STATUTORY RULES.
1918. No. 122.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1917.
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 Defence Act 1903-1917 to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this fifteenth day of May, 1918.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE,
Minister of State for Defence.
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Amendment of the Australian Military Regulations 1916.
After regulation 18 the following division and regulation are inserted:—
Division 4a.—Deputy Judge Advocate-General.
18a. (1) The Governor-General may appoint a Deputy Judge Advocate-General.
(2) The Deputy Judge Advocate-General shall be attached to the staff of the Adjutant-General.
(3) No Deputy Judge Advocate-General shall hold office for more than four years unless re-appointed.
(4) The duties of a Deputy Judge Advocate-General will be:—
(a) To act as Judge Advocate at such Courts Martial or trials by court-martial as he shall be appointed to or for.
(b) To examine and advise upon the proceedings of such trials by court martial as shall be referred to him.
(c) To advise the Military Board and the Adjutant-General upon such questions of military law as shall be referred to the Deputy Judge Advocate-General.
Regulation 60 is amended by deleting the words “of the Australian Army Medical Corps and”.
After regulation 77 the following new division and regulations are inserted:—
Division 7a.—Appointment to First Commission, Promotion and Service in the Australian Army Medical Corps.
77a. (1) First appointments, in the case of registered medical practitioners not liable to undergo compulsory training under section 125 of the Act, will be made to the rank of Captain (provisionally).
(2) Persons liable to undergo compulsory training under section 125 of the Act may on becoming registered medical practitioners be recommended for appointment as officers with the rank of Lieutenant (provisionally).
77b. When a registered medical practitioner is appointed as an officer under the provisions of Regulation 77a (2) he will be allotted to a Field Medical Unit for duty. Provided that in cases where this is impossible owing to distance of residence from a training centre or where no vacancy exists in the authorized establishment such officer shall be supernumerary and will attend a Camp of Continuous Training and perform such other duties of the Army Medical Service as may be ordered.
77c. (1) District Commandants will appoint Boards to carry out the theoretical and practical examination for confirmation of provisional appointments to commissioned rank up to and including the rank of Captain.
(2) Examinations for promotion to any rank higher than that of Captain will be conducted under instructions from the Director-General, Australian Army Medical Services.
77d. (1) Persons who have been appointed as officers under the provisions of Regulation 77a (2) and who have completed their service in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 77b will, on reaching the age of 26 years, be taken to have completed their period of compulsory service.
(2) on reaching this age any such person may—
(a) be promoted to the rank of Captain (provisionally) should there be a vacancy on the authorized establishment; or
(b) be placed on the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve with the honorary rank of Captain; or
(c) resign his commission.
After regulation 1019 the following new division and regulations are inserted:—
Division 2a.—Australian Army Medical Corps.
A.A.M.C. Reserve.
1019a. All members of the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve are liable to be called out for military service, and may on approval of the Military Board be employed on medical duties as required.
1019b. The Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve is composed as follows:—
(1) Officers.
(a) Medical Officers on the Reserve of Officers, Australian Military Forces List.
(b) Duly qualified and registered members of the medical profession.
(c) Duly qualified and registered members of the pharmaceutical profession.
(d) Duty qualified and registered members of the dental profession.
(e) Masseurs willing to be enrolled in the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve, and recommended by the District Principal Medical Officer.
(f) Science section for such men skilled in any of the sciences allied to medicine, and not holding medical qualifications.
(g) Quartermasters.
(2) Other Ranks.
(a) Discharged members of the Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, and Australian Army Medical Corps who will retain rank held on discharge.
(b) Dispensers—to hold rank of Staff Sergeant.
(c) Dental Mechanics—to hold rank of Staff Sergeant.
(d) Masseurs—to hold rank of Staff Sergeant.
(e) Others with special knowledge of some branch of medical science, but not legally qualified medical practitioners—to hold rank of Staff Sergeant.
(f) Members of recognized ambulance societies and special trades—to hold rank of Corporal and Private.
1019c. Honorary rank on first appointment may be conferred on persons mentioned in Regulation 1019b (1), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) as follows:—
(a) Consultants—Honorary rank of Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel.
(b) Senior Executive Hospital Staffs—Senior Specialists—Honorary rank of Major.
(c) Junior Executive Hospital Staffs—Honorary rank of Captain.
(d) Personnel for other Army Medical Services—Honorary rank of Captain.
(e) Senior Pharmacist in each Military District—Honorary rank of Captain.
(f) Pharmacists—Honorary rank of Lieutenant or Captain.
(g) Senior Dental Surgeon—Honorary rank of Captain or Major.
(h) Dental Surgeons—Honorary rank of Lieutenant or Captain.
(i) Masseurs—Senior Masseur in each Military District—Honorary rank of Lieutenant.
(j) Science Section—Honorary rank of Lieutenant or Captain.
Australian Army Nursing Service.
1019d. All members of the Australian Army Nursing Service are liable to be called out for military service and may, on the approval of the Military Board, be employed on nursing duties, as required.
1019e. Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service will be appointed by the Director-General, Australian Army Medical Services.
Any member may resign from such service or her appointment therein be terminated at any time by the Director-General Australian Army Medical Service.
1019F. A candidate for appointment in the Australian Army Nursing Service must be a British subject between 21 and 40 years of age and single or a widow, and must have had not less than three years’ training and service in medical and surgical nursing in a duly recognised civil general hospital.
1019G. Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service will be graded as follows: —
(a) Matron in Chief.
(b) Principal Matron.
(c) Matron.
(d) Sister in Charge.
(e) Sister.
(f) Staff Nurse.
1019h. Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service shall be retired at the ages set forth in the following table, but in special cases the prescribed age for retirement may be extended for a period not exceeding two years:—
Matron in Chief,
Principal Matron, 50 years.
Matron,
Other Members, 45 years.
1019j. The appointment of any member of the Australian Army Nursing Service who marries will terminate from the date of marriage.
Regulation 1155 of the Australian Military Regulations 1916 is repealed and the following regulation made in lieu thereof:—
“1155. Every club shall elect a committee, consisting of a captain secretary, treasurer, and four members, such election to be subject to the indorsement of the District Commandant, and the property of the club shall be vested in such committee.”
After Regulation 1210 the following regulation is inserted: —
“1210a. A Senior Cadet employed on piecework shall be paid by his employer for any time he is absent from employment for the purposes of training, except the training required of the Cadet for failure to become efficient or while undergoing confinement for an offence, at the rate per hour of his average hourly earnings while employed on piecework during his working hours for his employer during the three months preceding the absence for the purposes of training, or, if the Cadet has not been employed for three months, during the period for which he has been employed:
“Provided that where owing to the shortness of the period of employment or the casual nature of the employment or the terms of the employment it is impracticable to determine the basis of the payment that basis shall be the average hourly earnings of a person in the same grade performing the same class of work for the employer during the three months preceding the absence of the Cadet for the purposes of training.”
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