Naval Reserve Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 79.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1918.

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 1910-1918, to come into operation forthwith unless otherwise specified herein.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of June, 1931.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. B. CHIFLEY

Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Naval Reserve Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1931, No. 35.)

(First Amendment.)

1. Regulation 29 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“29.—(1.) Any suitable person may be enrolled in the Naval Reserve for successive periods of three years, provided that he shall be finally discharged on reaching the age prescribed therefor in these Regulations.

(2.) To qualify him for enrolment a candidate shall—

(a) be between eighteen and forty years of age;

(b) be of pure European descent and the son of natural-born or naturalized British subjects;

(c) be medically fit;

(d) subscribe to the oath or affirmation.

(3.) A man belonging to any branch of the Naval, Military, or Air Force of Great Britain or of a British Dominion shall not be eligible for engagement in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, and no candidate shall, except with the approval of the Naval Board, be accepted for service in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, who has previously been dismissed, discharged “Unsuitable” or “Services no longer required”, or “Invalided”, from any of those forces.

(4.) In time of war or emergency any person of any age possessing the required qualifications who is considered to be medically fit for the satisfactory performance of his duties may engage for such periods as the Naval Board may direct.”

802.—Price 3d.

 

2. Regulation 30 is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.), paragraph (d), the words “Petty Officer Bandsman” and inserting in their stead the following:—

“Bandsman or such higher rating not above Petty Officer Bandsman as the District Naval Officer considers the man suitable for, provided that he shall not be entered as Leading Bandsman if he is under 21 years of age, or as Petty Officer Bandsman if he is under 25 years of age”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.).

3. Regulation 116 is amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:—

“(e) An officer of the band shall wear the same uniform as an officer of the executive branch of the same relative rank.”

4. Regulation 137, sub-regulation (1.), paragraph (b), is amended—

(a) by inserting in section (vii), under the words “Officers’ Cook, 2nd Class”, the words “Leading Bandsman”; and

(b) by inserting in section (viii), under the words “Officers’ Cook, 3rd Class”, the word “Bandsman”.

5. Regulation 149, sub-regulation (1.), is amended as from 10th November, 1930, by omitting the amounts “12s. 6d.”, “10s.”, and “5s.” and inserting in their stead the amounts “14s. 2d.”, “11s. 8d.”, and “7s. 6d.” respectively.

6. Regulation 158, sub-regulation (1.), is amended as from 1st July, 1930—

(a) by renumbering paragraph (b) to read “(b) (i)”;

(b) by inserting a new paragraph as follows:—

“(b) (ii) Medical examination of members of the Royal Australian Naval Auxiliary Services prior to discharge 7s. 6d.”;

(c) by renumbering paragraph (c) to read “ (c) (i) ”

(d)by inserting after the word “for” in the first line of paragraph (c) (i) the words “, or of members for re-engagement in,”; and

(e) by inserting a new paragraph as follows:—

“(c) (ii) Medical or physical examination required to be held on members of the Citizen Naval Forces, including Senior Naval Cadets, who are considered physically unfitted to continue serving.......................................................................      7s. 6d.”

  

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.