Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 274

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1971.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1971.

Dated this eighteenth day of December, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. BISHOP

Minister of State for Repatriation for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations 

Parts.

1. Regulation 3 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Division 2—Application of the Naval Discipline Act to the Naval Forces (Regulation 8)”,

and substituting the words—

“Division 2—Application of the Naval Discipline Act and the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions to the Naval Forces (Regulations 8-9)”.

Heading to Division 2 of Part 1.

2. The heading to Division 2 of Part I of the Naval Forces Regulations is omitted and the following heading substituted:—

“Division 2—Application of the Naval Discipline Act and the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions to the Naval Forces”.

Modifications, &c., of the Naval Discipline Act.

3. Regulation 8 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “the Schedule to these Regulations” and substituting the words “Schedule 1”.

4. After regulation 8 of the Naval Forces Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Division 2 of Part I:—

*Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 December 1973

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 133, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations see footnote   to Statutory Rules 1973, No. 58, and see also Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 58 and 105.

 

Modifications, &c., of the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.

“9. (1) In this regulation ‘Queen’s Regulations’ means the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions in force at the date of commencement of the Naval Defence Act 1964 in their application to and in relation to the Naval Forces and the members of those Forces by virtue of section 34 of the Act.

“(2) The Queen’s Regulations apply to and in relation to the Naval Forces and the members of those Forces as if those Regulations were modified by omitting the provisions referred to in Schedule 2.

“(3) Subject to sub-regulations (4) and (5), in the construction of the Queen’s Regulations as modified in accordance with sub-regulation (2) a reference to—

 (b) a vessel, aircraft or establishment belonging to those Forces; or

(c) a person holding a specified rank or appointment in those Forces,

shall be read as a reference to the corresponding branch of the Defence Force, to a vessel, aircraft or establishment belonging to that corresponding branch or to a person holding a corresponding rank or appointment in that corresponding branch, as the case requires.

“(4) In the construction of the Queen’s Regulations as modified in accordance with sub-regulation (2)—

(a) a reference to the Act shall be read as a reference to the Naval Discipline Act as modified by these Regulations;

(b) a reference to the Admiralty shall be read as a reference to the Naval Board;

(c) a reference to the Commander-in-Chief in Article 1946 shall be read as a reference to the Naval Board; and

(d) clause 5 of Article 1946 shall be read as if the word “, abroad,” were omitted.

“(5) Where a term that is defined in the Naval Discipline Act as modified by these Regulations is used in the Queen’s Regulations as modified in accordance with sub-regulation (2), that term shall have the same meaning in those Regulations as it has in the Naval Discipline Act as modified by these Regulations.”.

Prescribed authority.

5. Regulation 175 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “Second Naval Member of the Naval Board” and substituting the words “Chief of Naval Personnel”.

Prescribed authority.

6. Regulation 180 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “Second Naval Member of the Naval Board” and substituting the words “Chief of Naval Personnel”.

Schedule 1.

7. The Schedule to the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting the words “THE SCHEDULE” and substituting the words “SCHEDULE 1”.

Schedule 2.

8. The Naval Forces Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—

 

“SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 9

Modifications of the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions in their Application to the Naval Forces

Explanation of Terms

Chapters 1-17 (inclusive)

Sections I-III (inclusive) of Chapter 18

Article 1849

Article 1850

Sections V-VIII (inclusive) of Chapter 18

Section I of Chapter 19

Articles 1911-1913 (inclusive)

Articles 1915-1921 (inclusive)

Section III of Chapter 19

Article 1926

Article 1927

Article 1929

Section V of Chapter 19

Article 1949

Article 1951

Article 1955

Article 1957

Article 1958

Article 1959

Article 1960

Article 1964

Articles 1966-1973 (inclusive)

Articles 1977-1985 (inclusive)

Articles 1989-1991 (inclusive)

Sections I-IV (inclusive) of Chapter 20

Articles 2076-2078 (inclusive)

Sections VI and VII of Chapter 20

Article 2103

Article 2104

Article 2106

Article 2107

Article 2110

Articles 2116-2119 (inclusive)

Article 2121

Article 2125

Article 2127

Article 2128

Section III of Chapter 21

Article 2144

Article 2151

Article 2154

Article 2155

Article 2158

Article 2160

Article 2171

Article 2173

Articles 2187-2189 (inclusive)

Article 2194

Articles 2202-2214 (inclusive)

Sections II-IV (inclusive) of Chapter 22

Articles 2231-2233 (inclusive)

Sections VI and VII of Chapter 22

Articles 2241-2247 (inclusive)

Article 2249

Article 2250

Article 2253

Article 2258

Articles 2261-2263 (inclusive)

Sections XI and XII of Chapter 22

Articles 2307-2309 (inclusive)

Section II of Chapter 23

Chapters 24-34 (inclusive)

Chapters 36-57 (inclusive)

Appendices 1-22 (inclusive)”.