Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Defence Acts 1903-1904 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this eighth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and eight.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
THOS. EWING.
Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
After Regulation 562, the following Regulation is added:—
562A = Artillery Practice.—
The general safety precautions to be observed, and also the prescribed distances referred to in Section 72 of the Act, outside of which all ships, boats, or persons must keep, shall for Artillery Practice on Sea Fronts, be those prescribed in “Instructions for Practice Seawards, Royal Garrison Artillery,” published annually.
Similarly the general arrangements for the safety, of Artillery Practice on Land Ranges shall be those prescribed in “Instructions for Practice, Horse, Field and Heavy Artillery,” also published annually.
District Commandants are responsible for the issue of any detailed instructions for carrying out the principles of these instructions, and also that notices of times and dates of Practice are published beforehand, and that such notices state the distances, in accordance with the practice to be carried out, at which ships, boats, or persons must keep.
It is the duty of the officer superintending the practice to satisfy himself that all precautions for safety have been carried out, and that all necessary steps are taken to, as far as possible, prevent misunderstanding or accident.
By Authority: J. Kemp, Government Printer, Melbourne.
C.5792.—Price 3d.
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