EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO. 217
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
SCIENCE AND PERSONNEL
CADET FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Cadet Forces Regulations (“the Regulations”), made under the Defence Act 1903, Naval Defence Act 1910 and Air Force Act 1923, provide for the organisation and administration of the three cadet bodies: the Australian Cadet Corps, the Naval Reserve Cadets and the Air Training Corps.
Paragraph 10(1)(b) of the Regulations provides for ranks in the Australian Cadet Corps to be specified in Schedule 2 of the Regulations.
Schedule 2 provided for the rank structure of cadets and officers of the Australian Cadet Corps, but did not provide a rank structure for instructors appointed to the Corps.
The Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988 included an amendment to section 62 of the Defence Act 1903 which provides for the appointment of instructors to the Australian Cadet Corps.
The Statutory Rule amends Schedule 2 to provide a rank structure for instructors appointed to the Australian Cadet Corps. This will bring that Corps into line with the provisions applying to the other two Cadet bodies.
The Statutory Rule comes into operation on the date of gazettal.