Royal Military College of Australia Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 266.

REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE-ACT 1903-1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of November, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. J. RUSSELL,

Acting Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of Regulations for the Royal Military College of Australia.

Regulation 8 of regulations for the Royal Military College of Australia, 1916, is repealed, and the following regulation made in lieu thereof:—

8(i) Vacancies at the College for Commonwealth cadets under 19 years of age will be allotted to the States of the Commonwealth on the basis of population, and the candidates from each State will compete among themselves. The number of vacancies will be published in the Commonwealth Gazette. Candidates will only be eligible for vacancies allotted to the State in which their parents or guardians have their permanent residence, or, if the parents or guardians are not residents of the Commonwealth, the State in which the candidate has resided for one year immediately preceding the Entrance examination. Provided that in the event of the number of qualified candidates from any State being less than the number of vacancies allotted to such State, such vacancies will be offered to candidates at large, in their order of merit, who have qualified at the same examination. The order of merit will be determined by adding together the whole of the marks obtained by each candidate in the examination.

(ii) Provided that when in any year the total number of vacancies for Commonwealth cadets under 19 years of age does not enable an allotment to be made to the States on the basis of population, the vacancies allotted will be available for competition by candidates irrespective of State of residence.

 

(iii) Provided also that notwithstanding anything in this regulation one-fifth of the vacancies allotted annually for candidates under 19 years of age will normally be set apart irrespective of the State of residence for the sons of persons who have been abroad on active service in the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Imperial Force, or the Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, with the condition that no such candidate will be admitted who receives less than half marks in the aggregate of the subjects of the examination. Should less than one-fifth of the candidates qualify under this provision the vacancies remaining will be offered to other candidates who have qualified at the same examination in order of merit. The order of merit will be determined by adding together the whole of the marks obtained by each candidate in the examination.

 

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