STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 78.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE AIR FORCE ACT 1923.

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 Air Force Act 1923, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 26th day of June, 1931.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of Ben Chifley, Minister of State for Defence

Air Force Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 161, amended to this date.)

Ninth Amendment.

1. Regulation 49 is amended—

(a) by omitting in paragraph (b) the words “branch; and” and inserting in their stead the word “branch;”;

(b) by omitting in paragraph (c) the word “branch.” and inserting in its stead the words “branch; and”; and

(c) by inserting the following new paragraph:—

“(d) the quartermaster branch”.

2. Regulation 53 is amended by omitting in sub-regulation (2.) the word “determinned” and inserting in its stead the word “determined”.

3. Regulation 73 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.).

4. Regulation 81 is repealed.

5. Regulation 82 is amended—

(a) by omitting in sub-regulation (1.) the words “who are not liable for training under the Defence Act and”; and

(b) by omitting in sub-regulation (2.) the words “who are not liable for training under the Defence Act and”.

6. After regulation 90 the following new regulation is inserted:—

Command and precedence of officers of Royal Air Force.

“90a. An officer of the Royal Air Force when attached to or serving with the Royal Australian Air Force shall be entitled to command and precedence in the Royal Australian Air Force as if his appointment to his rank in the Royal Air Force had been an appointment of the same date to the corresponding rank in the Royal Australian Air Force.”

7. After regulation 180 the following new regulation is inserted: —

Personation, false representation or assumption of title of rank in relation to Air Force.

“180a. Any person who personates, or falsely represents himself to be or to have been, a member of His Majesty’s Air Forces or who, without lawful authority, assumes the title of any rank in use in His Majesty’s Air Forces, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten pounds.”

 

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