Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACTS 1903–1904.
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 Acts 1903–1904 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this 1st day of April, One thousand nine hundred and nine.
DUDLEY,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
Regulations (Provisional) for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
After Regulation 110, add:—
“110a. An officer holding the rank of Lieutenant, Captain, or Major, may be granted a step of substantive rank, supernumerary to the establishment of that rank, on completion of the following service:—
Lieutenant, after eight years as a Lieutenant.
Captain, after eight years as a Captain.
Major, after eighteen years commissioned service, including not less than five years as a Major.
Provided that an officer has served with a regiment or corps during the periods above described, and has passed the qualifying examination for higher rank, and provided also that the total number of officers in a unit, as laid down in the Peace Establishment for such unit, shall not thereby be exceeded.”
C.3324.—Price 3d.
Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
At end of following paragraph (Statutory Rule No. 12, of 1908):—
“Prizes for Gunnery, Musketry, Skill-at-Arms, Signalling, &c., up to a limit not exceeding 5 per cent. of the amount of Corps Contingent Allowance authorized for the financial year in which such prizes are awarded may be allowed (if funds are available) upon the approval of the Officer Commanding, but all payments in this connexion must be made, and acquittances obtained, prior to the 30th of June of such year; and the practice in regard to the grant of prizes must be uniform throughout each Regiment, Battalion, or Corps.”
“Commanding Officers of Volunteer Corps are permitted to pay from Corps funds the entrance fees of Rifle Teams in Association Team Competitions in which the prizes are awarded to teams and not to individuals, and the members of such teams are permitted to retain the money prizes. The total amount paid from Corps funds under this paragraph shall not exceed 5 per cent. of the total Corps Contingent Allowance authorized for the year in which the expenditure is incurred.”
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