Statutory Rules
1977 No. 140
REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903.
Dated this nineteenth day of August, 1977.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
D. J. KILLEN
Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the Military Financial Regulations†
Removal on termination of service.
Regulation 115 of the Military Financial Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ on the termination of his service ” and substituting the words “ during the prescribed period ”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ that termination ” and substituting the words “ the termination of his service ”;
(c) by inserting in sub-regulation (1), after the word “ enable ”, the words “ the member and ”;
(d) by omitting paragraph (ab) of sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following paragraph:—
“ (ab) he, being a member other than a member referred to in paragraph (a) or (aa)—
(i) has not previously been removed under this regulation and has rendered in the aggregate not less than 15 years’ service; or
(ii) has rendered in the aggregate not less than 15 years’ service since he was last removed under this regulation;”; and
(e) by omitting sub-regulation (5) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 August 1977.
† Statutory Rules 1966, No. 35 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Military Financial Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1977, No. 3 and see also Statutory Rules 1977, Nos. 3, 13, 36, 90 and 102.
“ (5) In this regulation, ‘ prescribed period ’, in relation to a member, means the period of 6 months after the date of termination of the member’s service or, where, because of his circumstances, the member cannot reasonably be removed under this regulation within that period, the period of 6 months after the first date after the termination of the member’s service on which he could reasonably be so removed.”.