Conduct and Management of Naval Establishments and the Employment of Persons in a Civil Capacity in or in Connexion with Naval Establishments Under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act 1910 Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 180.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1912.

Regulations for the Conduct and Management of Naval Establishments and the Employment of Persons in a Civil Capacity in or in connexion with Naval Establishments under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act 1910-1912.

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 Naval Defence Act 1910-1912, to come into operation on and from the dates specified therein.

Dated this tenth day of July, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. POYNTON,

for Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Regulations for the Conduct and Management of Naval Establishments and the Employment of Persons in a Civil Capacity in or in connexion with Naval Establishments under Section 41 of the Naval Defence Act 1910-1912.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 243.)

Amendments.

entry of apprentices.

Regulation 77 is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following in lieu thereof, as from 1st August, 1917.

“Candidates for examination must not be less than 14 years of age upon 31st March of the year following that in which the examination is held, and must not have attained their 16th birthday upon that date.”

Regulation 78 is cancelled and the following substituted in lieu thereof as from 1st August, 1917:—

“Before examination each candidate will be medically examined by a medical officer appointed by the Naval Board, and must comply with the following requirements:—

To be in good health and of sound constitution, and to be free, as far as can be ascertained, from any disease or defect that would unfit a candidate for the duties of an artisan. His hearing must be unimpaired, and the sight of both eyes must be sufficiently good for the performance of any work. Candidates who cannot produce certificates of vaccination will require to be vaccinated before entry.”

Regulation 79.—Add at end of regulation as from 1st August, 1917:—

“Increments will be dependent on the full year’s service having been rendered.”

Add new Regulation 79a, as follows:—

79a. Apprentices on first taking up appointment, may be refunded the amount, if any, by which the rail or steamer ticket from their home to the place of appointment exceeds £3. Provided that, in the event of the Apprenticeship Agreement not being completed after the probationary term of three months, a refund of the amount so paid shall be made by the apprentice.

Regulation 83 is amended by deleting the words “during the first three years of his apprenticeship, to attend trade classes for three evenings each week at any trades school,” and inserting the following in lieu thereof, as from 1st August, 1917:—

“during his apprenticeship to attend trade classes at least three times each week at any trades school”

 

Regulation 88 is cancelled and the following substituted in lieu thereof, as from 1st September, 1917:—

STEAM TRIALS AFLOAT.

88. Allowances in accordance with the following scale may be paid in connexion with steam trials afloat:—

For Officers and Staff on Salary.

For those engaged on deck only.	For those engaged in Machinery spaces.
		Land travelling allowance as per scale.	Regulation 67 as unit.
Away from the Yard on steam or other trials under way—
Above Water Vessels	(a) 4 hours or over, but not out all night............................................................................................................... (b) Out all night and on board...............................................................................................................	Nil. .. ½ ..	¼ ½
Submarines...........................	(a)............................................................................................................... (b)...............................................................................................................	½ 1
Employees Who are Paid Weekly.
For those whose duty is in connexion with the Machinery in the Machinery spaces.
	For Others
(a) Setting safety valves, basin trials, and whilst on duty on board lighting up boilers, warming through, or other similar preparations for trials, making adjustments, and effecting minor repairs between trials......................................................	During ordinary working hours  × ¼................................................................... Outside working hours  T ×1¼	t T
(b) 1. For repair trials and short trials, other than builders’, whilst under way from wharf to wharf
	I.
Above Water Vessels.	(i) When actually employed...............................................................................................	During ordinary working hours t × 1½................................................................... Outside working hours  T × 1½	t × 1¼ T × 1¼
(ii) When standing by...............................................................................................	During ordinary working hours................................................................... Outside working hours...................................................................	t T
2. For all builders’ trials, including commissioning trial, whilst under way from wharf to wharf (whole time).....................................................................................................	..................................................... t × 1½.....................................................	t × 1¼
II.	(a)............................................................................................................	During ordinary working hours t × 1½...................................................................	t
		Outside working hours  T × l½	T
Submarines...........................	(b)............................................................................................................	During ordinary working hours t × 2...................................................................	t × 2
Outside working hours  T × 2		T × 2
III.	If out all night and sleeping on board, additional allowance..................................................................................................
All Vessels.		5s.

t = Ordinary working hours rate. T = Overtime or holiday rate.

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