NAVAL DEFENCE.

No. 72 of 1949.

An Act to amend the Naval Defence Act 1910-1948.

[Assented to 28th October, 1949.]

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 1949.

(2.)   The Naval Defence Act 1910-1948 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 1910-1949.

Commencement.

2.  This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and fifty.

3.  After section forty-four b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Saving of certain appointments, &c.

“44c.   Any appointment, promotion or extension of the age for retirement of an officer or man of the Naval Forces, and any transfer of an officer of the Citizen Naval Forces, effected under the National Security (Naval Forces) Regulations as in force under the National Security Act 1939-1946, prior to the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, being an appointment, promotion, extension or transfer which was, by virtue of those Regulations as in force under the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946-1948, subsisting immediately prior to the commencement of this section, shall continue until otherwise determined by the Governor-General.”.

Regulations.

4.  Section forty-five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) the word “and”; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1.) the following word and paragraph:—

“;and (d) the fixing of charter rates and establishment charges in respect of ships requisitioned for naval purposes.”.