Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 139.

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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 nineteenth day of August, 1925.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS. W. CRAWFORD,

for Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Naval Forces Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 1, as amended to present date.)

(Ninth Amendment.)

1. Regulation 91 is amended by altering the titles in the Butcher Branch as follows:—

Butcher 3rd Class, to be termed Butcher.

Butcher 2nd Class to be termed Leading Butcher.

Butcher 1st Class to be termed Petty Officer Butcher.

Chief Butcher to be termed Chief Petty Officer Butcher.

2. Regulation 115 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2).

3. Regulation 125a is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

125a. Except as prescribed in regulation 125b—

(a) A Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer Instructor serving continuously on the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff from a date prior to 1st August, 1921, may, on reaching the age of 50 years, be transferred from the Instructional Staff for service under the provisions of regulation 107 to complete his current engagement.

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(b) A Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer Instructor appointed to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff subsequent to 1st August, 1921, shall be compulsorily retired on attaining the age of 50 years, but may be re-engaged in another capacity in accordance with the provisions of regulation 107 and sub-regulation (2) of regulation 125c.

4. Regulation 125b, sub-regulation (1) is amitted and the following sub-regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“(1) The Naval Board may permit a Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer Instructor to continue to serve and to re-engage as such until such time as the exigencies of the service permit of his discharge or transfer from the Instructional Staff, subject, however, to final retirement at the ago prescribed in regulation 126”.

5. After regulation 125b, the following regulation is inserted:—

125c. (1) A Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer Instructor serving continuously on the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff from a date prior to 1st August, 1921, who is transferred from the Instructional Staff in accordance with the provisions of regulations 125a and 125b shall be eligible for re-engagement as an employee attached to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff, and shall be eligible for further re-engagement as such, subject to final retirement as prescribed in regulation 126.

(2). A Chief Petty Officer or Petty Officer Instructor appointed to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff subsequent to 1st August, 1921, shall, on discharge from the Instructional Staff, be eligible for re-engagement as an employee attached to the Staff, provided vacancies exist locally or at his Home Port, subject to final retirement as prescribed in regulation 126.

6. Regulation 126 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4).

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