STATUTORY RULES
1971 No. 58
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1970.*
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 1903-1970.
Dated this thirteenth day of May, 1971.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster-General for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the Defence Committee Regulations†
The Defence Committee.
1. Regulation 4 of the Defence Committee Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1.) There shall be a committee, to be known as the Defence Committee, which shall consist of—
(a) the Secretary to the Department of Defence;
(b) the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee;
(c) the Chief of Naval Staff;
(d) the Chief of the General Staff;
(e) the Chief of the Air Staff;
(f) the Secretary to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet;
(g) the Secretary to the Department of the Treasury; and
(h) the Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs.”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee” and inserting in their stead the words “the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee”.
The Chairman.
2. Regulation 5 of the Defence Committee Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee” and inserting in their stead the words “the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee,”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee” and inserting in their stead the words “the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee”.
Meetings.
3. Regulation 6 of the Defence Committee Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) the words “the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee” and inserting in their stead the words “the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee,”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1971.
† Statutory Rules 1960, No. 91, as amended by Statutory Rules 1968, No. 20; and 1971, No. 23.
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