Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1933. No. 76.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE 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 fifteenth day of June, 1933.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Naval Forces Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 196, as amended to this date.)

(Tenth amendment.)

1. Regulation 46 is amended by omitting “Mates (A)” and inserting “Acting Paymaster Sub-Lieutenants”.

2. Regulation 56 is repealed.

3. Regulation 61 is repealed.

4. Regulation 78 is repealed.

5. Regulation 90 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2) He shall have completed twelve years man’s time and shall have an assessment for character not less than ‘V.G.’”.

6. Regulation 101 is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “or Mate” from sub-regulation (1);

(b) by omitting paragraph, (c) from sub-regulation (2) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(c) on promotion from Chief Petty Officer or a lower rating.”

7. Regulation 106 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“106. An officer on the Emergency List shall not be eligible for promotion, except as provided in the following paragraphs, unless he had qualified for the higher rank whilst serving on the Active List or during subsequent actual Naval service:—

(a) A Sub-Lieutenant will be eligible for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant after attaining three years’ seniority;

(b) A Lieutenant or an Engineer Lieutenant promoted to such rank while on the Emergency List shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander or Engineer Lieutenant-Commander respectively provided he has—

(i) Attained eight years’ seniority as Lieutenant;

(ii) Completed two years’ combined service as Sub-Lieutenant or Mate and Lieutenant on the Active List or in time of War or Emergency.

 

(c) An officer of the rank or relative rank of Lieutenant-Commander to be eligible for promotion to the rank or relative rank of Commander must, in addition to being otherwise qualified, be not less than 40 years of age.

(d) An officer holding a rank in which promotion on the Active List is governed solely by seniority in that rank shall be promoted on the Emergency List on attaining the necessary seniority.

(e) When called up for Active Service during War or Emergency an officer shall be eligible for promotion under conditions then in force for officers of the same class on the Active List.”

8. Regulation 109, sub-regulation (2), is amended by adding the following:—

“provided that—

(a) an officer promoted on the Active List after 7th October, 1931, shall not be eligible for promotion on the Retired List;

(b) An officer on the Retired List on 7th October, 1931, shall be eligible for promotion by one step in rank only.”

9. After regulation 109, the following new regulation is inserted:—

“109a. In the presence of officers on the Active List of the Royal Navy or Royal Australian Navy (Seagoing), an officer on the Emergency or Retired List of or above the rank or relative rank of Lieutenant shall be entitled, in matters of ceremony, to the rank and seniority he holds on the Emergency or Retired List, but he shall exercise executive command by virtue only of the rank and seniority last held by him on the Seagoing List; provided that any such officer who has not held rank as Lieutenant or above on the Seagoing Active List shall take command after all other Lieutenants of whatever seniority.”

10. Regulation 119 is amended by inserting after Sub-regulation (3) the following new sub-regulation:—

“(4) A rating appointed to the Auxiliary Services subsequent to 1st May, 1933, will be compulsorily retired on attaining the age of 50 years.”

11. Regulation 130 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:—

“(m) The following is added to group g in Table 1 of Article 540:—

“XI.a. Trafficking in, selling, receiving or giving away any ticket, warrant, or other document authorizing the provision of transport at Government expense................................................ 6”.

12. After regulation 130, the following new regulation is inserted:—

“130a. Trafficking in, selling, or using for any purpose other than that for which it is granted, any ticket, warrant or other document authorizing the provision of transport at Government expense is prohibited. Any infraction of this order will be deemed to be an act to the prejudice of good order and discipline.”

13. Regulation 151 is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (3) the following new sub-regulation:—

“(4) Any petty officer or man to whom this medal (or any bar to it) has been awarded may be deprived of it with the approval of the Governor-General; the medal (or any bar to it) may be restored with like approval.”

    

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.