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

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 271

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,

LANCE BARNARD

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendments of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations

Commencement.

1. The amendments effected by regulations 2 and 4 shall come into operation on 1 January 1974.

Ratings.

2. Regulation 17 of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:—

Rating in Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service	Corresponding ratings of men or the Naval Forces
Warrant Officer.................................................................	Warrant Officer
Chief Petty Officer .................................................................	Chief Petty Officer
Petty Officer .................................................................	Petty Officer
Leading Wran .................................................................	Leading Seaman
Senior Wran .................................................................	Able Seaman
Wran .................................................................	Seaman
Recruit .................................................................	Recruit

3. Regulation 20 of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is repealed and the following regulations substituted:—

Authorities to discharge.

“ 20. (1) The Naval Board, a member of the Naval Board and the officer holding the office, or performing the duties of the office, of Director-General of Manpower or Director-General of Personal Services are each an authority for the purposes of section 30 of the Act.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 December 1973.

  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; and 1972, No. 67.

“ (2) The commanding officer of a naval establishment is an authority for the purposes of section 30 of the Act in the case of a service woman under his command.

“ (3) A commanding officer who is an authority for the purposes of section 30 of the Act by virtue of sub-regulation (2) shall not discharge a servicewoman—

(a) in the case of a servicewoman who holds a rating of Recruit Wran—for any reason other than the reason referred to in paragraph (a) or (e) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 20aa; or

(b) in the case of a servicewoman who holds a rating other than the rating of Recruit Wran—for any reason other than the reason referred to in paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 20aa.

Reasons for discharge.

“ 20aa. (1) For the purpose of section 30 of the Act, each of the following reasons is a reason for the discharge of a servicewoman:—

(a) that the servicewoman has requested her discharge;

(b) that the servicewoman will, upon being discharged, be appointed an officer of the Naval Forces;

(c) that the servicewoman cannot be usefully employed in the Naval Forces because of retrenchment in those Forces;

(d) that the servicewoman is medically unfit;

(e) that an authority specified in regulation 20 is satisfied that the retention of the servicewoman in the Naval Forces is not in the interest of those Forces;

(f) that the servicewoman made a false or misleading statement in connexion with her enlistment in the Naval Forces.

“ (2) In this regulation, ‘ medically unfit ’, in relation to a servicewoman, means physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of her duty.”.

Rating on enlistment.

4. Regulation 21g of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following table:—

First column	Second column	Third column
Rating in Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve	Rank in Australian Regular Army	Rank in Permanent Air Force
1. Warrant Officer ..............................	Warrant Officer, Class 1	Warrant Officer
2. Chief Petty Officer ..........................	Warrant Officer, Class 2	Flight Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
3. Petty Officer ...................................	Sergeant	Sergeant
4. Leading Wran .................................	Corporal	Corporal
5. Senior Wran ...................................	Lance Corporal	Leading Aircraftwoman
6. Wran ..............................................	Private	Aircraftwoman