Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 272 1

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Naval Forces Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910.

Dated 19 September 1995.

 

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

  

GARY PUNCH

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

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1.   Commencement

1.1 These Regulations commence on the same day as Schedule 5 of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1995.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Naval Forces Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   New regulation 21A

3.1   After regulation 21, insert:

Chaplains—prescribed rank for purposes of appointment, promotion, retirement, termination of appointment etc.

 “21A.For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, a chaplain is taken to have the following rank:

• (a)

  for a chaplain in division 1 of the chaplain branch—Lieutenant;

• (b)

  for a chaplain in division 2 of the chaplain branch—Lieutenant-Commander;

• (c)

  for a chaplain in division 3 of the chaplain branch—Commander;

• (d)

  for a chaplain in division 4 of the chaplain branch:

  • (i)

    who has precedence over all other chaplains of his or her church or faith in the chaplain branch—Commodore;

  • (ii)

    in any other case—Captain;

• (e)

  for a chaplain in division 5 of the chaplain branch—Commodore.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 September 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 133 as amended by 1936 Nos. 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; 1947 Nos. 34 and 130; 1948 Nos. 37, 87 and 88; 1950 Nos. 4 and 26; 1951 Nos. 53, 66 and 165; 1953 No. 19; 1954 Nos. 28, 115 and 123; 1955 Nos. 5 and 16; 1956 No. 78; 1958 No. 88; 1959 No. 38; 1961 Nos. 51 and 67; 1963 Nos. 113 and 145; 1964 Nos. 143 and 157; 1965 Nos. 56 and 67; 1967 No. 20; 1968 Nos. 15 and 79: 1969 No. 128; 1970 Nos. 35, 71 and 179; 1971 No. 16; 1972 Nos. 1, 44, 75, 125 and 158; 1973 Nos. 58, 105 and 274; 1974 No. 78; 1975 No. 1; 1976 Nos. 15 and 56; 1978 Nos. 54 and 75; 1979 No. 251; 1980 Nos. 7, 100, 104, 178, 225, 285 and 359; 1981 Nos. 53, 227, 258 and 339; 1982 Nos. 34, 132 and 324; 1983 Nos. 42, 62, 205, 266 and 282; 1984 Nos. 199, 377 and 399; 1985 Nos. 93, 122 and 212; 1986 No. 332; 1987 No. 18; 1988 Nos. 39, 128 and 234; 1990 No. 376; 1991 Nos. 134 and 234; 1992 No. 264; 1993 No. 191.