REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
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 National Security Act 1939-1940.
Dated this eleventh day of February, 1942.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN J. DEDMAN
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.
Amendment of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.†
The National Security (Supplementary) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:—
Command of Forces acting together.
“33.—(1.) When a body of Naval Forces and a body of Military Forces are acting together elsewhere than on board ship and a joint order for the purpose of this regulation declaring that those bodies are so acting is made by the Chief of the Naval Staff and by the Chief of the General Staff, then—
(a) for the purposes of command and discipline and for the purposes of the provisions of the Army Act and the Defence Act 1903-1941 and the regulations made thereunder relating to superior officers, every officer and petty
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 11th February, 1942.
† Statutory Rules 1940, No. 126, as amended by Statutory Rules 1940, Nos. 151, 169, 213, 228, 233, 245 and 257; 1941, Nos. 75, 88, 100, 140, 197, 200, 222, 249, 296, 297, 303, 314. 318. 320 and 323.
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officer of that body of Naval Forces shall, in relation to that body of Military Forces, be treated and have all such powers (other than powers of punishment) as if he were a military officer or non-commissioned officer, as the case may be, of relative rank;
(b) for the purposes of command and discipline and for the purposes of the provisions of the Naval Discipline Act and the Naval Defence Act 1910-1934 and the regulations made thereunder relating to superior officers, every officer and non-commissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant of that body of Military Forces shall, in relation to that body of Naval Forces, be treated and have all such powers (other than powers of punishment) as if he were a naval officer or petty officer, as the case may be, of relative rank.
“(2.) When a body of Military Forces and a body of the Air Force are acting together elsewhere than on board ship and a joint order for the purposes of this regulation declaring that they are so acting is made by the Chief of the General Staff and by the Chief of the Air Staff, then—
(a) for the purposes of command and discipline and for the purposes of the provisions of the Air Force Act and the Air Force Act 1923-1941 and the regulations made there under relating to superior officers, every officer and non-commissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant of that body of Military Forces shall, in relation to that body of the Air Force, be treated and have all such powers (other than powers of punishment) as if he were an Air Force officer or non-commissioned officer, as the case may be, of relative rank;
(b) for the purposes of command and discipline and for the purposes of the provisions of the Army Act and the Defence Act 1903-1941 and the regulations made thereunder relating to superior officers, every officer and non-commissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant of that body of the Air Force shall, in relation to that body of Military Forces, be treated and have all such powers (other than powers of punishment) as if he were a military officer or non-commissioned officer, as the case may be, of relative rank.
“(3.) When a body of Naval Forces and a body of the Air Force are acting together elsewhere than on board ship and a joint order for the purposes of this regulation declaring that they are so acting is made by the Chief of the Naval Staff and by the Chief of the Air Staff, then—
(a) for the purpose of command and discipline and for the purposes of the provisions of the Air Force Act and the Air Force Act 1923-1941 and the regulations made thereunder relating to superior officers, every officer and petty officer of that body of Naval Forces shall, in relation to that body of the Air Force, be treated and have all such
powers (other than powers of punishment) as if he were an Air Force officer or non-commissioned officer, as the case may be, of relative rank;
(b) for the purpose of command and discipline and for the purposes of the provisions of the Naval Discipline Act and the Naval Defence, Act 1910-1934 and the regulations made there under relating to superior officers, every officer and non-commissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant of that body of the Air Force shall, in relation to that body of Naval Forces, he treated and have all such powers (other than powers of punishment) as if he were a naval officer or petty officer, as the case may be, of relative rank.
“(4.) For the purpose of the three preceding sub-regulations of this regulation, the relative ranks of members of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Military Forces and the Royal Australian Air Force shall be as follows:—
Royal Australian Navy. | Australian Military Forces. | Royal Australian Air Force. . | ||
Admiral ...................... | General .............. | Air Chief-Marshal | ||
Vice-Admiral .................. | Lieutenant-General ....... | Air Marshal | ||
Rear-Admiral .................. | Major-General .......... | Air Vice-Marshal | ||
Commodore (1st and 2nd Class) ...... | Brigadier ............. | Air Commodore | ||
Captain ...................... | Colonel............... | Group Captain | ||
Commander ................... | Lieutenant-Colonel ....... | Wing Commander | ||
Lieutenant-Commander ............ | Major ................ | Squadron Leader | ||
Lieutenant ..................... | Captain .............. | Flight Lieutenant | ||
Sub-Lieutenant ................. | Lieutenant ............. | Flying Officer | ||
Acting Sub-Lieutenant ............ |
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Commissioned Officer from Warrant rank | Second Lieutenant ............... | Pilot Officer | ||
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Warrant Officer ................. |
| Conductor, A.A.O.C. Master Gunner, 1st Class, Staff-Sergeant-Major, 1st Class |
| No equivalent |
Midshipman ................... |
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No equivalent .................. | All other Warrant |
| Warrant Officer | |
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| Officers, Class I....... | ||
No equivalent .................. | Warrant Officer, Class II. | |||
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| Flight Sergeant |
| Company Quarter- | |||
Chief Petty Officer ............... | Master Sergeant ....... Colour Sergeant ....... | |||
| Staff Sergeant .......... | |||
Petty Officer ................... | Sergeant .............. | Sergeant | ||
“ (5.) The Chief of the Naval Staff, the Chief of the General Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff, respectively, may delegate to any person, either generally or in relation to any particular locality specified in the instrument of delegation, the power conferred upon them, respectively, by this regulation, so that the delegated power may be exercised, either generally or in relation to that locality, as the case may be, as fully and effectually by the delegate as by the delegate. Any delegation under this sub-regulation shall be revocable at will and shall not prevent the exercise by the delegate of the delegated power.
“(6.) When two bodies of such forces as are referred to in sub-regulation (1.), (2.) or (3.) of this regulation are acting together and reference to the appropriate authorities or persons empowered under the preceding provisions of this regulation to make a joint order declaring that the forces are so acting would occasion undue delay, the respective officers in command of each body of the forces, may—
(a) in the case of a body of Naval Forces, if the officer in command of that body is not below the rank of Lieutenant-commander;
(b) in the case of a body of Military Forces, if the officer in command of that body is not below the rank of Major;
(c) in the case of a body of the Air Force, if the officer in command of that body is not below the rank of Squadron Leader—
make such an order, but in that event those officers shall report the fact and the circumstances to the appropriate authority or his delegate, as the case may require, who may confirm or cancel any such order.
“(7.) In this regulation, any term used in relation to the Naval Forces, the Military Forces or the Air Force shall have the same meaning as in the Naval Forces Regulations, the Australian Military Regulations or the Air Force Regulations, as the case may be.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.