Statutory Rules
1980 No. 359
REGULATION UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Naval Defence Act 1910.
Dated this fourth day of December, 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd) D. J. Killen
Minister of State for Defence
AMENDMENT OF THE NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS†
Regulation 204 of the Naval Forces Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:
Naval title after retirement
“ 204. (I) Subject to sub-regulation (2), the Governor-General shall, if he places an officer on a retired list, grant to that officer a naval title of the same designation as the substantive rank held by him immediately before his retirement.
(2) The Governor-General shall, if he places an officer on a retired list, grant to that officer a naval title of the same designation as the next higher rank to the substantive rank held by him immediately before his retirement if that officer had held that higher rank on a temporary or acting basis—
(a) for the final year of his service; or
(b) for 2 of the last 3 years of his service.
(3) The Governor-General shall, if he places a Senior Chaplain or Chaplain on a retired list, grant to that Senior Chaplain or Chaplain the naval title of Senior Chaplain or Chaplain as the case requires.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 December 1980.
† Statutory Rules 1935 No. 133 as amended to date. For previous amendments see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1980 No. 7 and see also Statutory Rules 1980 Nos. 7, 100, 104, 178, 225 and 285 see also Statutory Rules 1978 Nos. 54 and 75.
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