Naval Brigade Regulations 1919 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1920. No. 232.

REGULATIONS UNDER THIS NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1918.

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 1910-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of November, 1920.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. H. LAIRD SMITH,

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendment of Naval Brigade Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1919, No. 190, as amended by Statutory Rules 1920, No. 100.)

1. Before regulation 1, the following is inserted:—“These Regulations may be cited as the ‘Naval Reserve Regulations’”

2. Immediately after the words “Royal Australian Naval Reserve”, and also after the initial letters “R.A.N.R.” wherever respectively appearing in these Regulations (as amended on 15th June, 1920 by Statutory Rules 1920, No. 100), the word “(Sea-going)” is inserted.

3. “Wherever appearing in these Regulations, the word “Brigade” and the initial letters “R.A.N.B.” are omitted, and the word “Reserve” and the initial letters “R.A.N.R.” are respectively inserted in their stead.

4. Regulations 1a, 2, 3, and 4 are repealed and the following regulations are inserted in their stead:—

D.N.R.M

“1a. The powers of the Director of Naval Reserves and Naval Reserve Mobilization as regards authorizing expenditure by District Naval Officers are laid down in Naval Financial Regulations but authorizations by him are to be considered by the District Naval Officers as part of the sum allowed by regulations to be expended for the District.

 

R.A.N.R Districts and Sub-districts.

2. The Royal Australian Naval Reserve shall be organized into Districts; these Districts shall be subdivided into Sub-districts, as follows:—

District.	Sub-districts.
Queensland ................................................	Thursday Island. Townsville. Brisbane.
New South Wales.......................................	Newcastle.
	Sydney.
Victoria .....................................................	Port Melbourne.
	Williamstown.
	Geelong.
South Australia...........................................	Birkenhead.
Western Australia.......................................	Fremantle.
	Albany.
Tasmania ...................................................	Hobart.
	Launceston.

(2) Additional Naval Districts or Naval Sub-districts may be formed with the approval of the Naval Board.

3. Each Naval District shall be commanded by the District Naval Officer, who shall be a Commissioned Officer.

4. Each Naval Sub-district shall be commanded by a Sub-district Naval Officer, who shall be a Commissioned Officer or a Warrant Officer”

5. Regulation 220 is amended by inserting after the words “except leather gear” the words “and knives.”

 

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