STATUTORY RULES.
1940. No. 123.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1934.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1934.
Dated this third day of July, 1940.
(SGD.) GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Navy.
Amendment of the Naval Forces Regulations. †
After regulation 81 of the Naval Forces Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
Entry and advancement of Wireman.
“81a. (1) In time of war a man may be entered in the Permanent Naval Forces (Sea-going) in the rating of Wireman for a period of two years’ service or for the duration of the war, whichever is the longer.
(2) To be eligible for entry as Wireman a man shall—
(a) not be under 18 years nor over 35 years of age; and
(b) have passed such trade test as is determined by the Naval Board.
(3) Advancement of a Wireman to Leading Wireman shall be subject to—
(a) the completion by him of 6 months’ service as Wireman;
(b) the issue by a qualified torpedo officer of a certificate that the rating is efficient professionally, that he possesses the electrical knowledge to be expected of a Leading Torpedo-man, and that he has either a sound knowledge of electrical machinery or a particularly sound knowledge of some particular branch of electrical engineering; and
(c) a recommendation for promotion from his Commanding Officer.
(4) A Wireman shall have the relative rating of Able Seaman and a Leading Wireman the relative rating of Leading Seaman.”
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1940.—Eleventh
amendment.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 133, amended by Statutory Rules 1936, Nos. 63 and 119; 1938, Nos. 29, 46, 70 and 91; 1939, Nos. 26, 27, 72 and 143.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.