Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1938. No. 20.

 

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 sixteenth day of February, 1938.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations. 

1. Regulation 84 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Composition of Auxiliary Services.

“84. (1) The Auxiliary Services of the Permanent Naval Forces shall consist of—

(a) members of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff;

(b) members of the Naval Dockyard Police;

(c) members appointed for special duty on shore; and

(d) employees, designated ‘Boatmen’, attached to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Staff or engaged for general or specific duties.

(2) An officer on the Seagoing List who is appointed to the Auxiliary Services shall hold the same rank and seniority as he held immediately prior to his transfer from the Seagoing List.

(3) Subject to sub-regulation (4) of this regulation, a petty officer or man who is appointed to the Auxiliary Services shall hold the same rating and seniority as he held immediately prior to his transfer from the Seagoing List:

    

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1938.

 Statutory Rules 1935, No. 133, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1936, Nos. 63 and 119.

 

Provided that a petty officer of four or more years’ seniority who is engaged as a member of the Naval Reserve Staff shall be granted the rating of Chief Petty Officer.

(4) For the purposes of discipline, the relative rank or rating of the members or employees of the Auxiliary Forces specified in the first column of the following Table shall be that set out in the second column of that Table opposite to the descriptions of the members or employees:—

Member or employee.	Relative rank or rating.
Sub-Inspector, Naval Dockyard Police. Police	Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank or Warrant Officer.
Sergeant, 1st Class, and Sergeant, 2nd Class, Naval Dockyard Police	Chief Petty Officer.
	Constable, Naval Dockyard Police	Petty Officer.
Boatman.....................................................	Able Seaman.”.

Repeal of Regulation 87.

2. Regulation 87 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed.

3. Regulation 144 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Extra Leave.

“144. (1) Subject to the approval of the Naval Board, leave additional to Home Service Leave may be granted—

(a) to cover the period occupied in travelling

(i) by members of the Sea-going Forces; and

(ii) by members of the Auxiliary Services stationed in remote localities;

(b) to members of the Sea-going Forces after a period of specially arduous service; and

(c) to members of the Auxiliary Services stationed in a remote locality or in a locality where the climatic conditions are unusually severe.

(2) The period of leave granted in pursuance of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation and the conditions under which it may be granted shall be as determined by the Naval Board.”.

 

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