Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1939. No..

 

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 twenty third day of August, 1939.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations. 

Definitions.

1. Regulation 4 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by inserting at the commencement of the definitions the following definitions:—

“‘Cadet Midshipman’ is a designation of rank equivalent to that of ‘Naval Cadet’ in the Royal Navy, and means a youth entered at the Royal Australian Naval College for training as a Naval Officer.

‘Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry)’ means a youth entered in the Royal Australian Navy for the course of training specified in regulation 49b of those Regulations.

‘Guardian’, in relation to a Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) or a candidate for entry into the Royal Australian Navy as a Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry), means any person who, in the opinion of the Naval Board, is properly charged with the youth’s interests.”.

2. Regulation 46 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Conditions governing entry, &c.

“46. Except as otherwise prescribed, any matter in relation to the entry, appointment, training, service and promotion of officers of the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) shall be dealt with as nearly as possible in accordance with the provisions governing the relative matter in force in the Royal Navy.”

Allocation of officers.

3. Regulation 49 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (6).

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1939.—Ninth amendment.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 133, as amended by Statutory Rules 1936, Nos. 63 and 110; 1938, Nos. 20, 46, 70 and 91; and 1939, Nos. 26 and 27.

3249.—9/14.7.1939.—Price 3d.

4. After regulation 49 of the Naval Forces Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Eligibility for appointment as Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry).

“49a. A candidate for entry into the Royal Australian Navy as a Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) shall be eligible for this appointment if—

(a) his age on the first day of the month of entry is not less than sixteen years and seven months nor more than eighteen years and seven months, and

(b) he has passed the Leaving Certificate examination conducted by the University of Melbourne, or an examination which the Naval Board deems equivalent to that examination.

Training of Cadet Midshipmen (Special Entry).

“49b. The course of training for Cadet Midshipmen (Special Entry) shall be the course laid down for Naval Cadets (Special Entry) in the Royal Navy.

Seniority of Cadet Midshipmen (Special Entry).

“49c. The seniority of a Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) shall accord with the seniority determined by the Admiralty for a Naval Cadet (Special Entry) whoso period of training commenced on the same date.

Undertaking by parent or guardian of Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry).

“49d. The Naval Board may require the parent or guardian of a Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) or a candidate for entry into the Royal Australian Navy as a Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) to execute an undertaking that, in the event of the Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) withdrawing from, refusing or failing to continue his training in, or leaving or resigning from, the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) without the consent of the Naval Board before he has completed a period of service of three years and eight months from the date of the commencement of his training in the Royal Navy or before he has attained the age of 21 years (whichever is the earlier) the parent or guardian will pay to the Commonwealth a sum fixed by the Minister but not exceeding the total of—

(a) the cost to the Commonwealth of the passages of such Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) to and from England; and

(b) one-sixth of the Service value at date of issue of the kit issued gratuitously on entry to such Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry) in respect of each period of six months or portion thereof by which his service subsequent to the date of commencement of his training in the Royal Navy fell short of a period of three years; and

(c) all payments made to the Admiralty by the Commonwealth in respect of the training and maintenance of the Cadet Midshipman (Special Entry),

and the sum so fixed shall be a debt due by the parent or guardian his executors or administrators to the Commonwealth and may be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction.”

Articles supplied on loan on first appointment, to sea-going ship.

5. Regulation 151 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed.

Commencement.

6. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of February, 1939.”

 

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