STATUTORY RULES.
1919.
No. 268.
REGULATION
UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.
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 1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of
November, 1919.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
GEO. H. WISE,
for Minister of State for Defence.
Amendment of Financial and Allowance Regulations
Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 166 is repealed, and the following
sub-regulation made in lieu thereof:—
“(1) Notwithstanding
the issue of any ‘Establishments’ of units, all members of the Militia Forces
may be paid according to their rank in cases where such establishment is
exceeded, but, in the case of ranks higher than that of private, no further
promotion to such rank shall be made until such supernumeraries are absorbed,
and if the excess be—
(a) In the
commissioned ranks
| No further appointments as officers will be made
unless the total authorized establishment of officers of the unit will not be
exceeded thereby, and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of
Lieutenant, any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank
will not be filled until such excess officer has been absorbed.
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(b) In the
rank of warrant officer or of non-commissioned officer of or above the rank
of sergeant (exclusive of farrier-sergeant, collarmaker-sergeant,
saddler-sergeant, wheeler-sergeant, and armourer-sergeant)
| No further appointment or promotion to these ranks
will be made unless the total establishments of such ranks will not be
exceeded thereby; and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of
sergeant, any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank
will not be filled until such excess warrant or non-commissioned officer has
been absorbed.
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(c) In the
rank of N.C.O. below the rank of sergeant
| No further appointments or promotions will be made
to the rank in which the excess exists unless the total establishment of the
N.C.O. ranks below the rank of sergeant will not be exceeded thereby.”
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