Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment) 1993 No. 191
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 191
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE SCIENCE AND PERSONNEL
Naval Defence Act 1910
Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment)
The Naval Forces Regulations ("the Regulations"), made under the Naval Defence Act 1910, prescribe various matters relating to the organisation and administration of the Navy.
The formal step by which persons other than officers enter the Navy is the taking of an oath or affirmation of enlistment. Regulation 41 of the Regulations sets out the procedures for taking the oath or affirmation in the Navy. This must be in accordance with the prescribed forms of oath or affirmation that are set out in the Schedule to the Regulations.
These provisions limited the persons before whom an oath or affirmation could be taken to officers of the Navy, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners for Affidavits and Commissioners for Declarations.
In order to allow more effective utilisation of available resources, it was proposed that the military personnel before whom an oath or affirmation could be taken be extended to include any officer or senior warrant officer of the Defence Force.
The Statutory Rule amends regulation 41 and the Schedule of the Regulations. The amendments enable a person enlisting in the Navy to take an oath or affirmation before any officer of the Defence Force, or a Warrant Officer of the Navy or Air Force, or a warrant Officer Class 1 of the Army. The Statutory Rule also retains the facility to use Justices of the Peace, Commissioners for Affidavits and Commissioners for Declarations for this purpose.
The Statutory Rule comes into operation on the date of gazettal.