STATUTORY RULES.
1912. No. 241.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–11.
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 Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910–11, should come into immediate operation and further should be taken to have come into operation on the first day of December, 1912, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this twelfth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Amendments.
PART II.—PERMANENT NAVAL FORCES.
Section I.—Entries, Commissions, and Promotions of Officers; and Section II.—Entry and Promotion of Seamen, Stokers, and Boys.
Regulations 18 to 53 inclusive are hereby cancelled, and the following Regulation is substituted therefor:—
18. The entry, appointment, and promotion of Officers and men are to be governed by the Regulations contained in the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions except in those cases where special regulations are made for the Royal Australian Navy.
Section IV.—Discharges, Retirements, and Dismissals.
Add Regulation 60 (a)—Petty Officers, Seamen, and others below the rank of Warrant Officer who arc entered or who re-engage on or after 1st December, 1912, shall be permitted, subject to the approval of the Naval Board, to purchase their discharge on the following terms:—
(a) Up to but not exceeding one month from date of first entry, £10.
(b) After one month, but not exceeding three months from date of first entry, £20.
C.12631.—Price 3d.
(c) After three months from date of first entry—
(I.) Boys under 18 years of age, £40.
(II.) Men—
(1) Up to three years’ service since date of engagement, £48.
(2) Over three years and up to four years’ service since date of engagement, £36
(3) Over four years’ service since date of engagement, £24
(d) After re-engagement—
(1) Up to three years’ service since date of re-engagement, £12,
(2) Over three years’ service since date of re-engagement, £8.
Service must be actual service in receipt of wages as recorded on the Service Certificate.
Section V.—Interior Economy.
Regulations 65, 66, 67, 68, 74, and 76 are hereby cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
65. The Regulations contained in Chapters XVII., XVIII., and Sections II., III., IV., and V. of Chapter XIX. of the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, as amended by the Addenda and Admiralty Circular Letters relating thereto (particularly Admiralty Circular Letter No. 32, dated 7th September, 1912) shall apply to the Naval Forces subject to the following modifications:—
The following articles and clauses are not to apply:—
Article 721.
Article 727, paragraphs 2 and 4, and Article 728, clause 2 (b); subsequent articles being amended as necessary in consequence.
Article 737.
Article 738, clauses 7 to 16 and 22, and all reference to Gratuity.
Article 744, Table II., Punishments 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
Articles 784, 785, 787, 788, 789.
(Note.—The punishments contained in Table II. are not applicable to boys under training in H.M.A. Training Ships and Establishments, for whom special Regulations have been adopted, but, subject to the omissions referred to above, they apply to all other ratings).
All reference to the Royal Marines is to be cancelled.
Wherever the words “Home,” “United Kingdom,” “England” or similar words occur, the words “Commonwealth of Australia” are to be read.
Wherever reference to the Admiralty, Commander-in-chief, or other Flag Officer is necessary, reference is, for the present, to be made to the Naval Board.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.