Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 201.

 

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 seventeenth day of December, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. K. BOWDEN,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Australian Military Regulations.

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

Amendments.

A. Paragraph (g) of regulation 11 is amended by omitting sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) thereof and substituting the following paragraphs:—

“(i) The Chief of the General Staff shall in general be charged with all preparations for war; and in particular with:—Intelligence; organization; war establishments; plans and principles of mobilization; plans of operation and concentration; distribution of troops; issue of operation orders; defence schemes; fortifications; matters of principle affecting the design, supply and distribution of ordnance and ammunition; censorship; training; musketry and education; libraries.

(ii) The Adjutant-General shall in general be charged with the provision, enrolment, allocation to approved organizations, mobilization in detail and the discipline of personnel, and in particular with:—Peace organization; peace establishments; reserves; registrations; exemptions; medical inspection; administration of military areas; training localities; allocation upon approved establishments; preparation and issue of standing orders for mobilization; discipline; military prisons; police; detention barracks; military and martial law; duties in aid of the civil power; medical services; sanitation; issue of routine orders; drafting proposed military regulations; administration of Administrative and Instructional Staffs or such organization as will include personnel thereof; appointments, promotions, retirements, posting, exchange and transfer of officers; casualties; discharges; desertion and fraudulent enlistment; medals; ceremonial; chaplains.”

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B. Regulation 62 is amended by—

(a) inserting the number “(1)” next after the number “62”, and

(b) adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation—

“(2) Candidates from other arms of the Service may be permitted to compete in the examinations for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in a unit of the Engineers.”

C. The heading “Division 8—Commanding Officers” immediately preceding regulation 78 is amended by adding thereto the words “and Staff Appointments”.

Regulation 78 is amended by inserting the figure “(1)” next after the number “78”, and by adding the following sub-regulation:—

“(2) Subject to these Regulations an officer appointed to the staff of a command higher than that of a battalion or equivalent command shall not, unless re-appointed, hold the appointment for a longer period than four years.”

D. Regulations 154, 155 and 156 are cancelled and the following regulations substituted:—

“154. (1) Subject to these Regulations, officers who have the requisite qualifying service and have reached the age for retirement of their rank, may, on retirement, be placed upon the Retired List and may be granted one step in honorary rank above the substitutive or brevet rank held immediately prior to retirement in accordance with the following table:—

Substantive or Brevet Rank on Retirement.	Requisite Qualifying Service for Retired List with grant of one step in Honorary Rank.
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.
Major-General....................................................
Colonel....................................................
Lieut.-Colonel....................................................	Twenty years’ commissioned service on the Active List in the Military Forces.
Major....................................................
Captain....................................................	Fifteen years’ commissioned service on the Active List in the Military Forces.
Lieutenant....................................................

Quartermasters holding honorary commissioned rank, who have reached the age for retirement and have the qualifying service required by this sub-regulation for officers with corresponding substantive rank, may, on retirement, be placed upon the Retired List and granted one step in honorary rank above the rank so held.

(2) Officers who have ten years’ commissioned service on the Active List of the Military Forces and are ineligible for the grant of honorary rank on retirement under the last preceding sub-regulation may, on retirement, be placed upon the Retired List and be permitted to retain the substantive, brevet, or honorary rank held immediately prior to retirement.

 

(3) An officer shall not be placed upon the Retired List with a step in honorary rank higher than that of Colonel except upon the recommendation of the Military Board.

(4) One-half of any service in the ranks in the Australian Permanent Forces and one-fifth of any such service in the Active Citizen Forces may be counted for the purpose of this regulation as qualifying commissioned service.

(5) Officers holding temporary rank shall relinquish their temporary rank on retirement and temporary rank shall not be counted for the purposes of this regulation.

(6) Officers not qualified under this regulation for the grant of a step in honorary rank or for permission to retain their rank on retirement shall not be placed upon the Retired List.

155. Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding regulation:—

(a) an officer upon whom the local or temporary rank of major-general, lieutenant-general or general has been conferred in time of war may, upon the recommendation of the Military Board, be placed upon the Retired List on his retirement and be granted as honorary rank the rank so conferred;

(b)an officer permanently medically unfit for service owing to wounds or sickness (not due to misconduct) contracted on active service may upon the recommendation of the Military Board, be placed upon the Retired List on his retirement and be permitted to retain the substantive, brevet, or honorary rank held immediately prior to retirement.

155a. (1) Officers on the Retired List may be permitted to wear the uniform of their corps.

(2) Officers on the Retired List when in uniform shall wear the letter “R” on each shoulder-strap.

156. A detailed statement of his service (including service in the ranks if any) certified by the C.O. should accompany every recommendation for the retirement of an officer.”

E. Regulation 224 is amended by deleting the following:—

“Victoria Barracks, Melbourne 1 ‡ 1*”.

 

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