Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 2051

Naval Forces Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910.

Dated 22 September 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

( Sgd) K. C Beazley

Minister of State for Aviation

for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Defence

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 30 September 1983.

2. Regulation 180 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are substituted:

Training periods

"180. For the purposes of sub-section 32a (2) of the Act, the Chief of Naval Staff shall determine—

(a) training periods in respect of the Australian Naval Reserve; or

(b) different training periods in respect of different parts, or different classes of members, of that Reserve.

Naval service

"180a. (1) For the purposes of sub-section 32a (2a) of the Act, a member is bound to render in each training period naval service for such periods as are fixed by the Chief of Naval Staff and applicable to the member.

"(2) For the purposes of paragraph 32a (2b) (a) of the Act, the Chief of Naval Staff may fix different periods of naval service with respect to different parts of the Australian Naval Reserve or different classes of members.

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"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 32a (2b) (b) of the Act, the Chief of Naval Staff may exempt—

(a) a particular member; or

(b) members within a specified class of members,

from the obligation to render, during a training period, the whole or part of the naval service that he or they would otherwise be bound to render during that period.

"(4) The periods of naval service that a member is bound to render under sub-regulation (1) shall be rendered in accordance with a program that has been approved by the Chief of the Naval Staff.

Prescribed authority for the purposes of sub-sections 32a (3) and (4) of the Act

"180b. For the purposes of sub-sections 32a (3) and (4) of the Act, the Chief of Naval Personnel is the prescribed authority.

Period for the purposes of sub-section 32a (5) of the Act

"180c. The Chief of Naval Staff may fix a period for the purposes of sub-section 32a (5) of the Act.".

A kind or kinds of naval service for the purposes of sub-section 32a (6) of the Act

"180d. The Chief of Naval Staff may fix a kind or kinds of naval service for the purposes of sub-section 32a (6) of the Act.".

Period of service after call out

"180e. In respect of the Australian Naval Reserve, the Chief of Naval Personnel is the prescribed authority for the purposes of section 50b of the Defence Act 1903.".

Repeal of regulation 182

3. Regulation 182 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed.

4. Regulation 201 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Naval service for a period of less than one day

"201. Where a member renders naval service for a period of less than one day, the member shall, for the purposes of calculating the naval service that he has rendered, be deemed to have rendered naval service for—

(a) if the period is not less than 6 hours—one day;

(b) if the period is less than 6 hours but not less than 3 hours—one-half of a day; or

(c) if the period is less than 3 hours but not less than 2 hours—one-third of a day.".

Repeal of regulation 203

5. Regulation 203 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed.

Further amendments

6. The Naval Forces Regulations are further amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Regulation 6

FURTHER AMENDMENTS

Provisions amended	Amendments
Sub-regulations 52a (1), 167 (1) and 168 (1)	Omit "Citizen Naval Forces", substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".
Part IV ..............................	Omit the heading, substitute:
	"PART IV—Australian Naval Reserve".
Regulations 181, 183 and 184	Omit "Citizen Naval Forces", substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".
Regulation 191 ..................	Omit "Citizen Naval Forces" (wherever occurring), substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".
Regulations 197 and 198	Omit "Citizen Naval Forces", substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".
Schedule 1.........................	(a) Omit from sub-section 111 (2) in Item 58 "Citizen Naval Forces", substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".
	(b) Omit from sub-section 111 (3) in Item 58 "Citizen Naval Forces", substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".
	(c) Omit from paragraph 111 (3) (b) "Citizen Naval Forces", substitute "Australian Naval Reserve".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 September 1983. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 133 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 42 and see also Statutory Rules 1983 No. 42 and 62.

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