Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1954. No. 117.

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REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1953.

Dated this thirtieth day of November, 1954.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) JOS FRANCIS

Minister of State for the Army.

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AMENDMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY REGULATIONS. 

Regulations 98, 99, 100 and 101 of the Australian Military Regulations are repealed and the following regulation is inserted in their stead:—

Appointment of Honorary Colonels.

“98.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, the Governor-General may appoint—

(a) the Governor of a State;

(b) a person on the retired list who, on his retirement was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel or a higher honorary rank;

(c) an officer holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel or a higher rank; or

(d) in exceptional circumstances, any other person,

to be—

(e) an Honorary Colonel of a corps specified in paragraph (a) of the next succeeding sub-regulation or of a corps, or a regiment or battalion of a corps, specified in paragraphs (b) or (c) of that sub-regulation; or

(f) a Colonel Commandant of a corps, or a regiment of a corps, specified in paragraph (d) of that sub-regulation.

“(2.) The number of appointments under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not exceed—

(a) in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps, the Royal Australian Army Chaplains’ Department, the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Australian Army Dental Corps, the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.

Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Australian Military Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1954, No. and see also Statutory Rules 1952, No. .

3447.—PRICE 3D. 10/28.7.1954.

 

and Mechanical Engineers, the Australian Army Educational Corps, the Australian Army Catering Corps, the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps and the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps—one for each of those corps;

(b) in the case of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals or the Royal Australian Army Service Corps—three for each of those corps;

(c) in the case of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps or the Royal Australian Infantry Corps—one for each regiment or battalion of those corps; and

(d) in the case of the Royal Australian Artillery or the Royal Australian Engineers—seven for each of those corps.

“(3.) An appointment as an Honorary Colonel or Colonel Commandant shall be for a period of five years, but a person who holds such an appointment may be re-appointed for such further period, not exceeding five years, as the Governor-General determines.

“(4.) A person who has attained the age of sixty-five years shall not be appointed as an Honorary Colonel or Colonel Commandant.

“(5.) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, a person who holds an appointment as Honorary Colonel or Colonel Commandant at the commencement of a time of war shall continue to hold the appointment until the time of war has ceased.

“(6.) Sub-regulations (3.) and (4.) of this regulation do not apply in relation to the appointment of a Governor of a State as an Honorary Colonel or Colonel Commandant.”.

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By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.