EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO 193
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
NAVAL FINANCIAL REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Parts III, X and XV and section 116 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981 make various changes to the titles and structures of the Reserve Forces in the Air Force, the Army and the Navy. These changes, which stem from recommendations of the 1974 Millar Committee Report on the Citizen Military Forces, come into operation from the date of proclamation (on 30 September 1983). Part XV amends the Naval Defence Act 1910 (“the Act”) to make the necessary changes in relation to Navy Reserve Forces. Under these amendments, the Citizen Naval Forces are renamed as the Australian Naval Reserve.
The Naval Financial Regulations, made under the Act, prescribe various matters for the purposes of the Act, including provisions relating to the Reserve Forces.
This Statutory Rule makes amendments to the Naval Financial Regulations consequential on those made by Part XV of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981. The effect of these amendments is set out below.
Regulation 2 of the Statutory Rule amends regulation 263 to omit a definition of ‘training year’ and to substitute a definition of ‘training period’ to accord with the proposed scheme.
Regulation 3 of the Statutory Rule makes the amendments set out in the Schedule to the Statutory Rule which are title changes corresponding to those made by Part XV of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981.
Commencement
The Statutory Rule comes into operation on 30 September 1983, the date from which Parts III, X and XV and section 116 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981 are proclaimed to commence.