Australian Military Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
Statutory Rules 1949,
No. 68.
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“ (2.) The C.O. of members of the Permanent Forces allotted for duty with the Citizen Forces when not called out for and employed on war service shall be—
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a )in respect of a member allotted to a unit within the command of an armoured brigade, the artillery of a division or an infantry brigade where an officer not below the rank of major is holding the office or performing the duties of brigade major—the brigade major; and(
b ) in respect of any other member—the senior officer of the Permanent Forces not below the rank of major, on the staff of the head-quarters of the formation, &c., having command of the unit to which the member is allotted, who is responsible for the performance of the duties of the Adjutant-General’s branch at those head-quarters or, where there is no such officer, an officer of the Permanent Forces, not below the rank of major, appointed for the purpose by the formation, &c., commander.
“ (3.) The C.O. of members of the Permanent Forces serving on the establishment of, attached to or attending for instruction at the Royal Military College, the Australian Staff College or an Army school shall be—
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a ) in respect of a member serving under the command of the Commandant of the Royal Military College or attending for instruction at the Royal Military College—the Commandant of the Royal Military College or an officer, not below the rank of major, authorized by him for that purpose ;
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b )in respect of a member serving under the command of the Commandant of the Australian Staff College or attending for instruction at the Australian Staff College—the Commandant of the Australian Staff College or an officer, not below the rank of major, authorized by him for that purpose ; and(
c ) in respect of a member allotted for duty or attending for instruction at an Army School—the chief instructor of the school, not below the rank of major.
“ (4.) The C.O. of members of the Permanent Forces allotted for duty with the Senior Cadets within a formation, &c., shall be an officer, not below the rank of major, appointed for that purpose by the formation, &c., commander.
“ (5.) The C.O. of all other members of the Permanent Forces in respect of whom no C.O. has been appointed shall be the Adjutant-General or an officer, not below the rank of major, appointed by him for that purpose either generally or in respect of any particular class or classes of members.”.
“ 68.—(1.) The following shall be Corps in the Australian Military Forces, and their precedence shall be in the order given :—
The Australian Staff Corps,
The Corps of Staff Cadets,
The Australian Instructional Corps,
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps,
The Royal Australian Artillery,
The Royal Australian Engineers,
The Royal Australian Survey Corps,
The Royal Australian Corps of Signals,
The Royal Australian Infantry Corps,
The Australian Intelligence Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Chaplains Department,
The Royal Australian Army Service Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Dental Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps,
The Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
The Australian Army Educational Corps,
The Australian Army Catering Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Pay Corps,
The Australian Army Legal Corps,
The Australian Engineer and Railway Staff Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Provost Corps,
The Royal Australian Army Nursing Service,
The Australian Women’s Army Service,
The Australian Army Medical Women’s Service,
The Australian Army Reserve, and
The Volunteer Defence Corps.
“ (2.) Units of the same arm or service shall take precedence within that arm or service according to the order of their numerical succession, or if not included in a numerical succession, according to the numerical order of the military districts to which they belong, but a unit of the Permanent Forces shall take precedence of a unit of the same arm or service of the Citizen Forces.”.
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a ) by omitting the word “ five ” and inserting in its stead the word “ six ”; and(
b )by omitting the word “ three ” and inserting in its stead the word “ two ”.
“ 135a. Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 191 of these Regulations, the Adjutant-General may approve the enlistment of any person who is under the age of 57 years at the time of his enlistment.”.
“ 140.—(1.) A soldier of the Permanent Forces may elect to re-engage at the expiration of the period of his original engagement or subsequent re-engagement, and, if he so elects and his re-engagement is approved, the soldier shall, if medically fit, with all convenient speed after the expiration of that period, be re-engaged to serve for periods as follows :—
First re-engagement—Six years.
Second and subsequent re-engagements—Five years.
“ (2.) It shall be the duty of the C.O. of a soldier of the Permanent Forces to inform the soldier, not earlier than three months or later than two months prior to the expiration of the soldier’s then current period of engagement or re-engagement, that the soldier may elect to re-engage for the further period for which he is eligible under the last preceding sub-regulation.
“ (3.) A soldier of the Permanent Forces may, within 30 days after he is informed in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, or, if his C.O. fails so to inform him, not later than 30 days prior to the expiration of his then current period of engagement or re-engagement, notify his C.O. in writing as to whether he desires to re-engage for the further period for which he is eligible.
“ (4.) A soldier of the Permanent Forces who does not, in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, notify his desire to re-engage shall be discharged at the expiration of the period of his engagement or re-engagement.
“ (5.) Subject to such instructions as are issued from time to time by the Military Board, the re-engagement of a soldier of the Permanent Forces may be approved—
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a ) in the case of a soldier of or below the rank of corporal or bombardier—by the C.O. of the soldier ; and(
b )in the case of an N.C.O. above the rank of corporal or bombardier or of a warrant officer—by a formation, &c., commander :
Provided that, where a soldier who elects to re-engage will reach the age of 47 years before the expiration of the period for which he is eligible to re-engage, his re-engagement shall not be approved except by the Adjutant-General.
“ (6.) A voluntarily enlisted soldier of the Citizen Forces may, at any time not later than 30 days prior to the expiration of his then current period of engagement or re-engagement, elect to re-engage for a further period of one year, and if his C.O. approves, the soldier shall, if medically fit, with all convenient speed, be so re-engaged.
“ (7.) An agreement to re-engage shall be in the form for the time being authorized by the Military Board.
“ (8.) The engagement or re-engagement of any soldier may, before the expiration of six months after the day of his engagement or re-engagement, he vetoed by the Minister, the Adjutant-General or a formation &c. commander, and a soldier whose engagement or re-engagement has been so vetoed shall be discharged with all convenient speed.
“ (9.) The discharge of a soldier shall not be delayed for the purpose of allowing him time to consider whether he will elect to re-engage.
“ (10.) Subject to regulation 179 of these Regulations, the period of service of a soldier of the Permanent Forces which may be counted for the purpose of computing the period of his engagement or re-engagement shall be any period of service during which he is entitled to draw the full pay of his rank, one-half of any period of service during which he is entitled to half pay and one-third of any period of service during which he is entitled to third pay.”.
“ 191.—(1.) Except as provided in this regulation a soldier of the Permanent Forces shall be discharged on attaining the age of 55 years, and a soldier of the Citizen Forces on attaining the age of 48 years.
“ (2.) Where the Adjutant-General considers that the services of a soldier or class of soldiers should be retained because of his or their special qualifications, he may approve of the re-engagement of that soldier or soldiers of that class notwithstanding that the soldier or soldiers has or have reached the age prescribed in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation or will attain that age during the term of his or their re-engagement :
Provided that any soldier so re-engaged, who will attain the age of 60 years before the expiration of that re-engagement shall, except as provided in sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation, be discharged on reaching the age of 60 years.
“ (3.) In time of war the provisions of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be read and construed as if for the figures ‘ 55 ’ and for the figures ‘ 48 ’ there were substituted the figures ‘ 60 ’.
“ (4.) Any soldier who, during the time of war or within three months immediately after a time of war has ceased, reaches the age for his discharge prescribed by this regulation, shall be discharged on the expiration of those three months :
Provided that any soldier may sooner be discharged at any time after he has reached that age.”.
“ 309a. For the purpose of the trial of a member of the Military Forces, the form of oath prescribed by R.P. 27 for the judge-advocate shall be read as if there were inserted therein, after the words ‘ and the rules made thereunder ’, the words ‘ and the Defence Act of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Regulations made thereunder ’.”.
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aa ) Every military corrective establishment.”.
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a ) by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation :—“ (5.) When artillery practice seaward is to be carried out the formation, &c, commander to whose command the persons carrying out the practice belong shall notify the senior naval officer in charge in the area and the Deputy Director of Navigation concerned (or, in the Northern Territory of Australia, the Collector of Customs at Darwin), not less than seven clear days before the practice takes place, in order that His Majesty’s ships and other ships at sea may he informed.” ; and
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b ) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation :—“ (8.) The provisions of this regulation shall apply to and be observed in respect of test or proof firing of any gun or battery in the same manner as if such test or proof firing were artillery practice.”.
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