STATUTORY RULES.

1912. No. 109.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1911.

Regulations (Provisional) for the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth—Senior Naval Cadets—Section iii., Training—Amendments.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1911 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this sixth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE.

REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Senior Naval Cadets.

Statutory Rule No. 108/1911, as amended by Statutory Rule No. 207/1911, is amended as follows:—

Section III.—Training.

Delete Regulation 20 and insert—

“20. The duration of a whole-day drill shall be not less than four hours, of a half-day drill not less than two hours, and of a night drill not less than one hour.”

Regulation 21. Delete “seventy-two” and insert “sixty-four.”

Add—

“21 (a). Provided also that the Minister may, by Gazette notice, declare that whole-day drills or half-day drills may be substituted for night drills in any districts.”

“21 (b). Provided also that, in the case of Senior Cadets who reside over two miles from the place appointed for training, attendance for a less number of hours than prescribed above may be allowed to count as prescribed for the full statutory duration of drills, and power may be given to the prescribed officer to grant leave of absence from training required by this Act when the condition of the weather, by reason of excessive rain or heat, would render attendance a hardship, and equivalent attendance as prescribed may be required in lieu thereof.”

C.6742.—Price 3d.

Delete Regulation 27 and insert—

“27. No employer shall prevent or attempt to prevent any employee who is so serving, or liable to serve, in the Cadets or Citizen Forces, and no parent or guardian shall prevent any son or ward who is so serving, or liable to serve, from rendering the personal service required of him, or from attending any camp of instruction appointed by the Director of Naval Reserves, or by any District Naval Officer, and no employer shall in any way penalize or prejudice in his employment, or attempt to penalize or prejudice in his employment, any employee for rendering, or being liable to render, such personal service, or for attending such camp, either by reducing his wages or dismissing him from his employment, or in any other manner.”

Delete Regulation 29 and insert—

“29. In any proceedings for any contravention of the above Regulation, it shall lie upon the employer to show that any employee, proved to have been dismissed, or to have been penalized or prejudiced in his employment, or to have suffered a reduction of wages, was so dismissed, penalized, prejudiced in his employment, or reduced for some reason other than for having rendered, or for being liable to render, the personal service required of him, or from attending the camp.”

Delete Regulation 31.

Regulation 57. Delete “H.M.A. Naval Reserve” and insert “Royal Australian Naval Reserve.”

Regulation 110 is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“110. They shall make out requisitions for stores, uniforms, and all requirements for their sub-districts, and forward them to the head-quarters of the district. They shall keep the following books and forms for their sub-district:—

Regulation 112 is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—

“112. The following returns shall be rendered to their District Naval Officer by Sub-District Naval Officers:—

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