Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1937. No. 45.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1934.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonweal of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1934.

Dated this twenty eighth day of April, 1937.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Acting Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Australian military regulations. 

1.Regulation 124 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by inserting, next after sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulation:—

Age for retirement except in time of war.

“(3a) This regulation shall not apply to an officer while seconded from his regiment or corps and attached to the Intelligence Section of the General Staff.”.

Retention under suspension to be reported.

2.Regulation 230 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by inserting, next after sub-regulation (9), the following sub-regulation:—

“(9a) In every case where an officer or soldier remains under suspension for a longer period than eight days a report in writing of the necessity for the suspension being continued shall be made by his C.O. to the formation, &c., commander, and a further report shall be made every eight days until the suspension is removed. The report is to be made whether the person under suspension is a patient in hospital, or for whatever reason the case is not proceeded with, and even though the cause of the delay lies with the officer to whom the report is made.

(9b) An officer to whom a report is made in pursuance of sub-regulation (9a) of this regulation shall satisfy himself as to the necessity for continuing the suspension.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on

 Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 23, 28 and 126; 1929, No. 128; 1930, Nos. 26, 27 and 92; 1931, No. 13: 1932, Nos. 80, 87 and 125; 1933, Nos. 49 and 77; 1931, Nos. 26 and 80; 1935, Nos. 99 and 109; 1936, No. 21, 44 and 100.

6411.—20/5.4.1937. —Price 3d.

 

(9c) Every case of an officer or soldier who remains under suspension for a longer period than twenty-eight days shall be reported to head-quarters by his formation, &c., commander.”.

3.The following regulation is inserted next after regulation 602 of the Australian Military Regulations:—

Intelligence section, General Staff. Age for retirement.

“602a. An officer seconded from his regiment or corps and attached to the Intelligence Section of the General Staff shall be retired on reaching the age of 60 years.”.

When colours carried by guards.

4. Regulation 676 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by inserting, next after the words “the Queen,”, the words “Queen Mary,”.

Trooping of King’s colour.

5. Regulation 677 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by inserting, next, after the words “the Queen,”, the words “Queen Mary,”.

Honours and salutes on parade.

6. Regulation 679 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “Guards of Honours” and inserting in their stead the words “Guards of Honour”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (i) by—

(i) omitting in the heading the words “the Prince of Wales” and inserting in their stead the words “Queen Mary”; and

(ii) omitting the words “for the King and the Queen, but only the first six bars for the Prince of Wales”; and

(iii) omitting the words “or the Prince of Wales” and inserting in their stead the words “or Queen Mary”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (ii) by omitting, where they twice occur, the words “the Prince of Wales” and inserting in their stead the words “Queen Mary” and

(d) in sub-paragraph (iii) by omitting the words “and the Queen” and inserting in their stead the words “, the Queen, and Queen Mary”.

Guards over the King and Governors.

7. Regulation 700 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Their Majesties”, where they first occur, and inserting in their stead the words “the King, the Queen, or Queen Mary,”.

Personal flags.

8. Regulation 707 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead

“707. (1) The Royal Standard, being the personal flag of the Sovereign, is to be hoisted on official buildings, forts or enclosures, or parade, only when His Majesty the King is personally present in the building, fort or enclosure, or on parade: Provided that when a parade is held in honour of the birthday of the Sovereign the Royal Standard, if available, will be flown as prescribed in the training manuals.

 

(2) When the Queen, Queen Mary, or other member of the Royal Family entitled to a personal standard, is present in an official building, fort or enclosure, or on parade, his or her personal standard is, in the absence of the Sovereign, to be hoisted. The Union Flag will be flown for any other member of the Royal Family.

(3) When the Governor-General is present in an official building, fort or enclosure, or on parade, his flag is, in the absence of the Sovereign, to be hoisted.”.

Flag stations.

9. Regulation 708 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended in sub-regulation (1) by omitting, in the footnote marked with an asterisk, the words “and Queen” and inserting in their stead the words “, the Queen and Queen Mary”.

Artillery salutes.

10. Regulation 710 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended in sub-regulation (2) by—

(a) omitting in sub-paragraph (ii) the words “or the Prince of Wales” and inserting in their stead the words “or Queen Mary”; and

(b) omitting in sub-paragraph (ii) the words “the Prince of Wales or”; and

(c) omitting in sub-paragraph (ii) the words “the Prince of Wales”, where they thirdly occur, and inserting in their stead, the words “Queen Mary”; and

(d) inserting in sub-paragraph (iii), next below the words “The Birthday of the Consort of the Sovereign.”, the words “The Birthday of Queen Mary.”.

Authorized flag.

11. Regulation 722a of the Australian Military Regulations is amended in sub-regulation (1) by omitting the table and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Occupant of Car or Officer upon whom Mounted Orderly is attendant.	Flag authorized.
Member of Military Board ............................. Formation, &c., Commander (other than District Base Commandant or Commandant, Royal Military College)	Flag described in A.M.R. 722. Flag, distinguishing, division (red, swallow tail, with number of the division, &c., in white, the letter “C” being added in the case of a cavalry division).
District Base Commandant.............................	Flag described in A.M.R. 723.
Commandant, Royal Military College	Flag with upper half red and lower half blue, bearing in its centre, in gold, badge of the Corps of Staff Cadets.
Brigade Commander........................................	Flag, distinguishing, brigade (blue pendant).

Admission to military works.

12.Regulation 807 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended in sub-regulation (2) by inserting at the end the words—

“Provided that a person who is not a natural born British subject may not, without the approval of the Military Board, be employed, reside or stay in any military work.”

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