STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 143.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1915.
Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
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 1903-1915 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this eighteenth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
Addition.
Regulation 248a—After Regulation 248 insert the following now Regulation:—
“248a. In lieu of being placed in arrest an officer or soldier who is considered to have been guilty of negligence may, on the approval of the Minister, be suspended from duty pending the conclusion of any inquiry or investigation which may be instituted for the purpose of obtaining evidence on which to formulate charges.”
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