Fleet Reserve Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1935. No. 74.

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 August, 1935.

(Sgd.) ISAAC A. ISAACS.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Fleet Reserve Regulations. 

Service.

1. Regulation 5, paragraph (c), of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is amended by adding the following:—

“or of three months since the expiration of the man’s last term of engagement in the Royal Fleet Reserve or Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, provided also that if re-enrolment takes place within 5 years from date of previous discharge from the Fleet Reserve, the Naval Board may, in exceptional cases, approve of re-enrolment without loss of benefits of former service.”

2. Regulation 16 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is amended by adding the following new sub-regulation:—

“Transfers from the R.F.R.

(3) Service in the Royal Fleet Reserve shall count as equivalent to service in the Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, and the rules regarding re-enrolment shall apply to any man transferring from the former to the latter-named Force.”

3. Regulation 17 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is amended by adding the following:—

“Failure to re-enrol in three months.

Should this approval be given, the member will, however, lose all benefits of previous service in the Fleet Reserve: provided that if re-enrolment takes place within 5 years from the date of previous discharge from the Fleet Reserve, the Naval Board may, in exceptional cases, approve of re-enrolment without loss of benefits of former service.”

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1935.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 61, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928. Nos. 6, 81 and 140; 1930, No. 13; 1932, Nos. 74 and 99; and 1934, No. 162.

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Pay.

4. Regulation 25 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is amended by adding the following new sub-regulation:—

“(3) A member shall receive the allowances at the rates prescribed in the Naval Financial Regulations for the Good Conduct Badges held by him on his discharge from Active Service. Mobilized service as Reservist may be reckoned for the award of further badges, but no other service in the Fleet Reserve shall so count.”

5. Regulation 33 of the Fleet Reserve Regulations is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“Uniform.

33. The uniform of members shall be the same as that for corresponding ratings in the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) except that the cap ribbon shall bear the lettering “R.A. Fleet Reserve.”

 

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