment to commissioned rank in the Military Forces are of the same date, they shall take regimental seniority in that rank equally with each other.

“ (1b) Where appointments or promotions of two or more officers to the same rank are of the same date and each of those officers held an appointment in the Military Forces immediately before that date they shall take regimental seniority according to the respective dates of their appointments to those appointments.”.

Seniority.

2. Regulation 537 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub-regulations:—

“ (1) The regimental seniority of officers of the Australian Staff Corps of the same rank shall be regulated according to the respective dates of their appointments to, or promotions in, that rank in the Permanent Forces, and, when the appointments or promotions of two or more officers are of the same date, by their seniority immediately before their appointments or promotions to that rank.

“ (1a) Where the appointments of two or more officers on first appointment to commissioned rank in the Australian Staff Corps are of the same date, they shall take regimental seniority in that rank equally with each other.”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 6 December 1973.

  Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Australian Military Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1973, No. 99, and see also