EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO 62
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Naval Forces Regulations, made under the Naval Defence Act 1910, provide for various matters relating to the administration of the Navy.
Regulation 102 of the Naval Forces Regulations prescribes ages for the compulsory retirement of officers of the Permanent Naval Forces.
This Statutory Rule amends regulation 102 to reduce the compulsory retirement ages prescribed for some senior officers.
In the table to sub-regulation 102(1), an age of 57 was prescribed for a rear admiral on the General List and 60 for a rear admiral in the Medical Branch. The age prescribed for a commodore or captain on the General, Supplementary and Special Duties Lists or in the Instructor Branch was 55 and for those in the Medical, Dental, and Ordnance Design and Inspection Branches was 57.
Regulation 1 of this Statutory Rule amends the table to sub-regulation 102(1) to prescribe a compulsory retirement age of 57 for all rear admirals and 55 for all commodores and captains.
Regulation 2 of this Statutory Rule enables officers whose retirement ages are affected by the amendment to elect to serve until attaining their former compulsory retirement age where that is greater than the new age. The former, higher, retirement age continues to be the prescribed retirement age for an officer who has already passed the new, lower, retirement age for his rank.
The amendments have effect from the date of gazettal of the Statutory Rule.