Australian Rifle Club Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1934.*
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
Dated this Fourteenth
day of February , 1936.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ARCHDALE PARKHILL
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendment of Australian Rifle Club Regulations.
1. Regulation 3 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is amended by adding at the end the words and figures “Part IV.—Miscellaneous”.
2. Regulation 13 of the Australian
Rifle Club Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (
3. Regulation 16 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is amended—
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a ) in paragraph (a )of sub-regulation (1) by omitting the word “Persons” and inserting in its stead the words “Male persons”; and
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b )by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—“(2) Male persons who are British subjects may be elected as honorary members by the Committees of Rifle Clubs which they desire to join, but honorary members shall not have a voice in the management of Rifle Clubs, and their names shall not be shown in any list of active members in respect of any claim for any privilege or concession allowed to active members.”
* Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1931, No. 120, as amended by Statutory Rules 1932, Nos. 47 and 108; and 1934, No. 15.
247.—12/21.1.1936.—Price 3d.
4. Regulation 37 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1) A rifle shall not be sold to a member of a Rifle Club on the deferred payment system unless the Captain and the Secretary, acting on behalf of the Rifle Club, undertake to act as guarantors for the due fulfilment of the agreement by the purchaser.”
5. Regulation 49 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
“49. (1) The District Base Commandant may approve of a grant (which shall not, without the approval of the Military Board, exceed £75) for the construction and equipment of a rifle range for each newly-formed Rifle Club.
(2) In order that every rifle range shall at all times be safe for rifle practice the District Base Commandant may approve of such grants as are required, from time to time, to carry out re-construction, alteration or repairs thereto: provided that the maximum grant to a Rifle Club in respect of any particular work of re-construction, alteration or repair shall not, without the approval of the Military Board, exceed £75.
(3) All grants under sub-regulations (1) and (2) of this regulation shall be subject to provision being made by Parliament and shall be within the allocation made to the Military District concerned.”
6. Regulation 50 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
50. (1) All grants for the construction, equipment and maintenance of rifle ranges shall be subject to the following conditions:—
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a ) The amount of the grant shall, unless it is less than £10, be based on the written report of a qualified person who has inspected the site and calculated the probable cost of the work proposed.(
b ) The land upon which the range is situated shall be held by the Commonwealth under a permissive occupancy, or, in the case of private property, under an approved lease of at least five years’ duration or such less time as may be approved by the Military Board. (In the case of alteration, re-construction or repairs the unexpired tenure held by the Commonwealth over the site shall be taken into consideration.)(
c ) All rifle ranges shall be available for use by the Naval, Military and Air Forces and Senior Cadets at such times as are arranged between the Captain of the Rifle Club and the officers commanding the units concerned.
(2) Except with the approval of the Military Board a grant shall not be paid towards the establishment of a branch range in connexion with any Rifle Club.
(3) A claim for any work on a rifle range which is carried out without proper authority shall not be recognized.”
7. Regulation 53 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is repealed.
8. Regulation 54 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1) and (2) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1) The District Base Commandant may approve of a grant not exceeding £30 towards the construction of a miniature rifle range which is established by a Rifle Club: provided that where two or more Rifle Clubs unite for the building of a joint or central range a grant of such amount as is approved by the Military Board may be made. All grants under this sub-regulation shall be subject to provision being made by Parliament and shall be within the allocation made to the Military District concerned”
9. Regulation 61 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is amended by inserting at the end the words:—
“: provided further that the District Base Commandant may approve of affiliation fees being deducted from the efficiency grant and paid direct to the appropriate State Rifle Association and District Rifle Club Union”.
10. Regulation 71 of the Australian Rifle Club Regulations is amended by omitting rule (2) and inserting in its stead the following rule:—
“(2) A person who is eligible for membership under Australian Rifle Club Regulation 16 shall be enrolled as a member provided that he has been duly elected in accordance with the by-laws and has paid the prescribed entrance fee and annual subscription. This rule shall not apply to transfers approved under Australian Rifle Club Regulation 26.”
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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