Australian Military Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 21.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903‑1934.*

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 1903‑1934.

Dated this eighteenth day of February   , 1936.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Australian Military Regulations. †

Appointment to Reserve of officers.

1. Regulation 120 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended in paragraph (b) of sub‑regulation (2) by inserting next after the words “Australian Army Medical Corps,” the words “the Australian Army Ordnance Corps,”.

Suggestions for sentence (Peace).

2. Regulation 321 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended in paragraph (b) of the table in sub‑regulation (11) by inserting, in the column headed “Remarks” next after the sub‑paragraph “Offences of violence under A.M.R. 203 (1) (xiii), in their gravest form, may justify a sentence of imprisonment.”, the following sub‑paragraph —

“Offences under A.M.R. 203 (1) (xiii) should normally he punished more severely when committed against a superior officer being in the execution of his office than when not in the execution of his office; an offence having relation to the office of a superior being of greater gravity than an offence against the individual apart from the duties of his office, and, especially in the less serious classes of such offences, the lower the rank of the superior officer against whom the offence is committed, the less, usually, will be the gravity of the offence.”

General power of C.O. in cases of immediate and pressing danger.

3. Regulation 414 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended General power in sub‑regulation (2) by omitting the words “an commander of” and of inserting in their stead the words “a commander of”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on     1936.

† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 23, 28 and 126; 1920, No. 123; 1930, Nos. 26, 67 and 92: 1931, No. 13; 1932, Nos. 80, 87 and 125; 1933, Nos. 49 and 77; 1934, Nos. 26 and 80; 1935, Nos. 99 and 109

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4. The following sub‑heading and regulations are inserted next after the sub‑leading “Australian Army Ordinance Corps (Permanent)” in Division 4 of Part VII. of the Australian Military Regulations:—

“Reserve of Officers, Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

Grading and ranks.

560. Any corporate or junior member of an Institute of Engineers approved by the Military Board who is competent to perform the duties of an officer of a grading mentioned in the following table may be appointed an officer of the Reserve of Officers, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, and may be granted the honorary rank shown in the table opposite that grading:—

Employment.

561. Officers of the Reserve of Officers, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, may be employed with Ordnance Workshops as approved from time to time by the Military Board.”

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.