EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 377
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AMENDMENT OF THE NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS
Section 12 of the Defence Amendment Act 1979 allows that the Minister may make interim determinations amending or repealing regulations. The Act also deems such interim determinations to be Statutory Rules.
Regulation 147 of the Naval Forces Regulations provides for the granting of leave of absence without pay to a member of the Navy for a period not exceeding one year and describes the effect of that leave on service for other purposes.
Regulations 178 and 183 apply the provisions of regulation 147 to members of the Naval Emergency Reserve Forces and the Australian Naval Reserve, respectively.
This Interim Determination: omits sub-regulation 147(1) and repeals regulations 178 and 183, all of which have been replaced by Determination 2608, Leave Without Pay, made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903; and makes consequential amendments to sub-regulations 147(2) and 147(3).
The date of effect is the day Determination 2608, Leave Without Pay, is made.