STATUTORY RULES.
1939. No. .
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1939.*
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 1903-1939.
Dated this eighteenth day of October, 1939.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations.†
Subdivision of Regulations.
1. Regulation 2 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting the words and figures—
“Division 9.—Intelligence Section-General Staff.......................601-602”
and inserting in their stead the words and figures—
“Division 9.—Australian Intelligence Corps..........................601-602a”.
Precedence of Corps.
2. Regulation 68 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by inserting, in sub-regulation (1), below the words “The Australian Tank Corps,”, the words “The Australian Intelligence Corps,”.
Method of promotion in Citizen Forces.
3. Regulation 84 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by inserting, in sub-regulation (3), below the words “The part of the Australian Tank Corps in a military district”, the words “The part of the Australian Intelligence Corps in a military district.”.
When seconded.
4. Regulation 109 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) the words “Section of the General Staff” and inserting in their stead the word “Corps”.
Ages for retirement except in time of war.
5. Regulation 124 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3a) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(3a.) This regulation shall not apply to an officer of the Australian Intelligence Corps.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1939.
† 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; and 1939, Nos. 31, 51 and 58.
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6. Division 9 of Part VII. of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed and the following Division inserted in its stead:—
“Division 9.—Australian Intelligence Corps.
Constitution of Australian Intelligence Corps.
“601. There shall be an Australian Intelligence Corps which shall constitute a corps of the Citizen Forces and shall consist of officers and soldiers appointed to or enlisted in that corps, or transferred to or seconded for duty with that corps from other portions of the Military Forces.
Staff appointments.
602. An officer of t he Australian Intelligence Corps may, without being seconded from that corps, be allotted for intelligence duties to a staff appointment.
Age for retirement.
602a. An officer or soldier of the Australian Intelligence Corps shall be retired on reaching the age of 60 years.”.
By Authority: L. F Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.