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AIR FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 192

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 192

ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE SCIENCE AND PERSONNEL

Air Force Act 1923

Air Force Regulations (Amendment)

The Air Force Regulations ("the Regulations"), made under the Air Force Act 1923, prescribe various matters relating to the organisation and administration of the Air Force.

The formal step by which persons other than officers enter the Air Force is the taking of an oath or affirmation of enlistment. Regulations 94 and 95 of the Regulations set out the procedures for taking the oath or affirmation in the Air Force. This must be in accordance with the prescribed forms of oath or affirmation that are set out in Schedule 1 of the Regulations.

These provisions limited the persons before whom an oath or affirmation could be taken to officers of the Air Force, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners for Affidavits and Commissioners for Declarations.

In order to allow more effective utilisation of available resources, it was proposed that the military personnel before whom an oath or affirmation could be taken be extended to include any officer or senior warrant officer of the Defence Force.

The Statutory Rule amends regulations 94 and 95 and Schedule 1 of the Regulations. The amendments enable a person enlisting in the Air Force to take an oath or affirmation before any officer of the Defence Force, or a Warrant Officer of the Air Force or Navy, or a Warrant Officer Class 1 of the Army. The Statutory Rule also retains the facility to use Justices of the Peace, Commissioners for Affidavits and Commissioners for Declarations for this purpose.

The Statutory Rule comes into operation on the date of gazettal.