STATUTORY RULES.
1957. No. 56.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1956.*
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 1903-1956.
Dated this twelfth day of October, 1957.
W. J. SLIM
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
J. O. CRAMER
Minister of State for the Army.
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Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations.†
Appointment of Honorary Colonels.
1. Regulation 98 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) all the words from and including the words “to be” and inserting in their stead the words “to be an Honorary Colonel or a Colonel Commandant of a Corps, or a regiment or battalion of a Corps, specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) The number of appointments under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not exceed—
(a) in the case of the Royal Australian Survey Corps, the Australian Intelligence Corps, the Royal Australian Army Dental Corps, the Australian Army Educational Corps, the Australian Army Catering Corps, the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, the Australian Army Legal Corps, the Royal Australian Army Provost Corps and the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps—one for each of those Corps;
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 17th October, 1957.
† 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. 31, 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; 1942, Nos. 35, 59, 60, 85, 114, 166, 179, 211, 231, 289, 333, 334, 350, 417, 477, 506, 508, 521, 522, 555 and 556; 1943, Nos. 17, 68, 72, 126, 174, 199, 200, 219, 244, 245, 246, 249 and 258; 1944, Nos. 1, 39, 69, 71, 72, 114, 120, 122, 154 and 164; 1945, Nos. 6, 19, 38, 42, 68, 94, 111, 141 and 195; 1946, Nos. 72, 113, 114, 116 and 150; 1947, Nos. 25 and 59; 1948, Nos. 40, 59, 65 and 79; 1949, Nos. 55 and 68; 1950, Nos. 10, 21, 29, 64 and 65; 1951, Nos. 20, 56, 125, 149 and 152; 1952, Nos. 8, 60, 68 and 69; 1953, No. 87; 1954, Nos. 113, 117 and 118; 1955, Nos. 7, 31 and 55; and 1956, Nos. 52, 102 and 115.
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(b) in the case of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps—two for that Corps;
(c) in the case of the Royal Australian Artillery, the Royal Australian Engineers, the Royal Australian Corps of Signals, the Royal Australian Army Service Corps, the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps and the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers—six for each of those Corps;
(d) in the case of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps—one for each regiment of that Corps; and
(e) in the case of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps—one for the Royal Australian Regiment and one for each battalion of that Corps, not being a battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment.”; and
(c) by inserting in sub-regulation (4.), after the word “appointed”, the words “or re-appointed”.
Ages for retirement of officers.
2. Regulation 124 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting from Column 5 of the table in sub-regulation (1.) the figures “52”, “52”, “50”, “50”, “47” and “47” and inserting in their stead the figures “55”, “55”, “55”, “50”, “50” and “50”, respectively.
Re-engagement.
3. Regulation 140 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word “at” and inserting in its stead the words “to serve for a further period from”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “after the expiration of that period”;
(c) by inserting in sub-regulation (2.), after the word “Forces”, the words “, being a soldier who has not already re-engaged to serve for a further period after the expiration of his then current period of engagement or re-engagement,”;
(d) by inserting after sub-regulation (3.) the following sub-regulation:—
“(3a.) A soldier of the Permanent Forces may, with the consent of the Military Board, elect in writing to re-engage, and, upon his so electing, may be re-engaged, for the further period for which he is eligible to re-engage, at any time during, or on the expiration of, his then current period of engagement or re-engagement.”; and
(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, notify his desire to re-engage” and inserting in their stead the words “in accordance with this regulation, notify his desire to re-engage, or elect to re-engage,”.
Compulsory retirement (peace) and discharge in time of war.
4. Regulation 191 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(b) in any other case—
(i) if the soldier is a male soldier of the Permanent Forces—fifty-five years;
(ii) if the soldier is a male soldier of the Citizen Forces—forty-eight years; or
(iii) if the soldier is a female soldier of the Permanent Forces or the Citizen Forces—fifty years.”.
Losses due to neglect.
5. Regulation 294a of the Australian Military Regulations is repealed.
Extended leave of absence without pay.
6. Regulation 473 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1.) The Military Board may grant leave of absence without pay to a member of the Permanent Forces for a period not exceeding twelve months.”.
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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.