Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1968 No.

REGULATION UNDER DEFENCE ACT 1903-1966.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1966.

Dated this fifteenth day of August,1968.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Allen Fairhall

Minister of State for Defence, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of

State for the Army.

Amendment or the Australian Military Regulations  

Ages for retirement of officers.

Regulation 124 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“ (1.) Subject to this regulation, the age for the compulsory retirement of an officer, for the purposes of section 27 of the Act, is the age set out in the following table in relation to his rank or appointment and the name of his corps, service or department:—

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1968.

  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, 115, 123, 134, 160 and 173;, 1940, Nos. 2, 16, 29, 59, 150, 183, 184, 186, 199, 237, 252, 272 and 273; 1941, Nos 3, 4, 14, 43, 135, 153, 155, 205, 245, 246, 260 and 311; 1942, Nos. 35, 59, 60, 85, 114, 166, 179, 211, 231, 289, 333, 334, 350, 417, 477 506, 508, 521, 522, 555 and 556; 1943, Nos 17, 68, 72, 126, 174, 199, 200, 219, 244, 245, 246, 249 and 258; 1944, Nos. 1, 39, 69, 71, 72, 114, 120, 122, 154 and 164; 1945, Nos. 6, 19, 38, 42, 68, 94, 111, 141 and 195; 1946, Nos. 72, 113, 114, 116 and 150; 1947, Nos. 25 and 59; 1948, Nos. 40, 59, 65 and 79; 1949, Nos. 55 and 68, 1950, Nos. 10, 21, 29, 64 and 65; 1951 Nos. 20, 56, 125, 149 and 152; 1952, Nos. 8, 60, 68 and 69; 1953, No 87; 1954, Nos. 113, 117 and 118; 1955 Nos. 7, 31 and 55; 1956, Nos. 52, 102 and 115; 1957, No. 56; 1958, Nos. 31, 32 and 85; 1959, Nos. 22 and 30; 1960, No. 25; 1961, No. 42; 1962 Nos. 23 27, 68, 69 and 171; 1963, No. 28; 1964, Nos. 62, 83, 93 and 149; 1965, Nos. 61, 72, 116, 119, 138 and 171; 1966, Nos. 119 and 167, and 1967, Nos. 13, 118 and 168.

20475/68—Price 5c 12/12.8.1968

 

Corps, Service or Department.	Rank or Appointment.
	General or Lieutenant-General	Major-General.	Brigadier.	Colonel.	Lieutenant-Colonel.	Major.	Captain.	Lieutenant.	Second-Lieutenant.	Quartermaster.
The Australian Staff Corps...............................	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps.............	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery......	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Australian Engineers.......................	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Australian Corps of Signals.............	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Australian Infantry Corps................	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Australian Army Aviation Corps................	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Australian Intelligence Corps.....................	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Australian Army Service Corps (other than the Australian Army Canteen Service).........	60	57	55	55	50	47	47	47	47	55
The Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (other than the Australian Army Printing and Stationery Service)......................................................	..	..	57	57	53	50	50	50	50	55
The Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.................................	..	..	57	57	53	50	50	50	50	55
The Royal Australian Army Provost Corps........	..	..	57	57	53	50	50	50	50	55
The Royal Australian Survey Corps..................	..	60	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Royal Australian Army Chaplains Department	..	60	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Australian Army Canteen Service..............	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps.......	..	60	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Royal Australian Army Dental Corps.........	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Royal Australian Army Educational Corps	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Australian Army Catering Corps................	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Royal Australian Army Pay Corps.............	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Australian Army Legal Corps....................	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Australian Army Printing and Stationery Service..................................................................	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Australian Army Psychology Corps...........	..	..	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Australian Army Band Corps.....................	..	..	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
The Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps.......	..	..	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	..
The Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps....	..	..	55	55	55	55	50	50	50	..

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