Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 150.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.

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 1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this second day of September, 1925.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

NEVILLE HOWSE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Australian Military Regulations.

(Statutory Rules, 1916, No. 166, as amended to this date.)

Amendments.

A. Regulation 152 is amended—

(a) by deleting from the table in sub-regulation (1) the following:—

“Reserve of Officers—
All ranks............................	60.................... ”

and substituting therefor the following:—

“Reserve of Officers—
Lieut.-General....................	65.....................
Major-General...................	62.....................
Lower ranks.......................	60...................... ”

(b) by deleting the proviso at the end of the regulation.

B. Sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 154 is amended—

(a) by deleting the words “the age for retirement of their rank” and substituting therefor the words “the qualifying age for their rank”;

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(b) by deleting the table therein, and substituting the following:—

Substantive or Brevet rank on retirement.	Requisite Qualifying Service for Retired List with grant of one Step in Honorary Rank	Qualifying Age
			Lieut.-General	Thirty years’ commissioned service on the Active List in the Military Forces, including, in the case of an officer holding the substantive or brevet rank of Colonel on retirement, ten years’ continuous service in that substantive or brevet rank	65
			62
Major-General
Colonel..........	58
Lieut. Colonel	Twenty years’ commissioned service on the Active list in the Military Forces	56
Major ............		55
Captain..........	Fifteen years’ commissioned service on the Active List in the Military Forces	50
Lieutenant......		48

and

(c) by deleting, the words “have reached the age for retirement” secondly occurring, and substituting therefor the words “have reached the qualifying age”.

C. Regulation 409 is amended by deleting the words “excepting cost of living allowances and command or staff pay” and substituting therefor the words “but inclusive of command and staff pay”,

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STATUTORY RULES.1925. No. 150.

MEMORANDUM

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY REGULATIONS.

These amendments refer to the ages for retirement of officers of the permanent military Forces.