Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) This regulation is made for:
(a) paragraphs 62(2)(b) and (5)(a), and subsection 62(6), of the Defence Act; and
(b) paragraphs 38(2)(c) and (5)(a), and subsection 38(6), of the Naval Defence Act; and
(c) paragraphs 8(2)(c) and (5)(a), and subsection 8(6), of the Air Force Act.
Age requirements
(2) The minimum age requirement for a cadet is:
(a) 12 if the cadet would turn 13 in the calendar year in which the cadet would be accepted; or
(b) 13 if paragraph (a) does not apply.
(3) The maximum age requirement for a cadet is one day before the cadet turns 20.
Volunteering
(4) A person may volunteer to become a cadet by giving the service chief an application in accordance with a form approved by the service chief.
Note: The approved form will include a statement that the person understands that the person will serve as a volunteer.
(5) The service chief may accept the person as a cadet in the cadet force if the person gives the service chief a completed application.
Note: The person is not entitled to volunteer, or to be accepted, as a cadet if the person does not meet the age requirement in subsection (2).
(6) If the service chief accepts a person as a cadet, the service chief must enrol the person as a cadet.