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These provisional regulations set out how the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps is organised, staffed and funded. They specify numeric establishments for battalions, squadrons and companies, the rates and eligibility rules for officer and detachment allowances, and processes for appointment, promotion, inspections, record‑keeping and discipline.
They affect officers, battalion/company commanders, schools running detachments, District Commandants and the Military Board. The rules determine who receives public payments, the performance conditions required to qualify for allowances, and administrative and reporting burdens on commanders and schools.
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STATUTORY RULES.
1909. No. 34.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACTS 1903‑1904.
I, THE GOVERNOR‑GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that on account of urgency the following Regulations under the Defence Acts 1903‑1904 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this 1st day of April, One thousand nine hundred and nine.
DUDLEY,
Governor‑General.
By His Excellency's Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
Regulations for the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps.
The regulations made by Statutory Rules 1907, Nos. 63, 81, 85, 87, and 121, and 1908, Nos. 9, 49, 52, 56, 59, and 72 are hereby repealed and the following Regulations are substituted therefor :—
Number of Battalions to be maintained.
R. 1. The number of Squadrons of Mounted Cadets, and Battalions of Senior Cadets and Cadets to be maintained in each District shall be as laid down, from time to time, by the Governor‑General.
C.3323.—Price 3d.
Establishment of a Battalion.
R. 2. Establishment of a Battalion of Senior Cadets :—
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