Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 117.

 

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 Regulation, under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this nineteenth day of October, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOS. FRANCIS

For Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Naval Forces Regulations.

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

(Ninth amendment.)

After regulation 50 the following new regulation is inserted:—

“50a. (1) For gallantry or distinguished service in action, or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth, an Officer of the Medical Branch of the Permanent Naval Forces may be appointed Honorary Physician or Honorary Surgeon to the Governor-General, but each appointment shall be held by not more than one Officer at any one time.

(2) The regulations regarding eligibility for this distinction, duration and other conditions of appointment, which govern the appointment of Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General, shall apply to an appointment as Honorary Physician or Honorary Surgeon to the Governor-General.”

 

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

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