STATUTORY RULES
1966 No. 119
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1965.*
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 1903-1965.
Dated this eleventh day of August, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
MALCOLM FRASER
Minister of State for the Army.
Amendments of the Australian Military Regulations†
Promotion of officers.
1. Regulation 79 of the Australian Military Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(c) in the case of an officer holding the rank of captain—
(i) if he held that rank upon being appointed an officer— five years;
(ii) if he held the rank of lieutenant upon being appointed an officer—eight years; or
(iii) in any other case—nine and one-half years.”.
Application.
2.—(1.) Regulation 79 of the Australian Military Regulations as amended by the last preceding regulation applies in relation to an officer in the Citizen Military Forces who was or is promoted to the rank of captain, or was or is appointed to be an officer and to hold the rank of captain, on or after the second day of April, 1966.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 18 August, 1966.
† 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, 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; 1956, Nos. 52, 102 and 115; 1957, No. 56; 1958, Nos. 31, 32 and 85; 1959, Nos. 22 and 30; 1960, No. 25; 1961, No. 42; 1962, Nos. 23, 27, 68, 69 and 171; 1963, No. 28; 1964, Nos. 62, 83, 93 and 149; and 1965, Nos. 61, 72, 116, 119, 138 and 174.
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(2.) Regulation 79 of the Australian Military Regulations as in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations continues to apply, notwithstanding the amendment effected by the last preceding regulation, to and in relation to an officer in the Citizen Military Forces who held the rank of captain on the first day of April, 1966.
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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra