Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 44.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1914.

Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia.—Regulations 6, 7a, 11, 57, 58, 93a, 107, 109, 111, 120, 122, 139, 200, 204, 205, 212a, 284a, 615, 467a, 516.—Amendments.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1914 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twelfth day or April, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. JENSEN

 

REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Amendments.

Regulation 6—

Delete “(8) The Australian Intelligence Corps.”

Regulation 7a, which reads as follows, is cancelled:—

“7a. In all Regulations and Standing Orders of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, including Financial and Allowance Regulations, unless the context otherwise provides, the terms, “Commanding Officer,” “Officer Commanding,” “Commanding Officer of regiment, corps, or unit,” include an “Officer Commanding Australian Intelligence Corps for a District.”

Regulation 11.—The paragraph reading as under is cancelled:—

“The Australian Intelligence Corps is a combatant corps forming part of the Military Forces, but no officer of this corps under the rank of Lieut-Colonel shall exercise command over other corps except for the substantive rank for which he has qualified in the examinations prescribed for Light Horse, Artillery, Engineers, or Infantry, or for which he has qualified in the practical examination, prescribed in the subjects relating exclusively to one of these arms of the service, in addition to qualifying in the examinations prescribed for the corps,”

C.3319.—Price 3d.

Regulation 57—

Delete the words, “or to the rank of Lieutenant in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps.”

Regulation 58.—The paragraph reading as follows is cancelled:—

“An officer appointed as Lieutenant in the Australian Intelligence Corps will be required to complete a period of twelve months’ service in that rank, and may then, if he has passed the prescribed examinations, and is recommended by the Officer Commanding the Corps in his District, and the District Commandant, be promoted to the rank of Captain,”

Regulation 93a.—The heading and Regulation 93a are cancelled, and the following substituted:—

“Appointment of Officers to Intelligence Section.

93a. Officers of the Citizen Forces may be seconded from their units, and transferred to an Intelligence Section attached to the General Staff for the term of four years.

Ordinarily, officers on the Unattached List will be transferred to a unit, and seconded for duty with an Intelligence Section, but an officer of the substantive rank of Lieutenant-Colonel may be transferred from the Unattached List to an Intelligence Section.”

Regulation 107 is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“107. Recommendations for promotion are to be submitted to the Military Board in the same manner as appointments, but, in the case of officers seconded for duty with Intelligence Sections, the Adjutant-General will take the advice of the Chief of the General Staff before submitting proposals to the Military Board.”

Regulation 109.—Delete the last sentence, which reads:—

“In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps, promotions will be by selection, subject to the passing of the prescribed examinations.”

Regulation 111.—In the last paragraph, delete the words—

“Australian Intelligence Corps.”

Regulation 120.—The last paragraph is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“Proposed exchanges are to be submitted to the Military Board, and in the same manner as appointments, and in the case of officers transferred to or from Intelligence Sections, the Adjutant-General will take the advice of the Chief of the General Staff.”

Regulation 122.—Paragraph (c) is, cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“(c) From the dateof being transferred or attached to an Intelligence Section.”

Regulation 139.—Paragraph (bb)is amended by inserting in lieu of the words—

“The Australian Intelligence Corps” the words “An Intelligence Section.”

Regulation 200—

For the words “The Australian Intelligence Corps” read “An Intelligence Section.”

Regulation 204.—The last paragraph is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“In the case of Intelligence Sections, the District Commandant may recommend to the Military Board that any officer who is not proficient in the special duties of his rank or appointment, shall be classed as non-efficient.

In this matter, the Adjutant-General shall take the advice of the Chief of the General Staff.”

Regulation 205.—In the last paragraph delete the words:—

“The Australian Intelligence Corps,”

and substitutetherefor the words—

“An Intelligence Corps Section.”

Regulation 212a is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“212a. Officers or soldiers may, with the sanction of the District Commandant or Commandants concerned, be seconded or attached to Intelligence Sections.”

Regulation 284a is cancelled.

Regulation 615 is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“615. An account of allbooks, maps, forms, and the like, received for free issue in a District, shall be kept at District Head-Quarters. Such free issues shall be made from District Head-Quarters, Books (including Manuals and Text Books) and Maps shall be accounted for in a bound ledger on the equipment ledger principle, receipts numbered in proper sequence being obtained for all issues, and filed for convenient reference for audit purposes when necessary. No receipts need be obtained for pamphlets, forms, amendments to Regulations, &c., issued; such issues shall be vouched for by the approved list of free issues, and a certificate by the responsible person who issued the pamphlets, &c.”

After Regulation 467 add new Regulation 467a:—

“467a. Every person who, without the consent in writing of the Commandant or Commanding Officer of any Military Camp, School of Instruction, Military Barracks, Fort, or Post,

(a) sells or attempts to sell any goods or wares within the limits of such Camp, School of Instruction, Barracks, Fort, or Post, whether such person is or is not licensed as a hawker under the laws of a State;

(b) enters any Camp, School of Instruction, Barracks, Fort, or Post, for the purpose of selling goods or wares, or for any unlawful or immoral purpose;

shall be guilty of an office, and shall, on conviction by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding three months.

Any prosecution for on offence against this Regulation may be brought in any Court of Summary Jurisdiction by or by the authority of a District Commandant, by or by the authority of a Commanding Officer or Commandant of any Camp, School of Instruction, Military Barracks, Fort, or Post, or by any member of the Police Force of the Commonwealth or of a State.”

Regulation 516.—Paragraph (d) is amended to read as follows:—

“(d)Officers on the Unattached List, or on the Reserve of Officers List of the Commonwealth Military Forces, and officers holding honorary rank in the Commonwealth Military Forces, who are elected as honorary members, shall be entitled to all the privileges specified for active members.”

 

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