EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 NO 42
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Regulation 102 of the Naval Forces Regulations prescribes ages for the compulsory retirement of officers of the Navy.
A Nursing Branch was recently created in the Navy to allow the introduction of male nursing officers. (Female nursing officers in the Navy belong to the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service, a different part of the Navy.)
This Statutory Rule amends regulation 102 to prescribe 55 as the age for the compulsory retirement of officers of the Nursing Branch.
The amendment has effect from the date of gazettal of the Statutory Rule.