NAVAL DEFENCE.

No. 21 of 1912.

An Act to amend the Naval Defence Act 1910–1911.

[Assented to 24th December, 1912.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)  This Act may be cited as the Naval Defence Act 1912.

(2.)  The Naval Defence Act 1910–1911 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)  The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Naval Defence Act 1910–1912.

Amendment of s. 21.

2.   Section twenty-one of the Principal Act is amended by inserting at the end of sub-section (2.) the words “and of persons who are liable under the Defence Act to be trained in the Citizen Forces and who are allotted to the Naval Forces.”

Amendment of s. 36.

3.   Section thirty-six of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “Naval Discipline Act” the words “and the Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act 1911”.

Amendment of s. 37.

4.   Section thirty-seven of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1.) after the word “Whenever” the words” in pursuance of an order made by the Governor-General or any person acting under the authority of the Governor-General”.

Training of persons serving on board ship.

5.   After section forty of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:—

“40a.—(1.)   Persons employed upon sea-going vessels who are liable under the Defence Act to be trained in the Citizen Forces and who are allotted to the Naval Forces may be permitted to perform the prescribed training for the year during one consecutive period of the year.

“(2.)    In the event of the vessel on which they are serving not being in a convenient port at the expiration of the prescribed training, they may be permitted to undergo such further training, not exceeding the training prescribed for one year, as may be convenient, and the additional training so undergone shall be deducted from the training required for the following year.

Seamen may be granted leave of absence from ship.

“40b.   Notwithstanding anything contained in any law relating to navigation shipping or seamen in force in the Commonwealth or any State or part of the Commonwealth, a person employed upon a sea-going vessel who is liable to be trained in the Citizen Forces and who is allotted to the Naval Forces may for the purpose of undergoing the prescribed training be granted such leave of absence without pay from the vessel upon which he is employed as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of carrying out the prescribed training.”

Amendment of s. 44b.

6.     Section forty-four b of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1.) after the word “When” the words “in pursuance of an order made by the Governor-General or any person acting under the authority of the Governor-General”.