Universal Training Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

Amendment to Universal Training Regulations 83, 84, and 85.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1912 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this first day of May, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

E. A. ROBERTS.

REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

Amendments.

Part IV.—Junior Cadets.

Headline " Instructors of Physical Training "and Regulations 83 and 84 are cancelled and the following substituted therefor :—

Physical Training Instructional Staff.

83. (i) A Physical Training Instructional Staff shall be established, to be a portion of the Instructional Staff of the Commonwealth Military Forces. It may consist of such officers as may be appointed thereto.

(ii) Notice of vacancies for officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff will be given by advertisement in all States and by notice in Military and District Orders. Applications from candidates will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same to the Military Board. When forwarding applications District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment. Candidates will be informed of the approval of their nomination, or otherwise, to undergo the examination prescribed.

(iii) The following persons are eligible for appointment to the Physical Training Instructional Staff provided they are certified by a Medical Board as being physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed educational, technical, and practical examinations :—

(a)Officers of the Citizen Forces, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

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(b) Warrant officers, Non-commissioned officers and men, except as specified in (c), who have served for three years in the Defence Force, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(c)Warrant and Non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Forces, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 at the date of holding the educational examination.

(d)Ex-members of the Imperial Regular Army and of the Permanent Forces of Australia, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(e)Other candidates, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 30 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(iv) The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Military and other Orders. Should there be more candidates than vacancies the technical and practical examinations will be competitive.

84. (i) First appointments will usually be made as Assistant Instructor. A successful candidate will be appointed for one year on probation. At the end of this period his appointment may be confirmed on the report of the District Commandant under whom the candidate served that he has satisfactorily performed his duties, provided that an officer of the Physical Training Instructional Staff shall, before being confirmed in his appointment, be required to attend a special course of instruction, as may be prescribed, and satisfactorily pass the examination.

(ii) Commonwealth Military Regulation 134, relating to age for retirement, shall not apply to officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff, who will be retired on reaching the age of 60 years.

(iii) Officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff may be appointed for a term of five years, renewable from time to time for the same or for any less period.

(iv) Officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff may be recommended for honorary commissions in the Defence Force, but any officer who qualifies for his rank under the syllabus and conditions which apply to officers of the Citizen Forces, may be granted a substantive commission on the Unattached List and retained thereon so long as he complies with the conditions prescribed.

(v) The Physical Training Instructional Staff will be administered by the Adjutant-General's branch of the Staff in Districts, and for the purpose of discipline will be considered to be a " Corps."

(vi) The duties of the Physical Training Instructional Staff shall be as prescribed by the Military Board.

Regulation 85, line 2—

Delete the heading—

" Instructors of Physical Training."

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