Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 135.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1941.*

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 1903-1941.

Dated this eighteenth day of June, 1941.

Governor-General.

By Has Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Army.

 

Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations. 

Repeal of regulation 122.

1. Regulation 122 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed.

Ages for retirement.

2. Regulation 124 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1), after the words “In the Citizen Forces”, the words “(Active and Reserve Forces)”;

(b) by inserting in that sub-regulation, after the words and figures—

“Survey Corps—All ranks........................................................... .. 60”

the words and figures—

“Australian Intelligence Corps—All ranks.................................... 60 ..”;

(c) by omitting from that sub-regulation the words and figures—

“Army Medical Corps, Permanent—Major-General....................... .. 63”;

(d) by omitting from that sub-regulation all the words and figures from, the words “Reserve of Officers” to the end of the sub-regulation;

(e) by omitting sub-regulation (1a);

(f) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the word, figure and letter “or (1a)”; and

(g) by omitting sub-regulation (3a).

Repeal of regulation 602A.

3. Regulation 602a of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.

  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, 113, 123, 134, 160 and 173; and 1940, Nos. 2, 16, 29, 59, 150, 183, 184, 185, 186, 199, 237, 252, 272 and 1941, Nos. 3, 4, 14 and 43.

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Conditions of appointment.

4. Regulation 603 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “a Topographical or Draughting section” and inserting in their stead the words “the Australian Survey Corps”; and

(b) by omitting from that sub-regulation the words “approved by the Military Board” and inserting in their stead the words “prescribed by regulation 605a of those Regulations for the rank of lieutenant”.

Promotion to captain.

5. Regulation 605 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting the words “approved by the Military Board” and inserting in their stead the words “prescribed by regulation 605a of these Regulations for the rank of captain”.

6. After regulation 605 of the Australian Military Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Examinations for appointment and promotion.

“605a. Subject to these Regulations, a person, officer or soldier shall, upon passing an examination authorized by the Military Board which is specified in column two of the following table, be eligible for appointment or promotion to the rank specified in column one of the table opposite that examination:—

Column One—Rank.	Column Two—Examination.
Lieutenant......................................................	The Lieutenant’s Australian Survey Corps (P) Examination
Captain..........................................................	The Captain’s Australian Survey Corps (P) Examination
Major............................................................	The Major’s Australian Survey Corps (P) Examination
Lieutenant-Colonel........................................	The Lieutenant-Colonel’s Australian Survey Corps (P) Examination

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.