REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 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 twenty-fourth day of December, 1928.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

T. W. GLASGOW,

Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of Fleet Reserve Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 61, as amended to present date.)

(Third amendment.)

1. Regulation 19 is amended by omitting sub-regulations (2) and (3) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(2) The first period of annual training shall commence:—

(a) where enrolment takes place on a Monday, on the date of enrolment;

(b) in other cases, on the Monday following the date of enrolment;

and such training shall be counted as the compulsory training for the training year, viz., 1st July to 30th June, in which enrolment is effected; provided that a man who enrolls within twelve months of his discharge from the Permanent Service shall not be required to perform training in respect of the training year in which he enrols.

(3) Where a break in membership has occurred the first period of annual training after re-enrolment shall commence:—

(a) Where re-enrolment takes place on a Monday, on the date of re-enrolment;

(b) in other cases, on the Monday following the date of re-enrolment;

and such training shall be counted as the compulsory training for the training year in which re-enrolment is effected; provided that a man who has already performed drill during that training year shall not be required to undergo further training until the following training year.”

2. Regulation 26, sub-regulation (1) is amended by omitting the words “Sunday immediately preceding the drill” and inserting in their stead the words “date of commencement of drill”.

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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