Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1921. No. 26.

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 thirty-first day of January, 1921.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

GRANVILLE RYRIE,

For Minister of State for Defence.

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The Australian Military Regulations 1916.

Australian Military Regulations are amended as follows:—

(a) Regulation 465 is repealed.

(b) Regulations 577, 578, 579 and 580 are repealed.

(c) The words “or by regimental court martial” in paragraph (b) of regulation 597 are deleted.

(d) Regulation 612 is repealed and the following substituted therefor—

612. (1) Officers of the Permanent Forces are to be required to attend for instruction all courts martial at which their attendance is reasonably practicable during the first six months of their commissioned service in Australia and they are to be required to attend thereafter for instruc­tion from time to time any courts martial at which their attendance is considered necessary to fit them to act as members of courts martial and will not involve expenditure for travelling allowances.

(2) Officers of the Citizen Forces are also to be encouraged to attend courts martial for instruc­tion, and whenever it is proposed to hold a court martial officers of units of the Citizen Forces resident in the locality where the Court will assemble are to be given full opportunity of attending. Officers of the Citizen Forces however attending courts martial for instruction will not receive pay or allowances in respect of their attendance.

(3) Officers whose duty it is to recommend to a convening authority the names of officers for appointment as members of courts martial will submit at the same time names of officers of the Permanent and Citizen Forces whom he recommends and are available to attend for instruction.

(4) Officers who are not competent to perform the important duties involved should not be recommended for appointment as members of courts martial.

(e) The words “and regimental” in regulation 615 are deleted.

(f) The words “These offences should not be dealt with by a court martial inferior to a district court martial” in regulation 632 are deleted.

(g)The words “of a regimental court martial, and” and the words “A regimental court martial or” in regulation 634 are deleted.

(h) Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 638 is repealed and sub-regulations (2), (3), (4) and (5) are re-numbered (1), (2), (3), and (4) respectively.

(i) Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 639 is repealed and sub-regulation (3) is re-numbered “(2)”.

(j) That portion of regulation 652 beginning with the words “In the case of a regimental court martial” and con­cluding with the words “Military Board” is deleted.

(k) Regulation 658 is repealed and regulation 657b is re-numbered “658.”

(l) In regulation 660, delete the words “upon payment of the actual cost of the copying” and substitute the words “upon payment of threepence for every folio of seventy-two words.”

(m) Regulation 661 is repealed.

(n)In regulation 714, delete the words “on payment of the actual, cost of the copy required, not exceeding twopence for every folio of 72 words” and substitute the words “on payment of threepence for every folio of seventy-two words.”

(o) The words “nor tried by regimental court martial” in paragraph (a) of regulation 765 are deleted.

(p) In sub-section (3) of regulation 535 the words “for trial by regimental court martial or he may refer it” are deleted, and the words “court martial” are substituted for the words “a superior court.”

(q) In regulation 547 the words “and convene regimental courts martial” are deleted.

(r) In Appendix A to the Australian Military Regulations under the heading “Forms for Assembly of Courts Martial” form “No. 4—Regimental Court Martial” including the notes thereto is deleted.

       

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