STATUTORY RULES.

1923. No. 208.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE 1910‑1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR‑GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910‑1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twentieth day of December, 1923.

FORSTER,

Governor‑General,

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. K. BOWDEN,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Fleet Reserve Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No, 52.)

1. Regulation 4 is amended by omitting from clause (b) the words less than twenty‑five nor”.

2. After regulation 20 under the heading of “Training” the following regulation is inserted:—

“20a. An Officer retiring or resigning from the Active List and appointed to the Royal Australian Navy Emergency List—and a Petty Officer or man enrolling in the Royal Australian Fleet Reserve, being under 25 years of age, shall be liable to perform a period of training in each year not less than the period he would be required to perform in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, provided that such training may be performed in any of H.M.A. Ships or Naval Establishments in one or more periods within the year.”

3. Regulation 21 is amended as follows:—

(1) By omitting sub‑regulation (1) and inserting the following sub‑regulation in its stead:—

“(1) Members of the Fleet Reserve other than those mentioned in regulation 20a shall perform one weeks’ training in each training year, except as provided in the following sub‑regulations.”

(2) By omitting the words “calendar year, viz., 1st January to 31st December, in which enrolment is effected” in the third and fourth lines of sub‑regulation (2) and inserting in their stead the words “training year, viz., 1st July to 30th June, in which enrolment is effected, provided that a man who enrols within twelve months of his discharge from the Royal Australian Navy shall not be required to perform training in respect of the training year in which he enrols,”

(3) By omitting the words “calendar year in which re‑enrolment is effected” in the third line of sub‑regulation (3) and inserting in their stead the words “training year in which re‑enrolment is effected, unless drill has already been performed during that training year.”

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