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AUSTRALIAN
MILITARY REGULATIONS.
Statutory
Rules 1955, No. 7.(a)
Subdivision
of Regulations.
1. Regulation 2 of the
Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting the words and figures—
“
Part IX—Ceremonial—
Division
1.—Standards guidons and colours.............. 673-677
Division
2.—Honours and salutes.............................. 678-734
”.
Definitions.
2. Regulation 3 of the
Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “
Formation, &c.,” the words “ Military District,”.
Powers
of formation, &c., commanders exercisable by the Military Board.
3. Regulation
12 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting the words “, or,
in time of war, by a district commandant ”.
Omission
of sub-heading.
4. The
sub-heading immediately preceding regulation 41 of the Australian Military
Regulations is omitted and the following subheading inserted in its stead :—“Areas.”.
Repeal
of regulations 41 and 41a.
5. Regulations 41 and 41a of the Australian Military Regulations
are repealed.
Precedence
of Corps.
6. Regulation
68 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from
sub-regulation (2.) the words “ numerical order of the military districts to
which they belong ” and inserting in their stead the words “ order in which the
Commands to which they belong are specified in the instrument appointing
Commands under section 8 of the Act ”.
Transfer
on the Unattached List.
7. Regulation
119 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting the words “ military
district ” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the word “ Command
”.
Officers
on the Unattached List.
8. Regulation 132 of the
Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2)
the words “ the Base Commandant of the military district ” and inserting in
their stead the words “ the Commander of the Command ”.
Examination
of proceedings—peace and war service.
9. Regulation
334 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from
sub-regulation (1) the words “ or an officer of the Australian Army Legal Corps
” and inserting
(a) Made under the Defence Act 1903-1953 on 12th January, 1955; notified in the Gazette on 20th January, 1955.
in their
stead the words “, an officer of the Australian Army Legal Corps or a barrister
or solicitor of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory
of the Commonwealth, being a barrister or solicitor approved by the Director of
Legal Services for the purpose,” ; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (6) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation :—
“
(6.) A person who has acted as the president, a member of the court, the
prosecutor, counsel for the prosecutor or the judge-advocate at a trial by
court-martial shall not, either before or after confirmation, advise upon the
proceedings of that court-martial.”.
Assistance
by Commander.
10. Regulation 399 of the
Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2)
the words “ district base commandant ” and inserting in their stead the words “
Commander of a Command ”.
Application
for assistance to be reported.
11.
Regulation 402 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting
the words “ district base commandant ” and inserting in their stead the words “
Commander of a Command ”.
12.
Regulation 485 of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the
following regulation inserted in its stead :—
Service
of persons called up under the National Service Act.
“ 485.—(1.) The service to be
rendered by a person under subsection (2.) of section 33, or sub-section (8.)
of section 51, of the National Service Act shall be—
(a)full-time
training at a camp of continuous training for ninety-eight consecutive days;
and
(b)part-time
training—
(i)
at a camp or camps of continuous training for a total period of forty-two days;
and
(ii)
at parades (consisting of week-end bivouacs or courses, whole day, half-day and
night parades), or at a camp or camps of continuous training, for a total
period of thirty-six days.
“ (2.) The service to be rendered
by a member of the Citizen Forces under sub-section (10.) of section 51 of the
National Service Act shall be—
(a)full-time
training in accordance with paragraph (a)
of the last preceding sub-regulation for the number of days by which the number
of days on which he has rendered service in full-time training for the purposes
of that Act is loss than ninety-eight days ; and
(b)part-time
training in accordance with paragraph (b)
of the last preceding sub-regulation for the number of days on which he has
rendered service in part-time training for the purposes of that Act is less
than seventy-eight days.”.
Duties
of legal officers.
13. Regulation 582 of the
Australian Military Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following sub-regulation :—
“ (5.) A barrister or solicitor
of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory of the
Commonwealth approved by the
Director
of Legal Services for the purposes of sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 334 of
these Regulations may perform a duty or exercise a power of a legal officer
under paragraph (a),(b),(f),(g)
or (h) of
sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation and a duty so performed or a power so
exercised shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be the performance of the duty
or the exercise of the power by a legal officer.”.
Repeal
of Part IX.
14.