Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1972 No.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1971.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1971.

Dated this twenty-second day of July, 1972.

Rohan Delacombe

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

MALCOLM MACKAY

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendment of the Naval Forces Regulations 

Regulations 81 to 82 (inclusive) of the Naval Forces Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Period of enlistment.

“81. For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 25 of the Act, the period for which a seaman shall, upon enlistment, be engaged to serve is six, nine, ten, eleven or twelve years.

Period of re-engagement.

“82. For the purposes of sub-section (2.) of section 25 of the Act, a further period for which a seaman may, on or before the expiration of the period for which he was enlisted or previously re-engaged, volunteer to serve is—

(a) three years;

(b) four years; or

(c) five years.” .

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.

  For previous amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations, see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1972, No. 75; and see also Statutory Rules 1972, No. 75.

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