STATUTORY RULES.
1943.
No. 66.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
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 National Security Act 1939-1940.
Dated
this twenty-third day of March, 1943.
(Sgd.) GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.)
JOHN CURTIN
Minister
of State for Defence.
National
Security (Women’s Services) Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may
be cited as the National Security (Women’s
Services) Regulations.
Administration.
2. These Regulations shall
be administered by the Minister of State for Defence.
Interpretation.
3.—(1.) In these
Regulations, “Women’s Service” means any Women’s
Service constituted under the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations, the Military Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations or the Air
Force (Women’s Services)
Regulations.
(2.) Unless the contrary intention
appears, words used in these Regulations shall have the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903-1941.
Members
of Women’s Services not to be tried by or to sit on courts-martial.
4. Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Defence Act 1903-1941,
the Naval Defence Act 1910-1934, the Air Force Act 1923-1941, any regulation
made under any of those Acts, or any Imperial Act, rule or regulation which by
any of those Acts or regulations made thereunder is applied to the Defence
Force or any part or members thereof, a member of a Women’s Service shall not—
(a) have a right to elect to be tried or
be liable to trial by court-martial for any offence; or
(b) be eligible to sit or otherwise act
as a member of a court-martial.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette
on ,
1943.
Certain
acts and conduct prohibited.
5.—(1.) A member of a
Women’s Service which forms part
of the Naval Forces shall not do any act or be guilty of any conduct which, by
sections 3 to 16 (both inclusive), 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, and 35 of
the Imperial Act called the Naval Discipline Act, is prescribed to be an
offence or to be punishable under that Act.
(2.) A member of a Women’s Service which forms part of the
Military Forces or the Air Force shall not do any act or be guilty of any
conduct which, by sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 17, 23, 24, 25, 35 and 36 of the
Army Act or the Air Force Act, as the case may be, is prescribed to be an
offence or to be punishable under that Act.
Prohibition
of dual punishment for the same offence.
6. A member of a Women’s Service who has been acquitted or
convicted of a breach of these Regulations or any other offence against the National Security Act 1939-1940 shall
not be punished summarily under the Defence
Act 1903-1941, the Naval Defence Act 1910-1934,
the Air Force Act 1923-1941, or any
Regulations made under any of those Acts, for the same offence:
Provided that nothing in this
regulation shall prevent the dismissal or discharge from the Defence Force of
any member convicted of any such offence.
Limits
of service of members of the Naval Forces.
7. Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Naval Defence
Act 1910-1934, a member of a Women’s
Service which forms part of the Naval Forces who is appointed or enlisted for
service within the limits of Australia only shall not be required to serve
beyond those limits unless she voluntarily agrees so to serve.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth
Government Printer, Canberra.