Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 152.

 

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 unless otherwise specified herein.

Dated this fifteenth day of October, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. K. BOWDEN,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Australian Military Regulations 1916

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

Amendments.

A. Regulation 21 (2) is amended by inserting the words “or transfer” next after the words “their dates of appointment”.

B. Regulation 133 is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“133. Officers will usually continue to serve in the unit to which they are first appointed. On changing their place of residence they may be transferred to another unit. Officers so transferred will not usually supersede the holders of any appointments in their new unit, but will be appointed to the first vacancy for which they are qualified. Until a vacancy occurs, they will be borne on the roll as supernumerary”.

C. Regulation 327 is amended by—

(i) Repealing sub-regulation (2).

(ii) Omitting the words “and subject to paying the unexpired value of the uniform and kit” in sub-regulation (3).

(iii) Re-numbering sub-regulation (3) to be sub-regulation (2).

(iv) Inserting the following sub-regulation next after sub-regulation (2)—

“3. A soldier who is granted his discharge free or on purchase in accordance with the last two preceding sub-regulations shall be required to pay the amount prescribed by the Financial and Allowance Regulations in respect of uniform, clothing and necessaries supplied to him or of any allowance paid to him in lieu thereof”.

and

(v) By omitting the words “unexpired value of uniform and kit” in sub-regulation (4) and substituting “amount mentioned in last preceding sub-regulation”.

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D. Regulation 495 is amended by inserting in paragraph (b) thereof next after—

“(iii) In the case of a warrant or non-commissioned officer forfeiture in the prescribed manner of seniority of rank or reduction to a lower grade, or to the ranks”.

the following:—

“(iiia) In the case of a warrant or non-commissioned officer, reprimand or severe reprimand”.

E. Regulation 765 is amended by inserting in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) thereof next after the words “By a district court martial to” the words “be reprimanded or severely reprimanded or to”.

F. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 175 is amended by the addition of the words “or Bombardier” after the word “Corporal”.

G. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 175a is amended by the addition of the words “or Bombardier” after the word “Corporal”.

H. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 195 is amended by—

(a) inserting in the column headed “Rank” and immediately after “(iii) Corporal” the words “or Bombardier”.

(b) inserting in the column headed “Appointment” opposite

“(iii) Corporal or Bombardier” and immediately below the words “Corporal Signaller” the following—

“*Bombardier Cook,

Bombardier Signaller,

2nd. Band Corporal,”

(c) extending the bracket opposite the words “(iii) Corporal or Bombardier” to include the appointments: —

“*Bombardier Cook,

Bombardier Signaller,

2nd. Band Corporal,”

(d) deleting—

“(iv) Bombardier  *Bombardier Cook,

or 2nd.  2nd. Corporal of the Band,

Corporal.  *Engineer Clerk 2nd. Corporal,

Bombardier Signaller.”

(e) deleting the numeral “v.” in the column headed “Rank” and substituting the numeral “iv.”.

(f) deleting the words “Acting Bombardier” and “*Acting Bombardier Artillery Clerk” and substituting the words “Lance Bombardier” and “*Lance Bombardier Artillery Clerk” respectively.

J. Regulation 196 is amended by—

(a)deleting “iii Corporal” and substituting the words “iii Corporal or Bombardier”,

(b) deleting the words “iv. Bombardier or 2nd Corporal”,

(c) deleting the numeral “v.” last occurring and substituting the numeral “iv.”,

(d)deleting in sub-paragraph (b) last occurring the words “an Acting Bombardier” and substituting the words “a Lance Bombardier”.

 

K. Regulation 199 is amended by deleting the words “an Acting Bombardier” and substituting the words “a Lance Bombardier”.

L. Regulation 201 is repealed and the following regulation is substituted—

“201. (1) The establishment of paid lance ranks shall be as authorized by the Military Board and promulgated in the annual establishments.

(2) Unpaid lance appointments may be made in the following proportion—

Lance-Sergeants—50 per cent. of the establishment of sergeants.

Lance-Corporals and Lance-Bombardiers—100 per cent. of the establishment of corporals and bombardiers respectively,

but in cases of necessity a formation, &c., commander may authorize a small additional number of lance appointments.

Paragraphs F. to L. to have effect as from 1st July, 1924.

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