Fleet Reserve Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 8.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–1934.*

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 Naval Defence Act 1910–1934.

Dated this seventh day of January, 1942.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendments of the Fleet Reserve Regulations. 

Qualifications for Entry—Age.

1. Regulation 5 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (b), after the word “age”, the words “, or, in time of war, fifty-five years of age,”.

2. Regulation 6 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Period of engagement.

“6.—(1) A candidate of forty-five years of age or under shall, before being enrolled in the Fleet Reserve, execute an engagement, in such form as is approved by the Naval Board, to serve in the Fleet Reserve—

(a) if he is under forty-five years of age, for a period of five years from the date of his enrolment; or

(b) if he is forty-five years of age, until he attains the age of fifty years.

(2) A member who is under the age of fifty years at the completion of his first period of engagement may, subject to these Regulations, be re-enrolled for further successive periods if, in respect of the second and each subsequent period of re-enrolment, he executes an engagement in the approved form to serve in the Fleet Reserve for five years:

Provided that, if he will attain the age of fifty years before the expiration of five years from the date of any period of re-enrolment, the period of engagement shall be only until he attains that age.

 

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1941.

Twelfth Amendment.

 Statutory Rules 1926, No. 61, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 6. 31 and 140; 1930, No. 13; 1932, Nos. 74 and 99; 1934, No. 162; 1935, No. 74; 1936, Nos. 79 and 147; and 1938, No. 107.

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(3) In time of war, a candidate for entry into the Fleet Reserve shall, before being enrolled therein, execute an engagement, in such form as is approved by the Naval Board, to serve in the Naval Forces for two years or for the duration of the war, whichever period is the longer”.

3. After regulation 47 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

Disposal of kit on termination of service.

“47a.—(1) A member, having been called out for war service in time of war, shall, on the termination of that service, return to the Commonwealth the bedding supplied to him on loan in accordance with regulation 46 of these Regulations, but he may, except as provided in this regulation, be permitted to retain the other articles of his kit.

(2) When a member is discharged for any reason within six months of his enrolment or re-enrolment, he shall return to the Commonwealth all articles of kit which were issued gratuitously to him or in respect of which he was credited with clothing gratuity pursuant to regulation 47 of these Regulations.

(3) When a member is discharged for misconduct or unsuitability at any time after he has completed six months’ service, he shall return to the Commonwealth all articles of kit which are articles of uniform.

(4) A member who is discharged for any reason within two years of his enrolment or re-enrolment shall return his kit bag to the Commonwealth.

(5) Where a member is discharged within the time or in the circumstances specified in sub-regulation (2) or (3) of this regulation and is unable, when discharged, to provide himself with an outfit of civilian clothing, he may, if the total amount to his credit in his active pay account immediately prior to his discharge is insufficient to defray the cost of purchasing that outfit, be provided, at the expense of the Commonwealth, with such articles of civilian clothing as the Naval Board deems necessary”.

4. Regulation 55 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

War Service.

“55. In the event of the Fleet Reserve or any part thereof being called out for war service in pursuance of sections 46 and 47 of the Defence Act 1903–1941 in their application in relation to the Naval Forces, any member so called out shall be liable to serve with the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going).”.

5. Regulation 57 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Retirement.

“57.—(1) Except in time of war, a member shall be compulsorily retired fromq the Fleet Reserve on his attaining the age of fifty years.

(2) In time of war, a member shall be compulsorily retired from the Fleet Reserve on his attaining the age of sixty years”.

 

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