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AIR FORCE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998 (NO. 3) 1998 NO. 332

STATUTORY RULES 1998 NO. 332

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Defence

Air Force Act 1923

Air Force Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 3)

The Air Force Regulations ("the Principal Regulations") made under the Air Force Act 1923, set out, inter alia, the conditions of service for members of the Air Force.

Regulation 134 of the Principal Regulations provided that a leave of absence granted under Determination 2608, Leave Without Pay, shall not, except where the period of the leave does not exceed 3 months, be included in the period of service of a member for the purposes of the grant of rank on retirement, or medals or decorations. It also provided that the period of leave shall be deemed not to break the continuity of service of a member.

This Statutory Rule omits regulation 134 from the Principal Regulations, as the matters covered by that regulation were administrative in nature and are more appropriately dealt with in Defence Instructions issued under section 9A of the Defence Act 1903. These instructions set out, on a tri-service basis, the relevant administrative conditions associated with service in the Australian Defence Force.

The Statutory Rule also changed the name of the Air Force Regulations to the Air Force Regulations 1927.

The Statutory Rule commences on Gazettal.