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NAVAL FORCES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998 (NO. 2) 1998 NO. 331

STATUTORY RULES 1998 NO. 331

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Defence

Naval Defence Act 1910

Naval Forces Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 2)

The Naval Forces Regulations ("the Principal Regulations") made under the Naval Defence Act 1910, set out, inter alia, the conditions of service for members of the Navy.

Regulation 147 of the Principal Regulations provided that, subject to determinations made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903 and to the Naval Financial Regulations (which were repealed in 1996) a period of leave of absence granted to a member under Determination 2608, Leave Without Pay, shall form part of the member's period of service. It also provided that the period of leave shall not count towards seniority for promotion.

This Statutory Rule omits regulation 147 from the Principal Regulations (the only remaining provision in Part II Division 5 of those 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.

This Statutory Rule also changed the name of the Naval Forces Regulations to the

Naval Forces Regulations 1935.

The Statutory Rule commences on Gazettal.