Australian Military Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 556.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1941.*

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 1903-1941.

Dated this thirtieth day of December, 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Army.

Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations.†

1. Regulation 32 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“Signature of documents on behalf of officer commanding Military Forces in time of war.

(2.) When the powers and functions of the Military Board are vested in an officer appointed to command the Military Forces in time of war, any warrant, order, recommendation, decision, approval, map, plan or other document of any description issued, given or made, or authorized to be issued, given or made, by that officer may be evidenced by a writing or representation signed by that officer, or by the Chief of the General Staff, the Lieutenant-General in Charge of Administration, the Adjutant-General, the Quartermaster-General or the Master-General of the Ordnance under his authority or on his behalf, and a writing or representation purporting to bear the signature, or a facsimile of the signature, of that officer, or of the officer signing under his authority or on his behalf as provided in this regulation, shall be admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or appointment or authority of the person whose signature, or facsimile of signature, it purports to bear.”.

* Notilied in the Commonwealth Gazette on      , 1942.

† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 149, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 23, 28 and 126; 1929, 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; 1936, Nos. 21, 44 and 100; 1937, No. 45; 1938, Nos. 75, 90 and 93; 1939, Nos. 81, 51, 58, 115, 123, 134, 160 and 173; 1940, Nos. 2, 16, 29, 59, 150, 183, 184, 185, 186, 199, 237, 252, 272 and 273; 1941, Nos. 3, 4, 14, 43, 135, 153, 155, 205, 245, 246, 260 and 311; and 1942, Nos. 35, 59, 60, 85, 114, 166, 179, 211, 231, 289, 333, 334, 350, 417, 477 and

8375.—Price 3d.        22/30.11.1942.

Prescribed service.

2. Regulation 140a of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1.) Every person called upon in pursuance of D.A.60 to enlist and serve in the Citizen Forces shall, notwithstanding any claim to exemption—

(a) attend at such time and place as is specified in any notice issued from time to time in accordance with this regulation for the purpose of medical and other examinations and for enlistment and service, if required, and give such information as an officer requires; and

(b) unless he is exempt from liability so to do, enlist in the prescribed manner, if and when so required.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “by notice issued in accordance with this regulation” and inserting in their stead the words “, whether by notice issued in accordance with this regulation or otherwise”; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(6.) A person required to attend for examination shall be entitled to pay at the same rate as a private soldier of the Citizen Military Forces from the time at which he attends, in accordance with a notice issued under this regulation, until he is released from attendance.”.

Enrolment of persons liable to serve in the Citizen Forces in time of war.

3. Regulation 141a of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “in the Reserve Forces” and inserting in their stead the word “therein”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.), after the word “Force”, the words “who are performing continuous full time service under that enlistment or appointment”;

(c) by omitting sub-regulations (8.) and (8a.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(8.) Any person enrolled in accordance with this regulation who—

(a) changes his address, or

(b) changes his employment, industry or occupation, shall, within seven days of that change, notify the full particulars thereof—

(i) in the case of a change of address, where the former address and the new address are in the same area, to the Area Officer of that area;

(ii) in the case of a change of address from a place in one area to a place in another area, to the Area Officer of each of those areas;

(iii) in the case of a change of employment, industry or occupation, to the Area Officer of the area in which he resides.”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (9.) the words “occupation, or marital state” and inserting in their stead the words “or occupation”.

Amendment of Appendix IIla.

4. Form M.3a in Appendix IIIa. to the Australian Military Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the figures “1939” and inserting in their stead the figures “1941”;

(b) by omitting the words “(Persons subsequently marrying should at once notify the Area Officer of the Area in which they are enrolled.)”;

(c) by omitting the words “from or to a reserved occupation” and inserting in their stead the words “of employment, industry or occupation”; and

(d) by omitting the words—

“Initials and Name of Employer

“Postal Address of Employer”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Name and address of person, company or Government Department or authority by whom or by which employed”.

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