STATUTORY RULES.
1942. No. 250.
REGULATION UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–1934.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Naval Defence. Act 1910–1934.
Dated this third day of June, 1942.
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for the Navy.
Amendment of the Naval Reserve Regulations.†
Regulation 52a of the Naval Reserve Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
“Promotion to Paymaster Lieutenant in time of war.
52a.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 52 of these Regulations, a Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant may, in time of war, be provisionally promoted to the rank of Paymaster Lieutenant, if he has been recommended by his Commanding Officer and—
(a) has attained two years’ seniority as Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant, including probationary time, and has a satisfactory record and report; or
(b) has attained the age of twenty-five years and has performed a minimum of one year’s mobilized service, or continuous training or a minimum in the aggregate of one year’s mobilized service and continuous training while holding the rank of Acting or Probationary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant or a higher rank; or
(c) has attained the age of thirty years and has been confirmed or provisionally confirmed as Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant.
(2.) In reckoning an officer’s seniority as Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-regulation, regard shall not be had to any service in that rank prior to his attaining the age of twenty years.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.—Thirty-second amendment.
† Statutory Rules 1931, No. 35, as amended by Statutory Rules 1931, Nos. 79 and 150; 1932, Nos. 65 and 116; 1933, Nos. 6 and 97; 1934, Nos. 19, 103, 129 and 161; 1935, Nos. 35, 55 and 87; 1936, Nos. 9 and 146; 1937, Nos. 6, 59, 89 and 106; 1938, Nos. 44 and 59; 1939, Nos. 29 and 116; 1940, Nos. 11, 81 and 255; and 1941, Nos. 57, 81, 124, 217 and 238.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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