STATUTORY RULES.
1911. No. 190.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1910.
Amendment to Commonwealth Military Regulation 60.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1910 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this fifteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Amendment.
Regulation 60 is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
60 (a). When a vacancy for first appointment as an officer occurs in a Unit of the Citizen Forces, preference will be given, under Section 11 of the Defence Act, to persons who have served in the Defence Force for three years without a commission. Special consideration being given to military ability and professional experience.
(b) In the event of there being no qualified candidates under (a) the Commanding Officer of the Unit in which the vacancy exists will invite applications from other non-commissioned officers and men of such Unit.
The Commanding Officer will forward the applications received, together with his recommendation, to the District Commandant, and in the event of none of the applicants being considered to be suitable for appointment to a commission, he will state fully his reasons for such opinion.
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