Naval Forces (Women's Services) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 253

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 19101

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

Dated this twenty-seventh day of November 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. E. McLEAY

Minister of State for Administrative Services

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence

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AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVAL FORCES (WOMEN’S SERVICES) REGULATIONS2

Delegations

1. Regulation 3A of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “ Chief Officer ” and substituting “ Commander ”.

Ranks

2. Regulation 8 of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is repealed.

Ranks of officers

3. Regulation 16 of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is repealed.

Retiring ages

4. Regulation 20A of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Rank	Age
1	Captain	55
2	Commander	55
3	Lieutenant-Commander	50
4	Lieutenant	50
5	Sub-Lieutenant	50
6	Acting Sub-Lieutenant	50

Rank of an officer on appointment

5. Regulation 21C of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) “Third Officer” and substituting “Sub-Lieutenant”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1943 No. 67 as amended by Statutory Rules 1943 No. 201; 1944 Nos. 101 and 155; 1959 No. 103; 1961 No. 34; 1964 No. 138; 1967 No. 105; 1968 No. 72; 1970 No. 63; 1971 No. 157; 1972 No. 67; 1973 No. 271; and 1976 No. 38.