Naval Reserve (Sea-Going) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 123.

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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 fifteenth day of August, 1924.

FORSTER.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. K. BOWDEN.

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Naval Reserve (Sea-going) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 327, as amended to present date.)

1. Regulation 40 is amended as from 1st July, 1924, as follows:—

(1) By omitting from the first and second lines of sub-regulation (1) the words “and when undergoing training or voluntary service in the Fleet.”

(2) By inserting after the word “allowances” in the third line of sub-regulation (1) the words “including Deferred Pay”.

(3) By omitting from sub-regulation (1), sub-clauses (a), (b), and (c), and inserting in their stead the words “actual mobilized service during war or emergency in a confirmed rank shall count for increase of pay in that rank”

(4) By re-numbering sub-regulation (2), sub-regulation (3).

(5) By inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub regulation:—

“(2) When undergoing training or voluntary service in the Fleet in Peace time, Officers shall receive the same pay and allowances as officers of the corresponding rank in the Permanent Naval Forces (Seagoing), except that Deferred Pay shall not be credited.”

2. Regulation 75 is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“75. The Royal Naval Reserve Officers’ Decoration is granted subject to the following regulations:—

“(a)The Decoration may be conferred on Commissioned Officers of the Executive, Engineer and Accountant Branches who have total commissioned service (including Acting time) of at least 15 years, provided that time served by Midshipmen with the temporary rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant shall not be included.

 

(b) Executive Officers must have completed 12 months’ continuous Naval training and have attained the rank of Lieutenant. Engineer Officers must have completed 6 months’ continuous Naval training and have attained the rank of Engineer Lieutenant.

Accountant Officers must have completed 3 mouths’ continuous Naval training and have attained the rank of Paymaster Lieutenant.

(c) Officers otherwise qualified, who have not undergone such training, but who have performed specially good service, may, at the discretion of the Admiralty, be granted the Decoration.

(2) Officers who belonged to the Royal Naval Reserve or the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going) on 4th August, 1914, may be allowed to count mobilized time from that date to the date of demobilization as double time for the award of the Decoration.”

 

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