NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - Incorporating all amendments by legislation made
to 28 February 1981
- Reprinted as at 28 February 1981 (HISTREG CHAP 17 #DATE 28:02:1981)
*1* The Naval College Regulations (in force under the Naval Defence Act 1910) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1931 No. 146 as amended by the other Statutory Rules specified in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, saving Year and Date of notification Date of or transitional number in Gazette commencement provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 No. 146 27 Nov 1931 27 Nov 1931 1932 No. 44 5 May 1932 5 May 1932 R. 1 1934 No. 18 15 Feb 1934 15 Feb 1934 - 94 2 Aug 1934 2 Aug 1934 - 159 20 Dec 1934 20 Dec 1934 - 1935 No. 36 11 Apr 1935 11 Apr 1935 - 1936 No. 78 18 June 1936 18 June 1936 - 131 24 Sept 1936 24 Sept 1936 - 1938 No. 21 17 Feb 1938 17 Feb 1938 - 1940 No. 195 12 Sept 1940 12 Sept 1940 - 1942 No. 25 29 Jan 1942 29 Jan 1942 - 1944 No. 182 20 Dec 1944 20 Dec 1944 - 1947 No. 33 14 Mar 1947 14 Mar 1947 - 121 29 Aug 1947 29 Aug 1947 - 135 19 Sept 1947 19 Sept 1947 R. 2 1948 No. 116 16 Sept 1948 16 Sept 1948 R. 2 1949 No. 69 15 Sept 1949 15 Sept 1949 - 1950 No. 23 18 May 1950 18 May 1950 - 86 23 Nov 1950 23 Nov 1950 - 1951 No. 36 30 Apr 1951 30 Apr 1951 - 52 18 June 1951 Rr. 1 and 2: 2 Nov 1950 Remainder: 18 June 1951 - 1952 No. 25 24 Apr 1952 24 Apr 1952 - 1956 No. 86 6 Dec 1956 6 Dec 1956 - 1961 No. 31 9 Mar 1961 9 Mar 1961 - 110 31 Aug 1961 31 Aug 1961 - 146 14 Dec 1961 14 Dec 1961 - 1963 No. 46 30 May 1963 30 May 1963 - 95 24 Oct 1963 24 Oct 1963 R. 3 1965 No. 55 20 May 1965 20 May 1965 - 68 3 June 1965 3 June 1965 R. 4(2)-(4) 1966 No. 115 4 Aug 1966 4 Aug 1966 - 1967 No. 96 20 July 1967 20 July 1967 - 146 2 Nov 1967 2 Nov 1967 Rr. 1(2) and 2 1971 No. 149 25 Nov 1971 25 Nov 1971 - 1974 No. 101 18 June 1974 18 June 1974 - 1976 No. 54 6 Feb 1976 9 Feb 1976 - 1980 No. 49 20 Mar 1980 20 Mar 1980 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Repeal
3. (Repealed)
4. Interpretation
4A. Delegations
5. Objects of College
PART II-CONDITIONS OF ENTRY AND SERVICE
6. Ways of entry
6A. Junior entry
6B. Senior entry
7. Special Cadetship
8. Examination for junior entry
9. Supervision of examinations
10, 11. (Repealed)
12. Physical requirements
13. (Repealed)
14. Interviewing committee
14A. Selection committee
14B. Candidate unable to present himself before committee
15. Provisional interview
16. (Repealed)
17. Nominations for entry
18. Names published in Gazette
19. (Repealed)
20. Period of training
21-26. (Repealed)
PARTS III AND IV (regulations 27-56) (Repealed)
PART V-CADET MIDSHIPMEN
57. Chief Cadet Captains and Divisional Cadet Midshipmen
58-77. (Repealed)
78. Punishments
79, 80. (Repealed)
PART VI (regulations 81-84) (Repealed)
PART VII-GENERAL
85. (Repealed)
86. Gratuities not to be accepted nor given
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
PART I-PRELIMINARY
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Naval College Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
Repeal
2. The Regulations for the Royal Australian Naval College (Statutory Rules
1926, No. 181, as amended to this date) are repealed as from the commencement
of these Regulations, save as to anything lawfully done, or any right,
privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred thereunder.
Regulation 3 repealed by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 4.
Interpretation
Amended by 1940 No. 195 r. 1; 1949 No. 69 r. 1; 1961 No. 110 r. 1; 1965 No.
55
r. 1; 1971 No. 149 r. 2; 1976 No. 54 r. 4
4. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
"Captain" means the officer appointed by the Chief of Naval Staff to
command the College;
"Cadet Midshipman (Junior Entry)" means a Cadet Midshipman who has entered
the college by way of junior entry;
"Cadet Midshipman (Senior Entry)" means a Cadet Midshipman who has entered
the College by way of senior entry;
"Guardian" means one of the parents of a Cadet Midshipman or of a
candidate for entry as Cadet Midshipman or such other person as the Chief of
Naval Staff is satisfied is properly charged with the boy's interests;
"College" means the Royal Australian Naval College;
"The Act" means the Naval Defence Act 1910-1952;
"year" means the period of 12 months commencing on the first day of
January in a year.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 4A.
Delegations
Inserted by 1976 No. 54 r. 2
4A. (1) The Minister may, by writing signed by him, delegate to an officer
who holds a rank in the Australian Navy not below the rank of Captain any of
his powers or functions under these Regulations, other than this power of
delegation.
(2) The Chief of Naval Staff may, by writing signed by him, delegate to an
officer who holds a rank in the Australian Navy not below the rank of Captain
any of his powers or functions under these Regulations, other than this power
of delegation.
(3) A delegation under this regulation shall be revocable at will and no
delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power or function by the Minister
or the Chief of Naval Staff, as the case may be.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 5.
Objects of College
Amended by 1971 No. 149 r. 3
5. The College is established under the authority of the Act for the
training of Naval Officers.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 6.
Ways of entry
PART II-CONDITIONS OF ENTRY AND SERVICE
Substituted by 1965 No. 55 r. 2
6. A person may enter the College-
(a) by way of junior entry; or
(b) by way of senior entry.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 6A.
Junior entry
Inserted by 1965 No. 55 r. 2; amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
6A. A person is eligible for entry to the College in a year, by way of
junior entry, if-
(a) he is a person of the male sex who is-
(i) an Australian citizen;
(ii) a British subject, other than an Australian citizen, ordinarily
resident in Australia; or
(iii) if the Chief of Naval Staff approves, in special circumstances, of
the application of this sub-paragraph in relation to him-a British subject,
other than an Australian citizen, not ordinarily resident in Australia;
(b) he satisfies the physical requirements laid down in sub-regulation 12
(1) for a candidate;
(c) he has passed the examination held under regulation 8 for entry to the
College in that year;
(d) he will not, on the first day of January in that year, be younger than
15 years or older than 17 years; and
(e) he is selected by a selection committee appointed under regulation 14A.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 6B.
Senior entry
Inserted by 1965 No. 55 r. 2 Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1966 No. 115 r. 1; 1967
No. 96 r. 1; 1976 No. 54 r. 4
6B. (1) A person is eligible for entry to the College in a year, by way of
senior entry, if-
(a) he satisfies the requirements laid down in paragraphs 6A (a) and (b);
(b) he is qualified by examination for matriculation at a university in
Australia, being an examination in which he passed in such subjects as the
Chief of Naval Staff approves with respect to that examination;
(c) he will not, on the first day of January in that year, be older than 20
years; and
(d) he is selected by a selection committee appointed under regulation 14A.
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(2) Where a person sits for an examination for matriculation at a university
in Australia but fails to matriculate, the Chief of Naval Staff may, having
regard to the results obtained by the person in the examination, approve of
the person's being treated, for the purpose of these Regulations, as having
satisfied the condition laid down in paragraph (1) (b).
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 7.
Special Cadetship
Sub-reg. (1) substituted by 1949 No. 69 r. 3; amended by 1965 No. 55 r. 3;
1976 No. 54 r. 4
7. (1) Of the vacancies for cadetships at the College in each entry, one in
every 8 or portion thereof shall be reserved for candidates, being candidates
eligible for entry to the College in accordance with regulation 6A or 6B, who
are the sons of persons-
(a) who have been on active service abroad in the Royal Australian Navy;
(b) who have been on active service abroad in an expeditionary force raised
under the Defence Act; or
(c) who served in an area specified in the first column of the following
table during the period specified in the second column of that table:
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Operational area Period
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Northern Territory of Australia north of the parallel 14 degrees 30'
south . . . . . . From and including 19 February latitude 1942 to and
including 2 September 1945. Torres Strait Islands . . . . . .
From and including 14 March 1942 to and including 2 September 1945. Territory
of New Guinea . . . . . From and including 4 January 1942 to and including
2 September 1945. Territory of Papua . . . . . . . . From and
including 2 February 1942 to and including 2 September 1945.
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Inserted by 1949 No. 69 r. 3; amended by 1951 No. 36; 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(1A) Nominations for the vacancies referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall
be made from candidates in each of the following classes, in the order of
priority of those classes:
(a) the sons of persons who have lost their lives or become totally
incapacitated on, or as a result of, active service abroad;
(b) the sons of persons referred to in paragraph (1) (a); and
(c) the sons of persons referred to in paragraphs (1) (b) and (c).
Sub-reg. (1B) omitted by 1976 No. 54 r. 4; sub-reg. (2) omitted by 1965 No.
55
r. 3
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(3) A candidate who is unsuccessful in obtaining a special cadetship shall
be considered on his merits, with the ordinary candidates, for nomination to
an ordinary cadetship.
(4) In the event of a vacancy for a special cadetship not being filled owing
to dearth of qualified candidates, it may be allotted to a nominee from among
the ordinary candidates.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 8.
Examination for junior entry
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
8. (1) A qualifying Educational Examination for entrance to the College
shall be held annually, if necessary, on a date which shall be fixed by the
Chief of Naval Staff.
Sub-reg. (2) omitted by 1965 No. 55 r. 4
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 9.
Supervision of examinations
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
9. (1) The Chief of Naval Staff may appoint suitable persons to supervise
examinations, who shall observe such instructions for the conduct of
examinations as may be approved by the Chief of Naval Staff.
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(2) The fees payable to supervisors shall be such as the Chief of Naval
Staff direct from time to time.
Regulations 10 and 11 repealed by 1965 No. 55 r. 5
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 12.
Physical requirements
12. (1) A candidate shall be in good health, free from any physical defect
of body, impediment of speech, defect of hearing, and also from predisposition
to constitutional or hereditary disease or weakness of any kind, possess full
normal vision as determined by the approved tests, and be in all respects well
developed and active in proportion to his age.
Substituted by 1947 No. 121
(1A) A candidate shall, before being accepted for entry to the College, be
required to undergo a refraction test by an ophthalmic specialist.
(2) A candidate who possesses a slight remediable defect must have such
defect remedied before he attends before the Naval Medical Officers at the
time of interview, when no allowance will be made for any prospective remedial
operation, and the existence of any such defect shall be a reason for the
final rejection of the candidate.
(3) The decision of the Naval Medical Officers examining at the interview
shall be final.
Regulation 13 repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 2
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 14.
Interviewing committee
Substituted by 1965 No. 55 r. 6
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
14. (1) An interviewing committee shall be appointed by the Chief of Naval
Staff and shall sit at such places as the Chief of Naval Staff directs.
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(2) A candidate who satisfies the conditions laid down in regulation 6A or
6B, other than the condition relating to selection by a selection committee,
shall be required to present himself for an interview with an interviewing
committee.
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(3) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2), a candidate who intends sitting
for an examination the passing of which will enable him to satisfy the
condition laid down in paragraph 6B (1) (b) shall be deemed to have satisfied
that condition.
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(4) An interviewing committee shall make a report on each candidate that it
interviews to a selection committee appointed under regulation 14A.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 14A.
Selection committee
Inserted by 1965 No. 55 r. 6
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
14A. (1) A selection committee shall be appointed by the Chief of Naval
Staff and shall sit at such places as the Chief of Naval Staff directs.
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
(2) A selection committee shall interview such of the candidates on whom
reports have been made under regulation 14 as it considers should be
interviewed, having regard to those reports, for the purpose of selecting
those candidates whom it considers suitable for service as officers of the
Navy.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 14B.
Candidate unable to present himself before committee
Inserted by 1965 No. 55 r. 6; amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
14B. Where a candidate is prevented, because of illness or some other cause
that the Chief of Naval Staff considers sufficient, from presenting himself
before an interviewing committee or a selection committee-
(a) the question of his suitability for service as an officer of the Navy
may be determined in any manner directed by the Chief of Naval Staff; and
(b) the candidate shall, if considered to be suitable for such service, be
deemed, for the purposes of these Regulations, to have been selected by a
selection committee appointed under regulation 14A.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 15.
Provisional interview
Amended by 1965 No. 55 r. 7; 1976 No. 54 r. 4
15. A candidate from a State or Territory which is not included in the
itinerary of an interviewing committee may be required to undergo a
provisional interview in the capital city of such State or Territory, before a
Provisional Committee which shall be appointed by the Chief of Naval Staff and
shall make a recommendation as to the suitability or otherwise of the
candidate to appear before an interviewing committee at a place appointed.
Regulation 16 repealed by 1956 No. 86 r. 1
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 17.
Nominations for entry
Substituted by 1965 No. 55 r. 8; amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
17. Subject to regulation 7, nominations for entry to the College in a year
shall be made by the Minister, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Naval
Staff, from persons who are eligible for entry to the College in that year.
NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 18.
Names published in Gazette
Amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
18. The names of candidates who are selected for appointment as Cadet
Midshipman shall be published in the Gazette in alphabetical order.
Regulation 19 repealed by 1974 No. 101
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 20.
Period of training
Substituted by 1965 No. 55 r. 10; amended by 1976 No. 54 r. 4
20. The period of training for a Cadet Midshipman shall be as determined by
the Chief of Naval Staff but shall be not less than-
(a) in the case of a Cadet Midshipman (Junior Entry)-3 years; or
(b) in the case of a Cadet Midshipman (Senior Entry)-one year.
Regulations 21-25 repealed by 1965 No. 55 r. 10; regulation 26 repealed by
1956 No. 86 r. 2; Part III (regulations 27, 30, 31, 31A, 32, 33, 33A, 34-37,
38-41,
41A, 42, 43, 45-52) repealed by 1971 No. 149 r. 4; regulations 28 and 29
repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 3; regulation 37A repealed by 1966 No. 115 r. 3;
regulation 44 repealed by 1961 No. 110 r. 8; Part IV (regulation 53) repealed
by 1971 No. 149 r. 4; regulations 54-56 repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 6
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 57.
Chief Cadet Captains and Divisional Cadet Midshipmen
PART V-CADET MIDSHIPMEN
Substituted by 1965 No. 55 r. 12
57. The Captain may, from time to time as he considers necessary, appoint
Cadet Midshipmen who, in his opinion, are able to assist the officers in
maintaining the discipline and good order of the College to be Chief Cadet
Captains and Divisional Cadet Midshipmen.
Regulations 58-61 repealed by 1956 No. 86 r. 4; regulation 62 repealed by
1965
No. 68 r. 6; regulation 63 repealed by 1934 No. 18; regulations 64 and 65
repealed by 1956 No. 86 r. 5; regulations 66-68 repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 6;
regulations 69-77 repealed by 1956 No. 86 r. 6
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 78.
Punishments
Substituted by 1976 No. 54 r. 3; amended by 1980 No. 49
78. A Cadet Midshipman shall be liable to the following punishments which
may be awarded severally or conjointly:
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No. of By Whom Limit of Nature of Punishment Awarded
Punishment Punishment Remarks
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-- 1. Captain, subject to approval of the Chief
of Naval Staff Expulsion from the
College
2. Captain Severe Reprimand May entail
imposition of Captain's Report to Chief of Naval Staff or Captain's Warning as
appropriate 3. Captain Reprimand 4.
Captain 14 days pay Fine
Executive Officer 7 days pay
5. Captain 1 month Stoppage of Leave Executive
Officer 14 days
6. Captain 1 month Loss of Privileges
Executive Officer 14 days Training Officer 7
days
7. Captain 7 days Extra Drill or Work Executive
Officer 4 days
8. Training Officer 5 days Extra Drill or Work
9. Year Officer or Divisional Officer 3 days Slack
Party Chief Cadet Captain 2 days Cadet Captain 1 day
10. Year Officer or Divisional Officer 4 days Kit
Muster (Maximum duration-30
minutes on any day) For
Dress or other clothing offences Chief Cadet Captain 2 days
Cadet Captain 1 day
11. Any Cadet Midshipman of the Senior Class 1
occasion within any authorized period for
Doubling (i.e. maximum of three times
round Quarterdeck in summer on weekdays and
twice on Saturdays) Double
around Quarterdeck
May be awarded to
Cadet Midshipmen of
Class III & IV only
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Regulations 79 and 80 repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 6; Part VI (regulations
81-84) repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 7
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PART VII-GENERAL
Regulation 85 repealed by 1965 No. 68 r. 8
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NAVAL COLLEGE REGULATIONS - SECT. 86.
Gratuities not to be accepted nor given
86. (1) A person attached to the College shall not receive a present from a
Cadet Midshipman or from the relatives or friends of a Cadet Midshipman.
(2) A Cadet Midshipman shall not offer a present to any person belonging to
the College or to a near relative of any such person.
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The Schedule repealed by 1971 No. 149 r. 5
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