Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1947. No. 724.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–1934.*

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 1910–1934.

Dated this ninth day of September, 1947.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Navy.

 

Amendments of Naval Forces Regulations. 

Definitions.

1. Regulation 4 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “Military Branch”.

Constitution of Naval Board.

2. Regulation 11 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the words “The Third Naval Member and Chief of Construction;”, the words “The Fourth Naval Member;”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) The First Naval Member shall be a Flag Officer and the Second Naval Member, the Third Naval Member and the Fourth Naval Member shall be officers of a rank not lower than Captain.”.

Meetings of the Naval Board.

3. Regulation 15 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “of the Military Branch”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “of the military branch”.

Sphere of supervision of Members.

4. Regulation 18 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by inserting sub-regulation (2.), after paragraph (c), the following paragraph:—

“(ca) The Fourth Naval Member—

shall in general be responsible for matters relating to Naval Aviation”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1947.—Twenty-eighth amendment.

 Statutory Rules 1935, No. 133, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, No. 63 and 119; 1938, Nos. 20, 46, 70 and 91; 1939, Nos. 26, 27, 72 and 143; 1940, Nos. 123, 135, 147, 197, 217 and 240; 1941, Nos. 21, 187, 215 and 242; 1942, Nos. 48 and 202; 1943, No. 42; 1944, No. 63; 1946, Nos. 26 and 32; and 1947, No. 34.

 

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

4866.—Price 3d. 8/13.8.1947.