Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 52.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1953.*

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 1903-1953.

Dated this fifteenth day of June, 1956.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. O. CRAMER

Minister of State for the Army.

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AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY REGULATIONS. 

1. Regulation 21 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Constitution of the Military Board.

“21. The Military Board shall consist of the following members:—

The Minister of State for the Army (President);

The Chief of the General Staff (First Military Member and Chairman);

The Adjutant-General (Second Military Member);

The Quartermaster-General (Third Military Member);

The Master-General of the Ordnance (Fourth Military Member);

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff (Fifth Military Member);

The Citizen Military Forces Member; and

The Secretary to the Department of the Army.”.

2. Regulation 24 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Meetings of the Board.

“24. (1) A general meeting of the Military Board is a meeting at which the Minister is present, and an ordinary meeting of the Military Board is a meeting at which the Minister is not present.

“(2) A general meeting of the Military Board may be convened only by the Minister, and an ordinary meeting of the Military Board may be convened only by the First Military Member or, in his absence, by the next senior Military Member available.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.

Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Australian Military Regulation, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1956, No.  .

1986/56.–– PRICE 3D. 9/29.3.1956.

 

“(3) At a general meeting of the Military Board the Minister shall preside, and at an ordinary meeting of the Military Board the First Military Member or, in his absence, the next senior Military Member available, shall preside.

“(4) At a meeting of the Military Board—

(a) four members form a quorum;

(b) the member presiding and each other member present has one vote on a question before the meeting; and

(c) subject to sub-regulation (1) of regulation 29 of these Regulations, a question before the meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and a decision shall not be made where the members present are equally divided on a question.”.

Responsibilities of members.

3. Regulation 30 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) the words “Censorship; Questions of International Law; Aid to the Civil Power; and Libraries” and inserting in their stead the words “and Aid to the Civil Power”; and

(b) by omitting paragraph (da) of that sub-regulation and inserting in its stead the following paragraphs:—

“(da) The Deputy Chief of the General Staff shall be responsible for Censorship; Questions of International Law; Libraries; General Staff aspects of equipment policy; and other General Staff matters not involving important questions of military policy or principle.

(db) The Citizen Military Forces Member shall be responsible for advising the Military Board in respect of any matter or class of matters affecting the Citizen Military Forces.”.

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