Statutory Rules
1973 No. 274
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1971.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1971.
Dated this eighteenth day of December, 1973.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. BISHOP
Minister of State for Repatriation for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations†
Parts.
1. Regulation 3 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
“Division 2—Application of the Naval Discipline Act to the Naval Forces (Regulation 8)”,
and substituting the words—
“Division 2—Application of the Naval Discipline Act and the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions to the Naval Forces (Regulations 8-9)”.
Heading to Division 2 of Part 1.
2. The heading to Division 2 of Part I of the Naval Forces Regulations is omitted and the following heading substituted:—
“Division 2—Application of the Naval Discipline Act and the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions to the Naval Forces”.
Modifications, &c., of the Naval Discipline Act.
3. Regulation 8 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “the Schedule to these Regulations” and substituting the words “Schedule 1”.
4. After regulation 8 of the Naval Forces Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Division 2 of Part I:—
*Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 December 1973
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 133, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Naval Forces Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1973, No. 58, and see also Statutory Rules 1973, Nos. 58 and 105.
Modifications, &c., of the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.
“9. (1) In this regulation ‘Queen’s Regulations’ means the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions in force at the date of commencement of the Naval Defence Act 1964 in their application to and in relation to the Naval Forces and the members of those Forces by virtue of section 34 of the Act.
“(2) The Queen’s Regulations apply to and in relation to the Naval Forces and the members of those Forces as if those Regulations were modified by omitting the provisions referred to in Schedule 2.
“(3) Subject to sub-regulations (4) and (5), in the construction of the Queen’s Regulations as modified in accordance with sub-regulation (2) a reference to—
(b) a vessel, aircraft or establishment belonging to those Forces; or
(c) a person holding a specified rank or appointment in those Forces,
shall be read as a reference to the corresponding branch of the Defence Force, to a vessel, aircraft or establishment belonging to that corresponding branch or to a person holding a corresponding rank or appointment in that corresponding branch, as the case requires.
“(4) In the construction of the Queen’s Regulations as modified in accordance with sub-regulation (2)—
(a) a reference to the Act shall be read as a reference to the Naval Discipline Act as modified by these Regulations;
(b) a reference to the Admiralty shall be read as a reference to the Naval Board;
(c) a reference to the Commander-in-Chief in Article 1946 shall be read as a reference to the Naval Board; and
(d) clause 5 of Article 1946 shall be read as if the word “, abroad,” were omitted.
“(5) Where a term that is defined in the Naval Discipline Act as modified by these Regulations is used in the Queen’s Regulations as modified in accordance with sub-regulation (2), that term shall have the same meaning in those Regulations as it has in the Naval Discipline Act as modified by these Regulations.”.
Prescribed authority.
5. Regulation 175 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “Second Naval Member of the Naval Board” and substituting the words “Chief of Naval Personnel”.
Prescribed authority.
6. Regulation 180 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “Second Naval Member of the Naval Board” and substituting the words “Chief of Naval Personnel”.
Schedule 1.
7. The Schedule to the Naval Forces Regulations is amended by omitting the words “THE SCHEDULE” and substituting the words “SCHEDULE 1”.
Schedule 2.
8. The Naval Forces Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—
“SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 9
Modifications of the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions in their Application to the Naval Forces
Explanation of Terms
Chapters 1-17 (inclusive)
Sections I-III (inclusive) of Chapter 18
Article 1849
Article 1850
Sections V-VIII (inclusive) of Chapter 18
Section I of Chapter 19
Articles 1911-1913 (inclusive)
Articles 1915-1921 (inclusive)
Section III of Chapter 19
Article 1926
Article 1927
Article 1929
Section V of Chapter 19
Article 1949
Article 1951
Article 1955
Article 1957
Article 1958
Article 1959
Article 1960
Article 1964
Articles 1966-1973 (inclusive)
Articles 1977-1985 (inclusive)
Articles 1989-1991 (inclusive)
Sections I-IV (inclusive) of Chapter 20
Articles 2076-2078 (inclusive)
Sections VI and VII of Chapter 20
Article 2103
Article 2104
Article 2106
Article 2107
Article 2110
Articles 2116-2119 (inclusive)
Article 2121
Article 2125
Article 2127
Article 2128
Section III of Chapter 21
Article 2144
Article 2151
Article 2154
Article 2155
Article 2158
Article 2160
Article 2171
Article 2173
Articles 2187-2189 (inclusive)
Article 2194
Articles 2202-2214 (inclusive)
Sections II-IV (inclusive) of Chapter 22
Articles 2231-2233 (inclusive)
Sections VI and VII of Chapter 22
Articles 2241-2247 (inclusive)
Article 2249
Article 2250
Article 2253
Article 2258
Articles 2261-2263 (inclusive)
Sections XI and XII of Chapter 22
Articles 2307-2309 (inclusive)
Section II of Chapter 23
Chapters 24-34 (inclusive)
Chapters 36-57 (inclusive)
Appendices 1-22 (inclusive)”.