Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1964. No. 93.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1956.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1956.

Dated this twenty third day of July, 1964.

E. W. WOODWARD

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. J. FORBES

Minister of State for the Army.

 

Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations. 

1. Regulation 73 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Nationality of officers.

“73.—(1.) A person shall not be appointed an officer of the Military Forces unless he is a British subject or an Australian protected person.

“(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, ‘Australian protected person’ has the same meaning as in regulation 5 of the Citizenship Regulations.”.

Eligibility for promotion in Citizen Forces.

2. Regulation 88 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(2.) An officer of the Citizen Military Forces, other than a C.O., is not eligible for promotion unless his C.O. certifies that he is in all respects fitted for promotion.

“(2a.) In giving a certificate under the last preceding sub-regulation, the C.O. shall not have regard to whether or not the officer has passed the appropriate examination for promotion to a higher rank.”.

Chaplains-General.

3. Regulation 595 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “, selected and appointed as Chaplain-General, United Churches, by the Governor-General” and inserting in their stead the words “appointed upon the recommendation of the body known as the Federal United Churches Chaplaincy Board”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30th July, 1964.

  Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Australian Military Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1964, No. 62, and see also Statutory Rules 1964, Nos. 62 and 83.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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