Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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
Dated this twenty-sixth day of February, 1923.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
E. K. BOWDEN,
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendment of Naval Forces Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1921, No. 1, as amended to present date.)
1. Regulation 6 is amended as follows:—
(1) by omitting from sub-section (ii) of paragraph (
a ) the words “and 75,” and inserting in their stead the words “75 and 98 (a) (3) ”.(2) by omitting sub-section (xii) of paragraph (
a ), and inserting in its stead the following sub-section—“ (xii) Section 98a (2) shall, in relation to the Commonwealth Naval Forces, apply as if the words:—
“in respect of a wife and child, or two or more children:—three-fifths of the daily rate of pay”
“in respect of a wife, or one child alone:—two-fifths of the daily rate of pay”
“in respect of a bastard child, or in respect of prematernity expenses in connexion with a bastard child:—one-fifth of the daily rate of pay”.
“were inserted in lieu of the words:—
“in the case of a chief mechanician, chief artificer, chief shipwright, or chief petty officer mechanic, or a warrant officer (Class II), a quartermaster-sergeant, a quartermaster-sergeant instructor, or a company sergeant-major in the Royal Marines—in respect of a wife or children four shillings a day, and in respect of a bastard child three shillings a day”.
“in the case of any other chief petty officer or a petty officer or of any other non-commissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant in the Royal Marines —in respect of a wife or children three shillings a day, and in respect of a bastard child two shillings a day”,
C.11.—Price 3d.
“in the case of any other naval rating or soldier in the Royal Marines—in respect of a wife or children two shillings a day, and in respect of a bastard child one shilling and sixpence a day”.
(3) by inserting after sub-section (xii) the following sub-section:—
“(xiii) Section 98a (5) shall in relation to the Commonwealth Naval Forces apply as if the words ‘deferred pay and’ were inserted immediately after the words ‘other than’”.
2. Regulation 112 is amended as follows:—
(1) by inserting after the words “Permanent Naval Forces (Seagoing)” in the first line the words “appointed prior to 1st January, 1923”,
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:— “(2) Officers of the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) who, on and after 1st January, 1923, receive their first appointment—
(i) on entry from the Shore,
(ii) on entry from the R.A.N. College,
(iii) on promotion to Mate or Warrant rank,
shall be placed on the Retired List on attaining the ages set forth below:—
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3.After regulation 159, the following regulation is inserted:—
“159a. (1) A Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, which has been forfeited on account of misconduct may, with, the sanction of the Naval Board, be restored to a Petty Officer or Man on completion of his engagement, provided that his character during the last five years of his service has been continuously ‘Very Good’.
(2) The Naval Board may approve, on considering the merits of any particular case, the restoration of a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal where the period of continuous ‘Very Good’character between the date of deprivation of the Medal and the date of completion of engagement is less than five years.
(3) A Medal may also, with the sanction of the Naval Board, be restored at any time if a Petty Officer or Man has rendered some special service.”
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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