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These Regulations set out detailed rules for the Royal Australian Naval Reserve: who may enrol, how Districts and Sub‑Districts are organised, training and promotion rules for cadets and adults, disciplinary procedures, medical treatment, uniforms, pay and allowances, stores and record‑keeping. They affect cadets, enlisted ratings, officers (including medical and chaplain appointments), band members, and the Naval Board and local District/Sub‑District officers who administer and enforce the rules. They matter because they create enforceable service obligations, payment entitlements, administrative duties and local discretionary powers.
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STATUTORY RULES.
1926. No. 199.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–1918.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910–1918, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1926.
STONEHAVEN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. W. C. MARR,
Acting Minister of State for Defence.
NAVAL RESERVE REGULATIONS.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Citation.
Repeal.
Definitions
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the following terms shall have the meanings given—
“Naval Board” means the Naval Board of Administration constituted under the Acts.
“Director” means the Officer appointed to be Director of Naval Reserves and Naval Reserve Mobilization in the Naval Administration, or such person as may be appointed by the Naval Board to perform the duties of the position during his absence.
“Senior Naval Officer” means the Senior Naval Officer present at the Port.
“District Naval Officer” means the Officer appointed by the Naval Board to command the Citizen Naval Forces in a District.
“Assistant to District Naval Officer” means the Officer appointed by the Naval Board to be Assistant to a District Naval Officer.
“Sub-District Naval Officer” means the Officer appointed by the Naval Board to command the Citizen Naval Forces in a Sub-District.
“Assistant to Sub-District Naval Officer” means the Officer appointed by the Naval Board to be Assistant to a Sub-District Naval Officer.
“Naval Reserve” means the Royal Australian Naval Reserve which includes all persons who are liable to be trained under Part XII. of the Defence Act, and who are allotted to the Naval Forces, and all persons who being volunteers are enrolled to serve in this Force. The Reserve includes both “Cadets” and “Adults” as defined below.
“Cadet” means a Senior Naval Cadet, i.e., a male between the ages of 14 and 18 years liable to training under Part XII. of the Defence Act and allotted to the Naval Forces.
“Adult” means any person serving in, or allotted to, the Royal Australian Naval Reserve other than a Cadet.
Parts.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Organization.
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Part III.—Officers.
Part IV.—Training.
Part V.—Efficiency.
Part VI.—Discipline.
Part VII.—Medical.
Part VIII.—Uniform.
Part IX.—Provisions.
Part X.—Stores and Store Accounting.
Part XI.—Books and Forms.
Part XII.—Financial.
Part II.—Organization.
Section 1—General.
Responsibilities of D.N.R.M.
District organization
6.—(1) The Naval Reserve shall be organized in Districts; these Districts shall be subdivided into Sub-Districts.
(2) The Districts and Sub-Districts may be added to or re-organized as may be approved by the Naval Board.
Section 2—Senior Naval Cadets.
Title.
Annual selection of Naval trainees.
Order of selection of trainees.
(a) suitable volunteers residing not more than one and a half (1½) miles from the Naval Drill Hall;
(b) any other suitable trainee residing not more than one and a half (1½) miles from the Naval Drill Hall;
(c) suitable volunteers residing at a distance of from one and a half (1½) miles to three (3) miles from the Naval Drill Hall;
(d) any other suitable trainee residing at a distance of from one and a half (1½) to three (3) miles from the Naval Drill Hall;
(e) suitable volunteers residing at a distance of from three (3) to three and a half (3½) miles from the Naval Drill Hall;
(f) any other suitable trainee residing at a distance of from three (3) to three and a half (3½) miles from the Naval Drill Hall.
Selection of petty officer and leading cadets.
Section 3—Adult Force.
Establishment of ranks and ratings.
11.—(1) The numbers of ranks and ratings to be borne on the strength of each District shall be as set forth in the establishment issued by the Director.
(2) The Director shall be responsible that the numbers of the various ranks and ratings included in the establishment laid down for any year do not exceed the complement authorized by the Appropriation for that year.
(3) Numbers in excess of those authorized for any particular rank or rating may be borne on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks or ratings of the same branch, and that the total complement of the District is not exceeded.
Duties of adult forces.
12. For administrative purposes, a member of the Adult Force of any Sub-District may be detailed for certain specified duties.
Entry into adult force
Advancement to higher rank or rating.
Promotion up to petty officer.
15.—(1) A District Naval Officer is empowered to advance up to and including the rating of or equivalent to Petty Officer in accordance with the approved conditions, provided that, when a trainee is mobilized for three months or over in time of war or emergency, he may sit for examination, and if passed and recommended, be advanced in rating, irrespective of whether he has served the required time in the lower rating to qualify him for promotion.
(2) Advancements made under this regulation shall not without the prior approval of the Naval Board be in excess of those allowed by the establishment.
Reversion to former rating.
Bands.
17. Naval Reserve Bands may be maintained at Sub-Districts approved by the Naval Board.
Enrolment and service in Bands.
18.—(1) Subject to the approval of the Director, such number of physically fit men as may be required to maintain the strength of the Naval Reserve Bands, may be enrolled from time to time as members of the Citizen Naval Forces. Such members shall not be liable to perform any Naval training, but must attend at such places and on such occasions as the District Naval Officer may direct; such attendance comprising band musters and band practices, for which payment may be made under sub-regulation (1) of regulation 155 shall not exceed the prescribed training of 25 days per annum. Enrolments shall be for a period of five years, and all such enrolments shall automatically expire upon the calling up by Proclamation in time of war or emergency of all male inhabitants liable to serve in the Citizen Forces under Part IV. of the Defence Act, when all special entries in Naval Reserve Bands shall be discharged from the Citizen Naval Forces and shall be liable for service under Part IV. of the Defence Act.
(2) The minimum age of entry for Band ratings entered under the provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall be 25 years.
(3) A rating enrolled in the Citizen Naval Forces under the provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall hold the rating of Petty Officer Bandsman.
(4) (a) Adult members of the Citizen Naval Forces who volunteer may be appropriated to Naval Reserve Bands to complete the complement under such conditions as may be approved from time to time by the Naval Board. Statutory service of such members of the Naval Reserve Bands shall be equal to the prescribed training of 25 days per annum, and shall be in lieu of the Statutory service prescribed under the sections of Part XII. of the Defence Act defining compulsory services.
(b) Cadets may also volunteer for service in Naval Reserve Bands and may be appropriated for service therein, under the conditions prescribed in the preceding paragraph, except that in such cases, the Statutory Service required shall be equivalent to and in lieu of the maximum amount of training prescribed for Cadets under Section 127 of the Defence Act. Cadets, however, shall be permitted to attend any additional Band musters required of adult members.
(5) Adult members of the Naval Reserve Bands shall be paid at the rates and under the conditions prescribed in Part XII., Section 2, of these Regulations and the band practices and/or attendances are to be arranged for periods of not less than six, three, and one and a half hours respectively.
Suspension or reduction in training.
(6) Any suspension or reduction of compulsory training in any year ordered for the whole of the Citizen Naval Forces shall apply to compulsory parades and musters of Naval Reserve Bands, provided that all Band ranks and ratings shall be required to attend up to the equivalent of the maximum period of compulsory training required of any part of the Citizen Naval Forces in that year.
19. The conditions of service of members of Bands entered under the provisions of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 18 shall be as follows—
(a) Adults shall hold the rating of Bandsman, which rating shall be equivalent to the rating of Able Seaman.
(b) Cadets shall hold the rating of “Band Cadet” and on being drafted into the Adult Force shall be rated “Bandsman.”
(c) Band ratings who volunteer to continue service after completing the Statutory obligations under Part XII. of the Defence Act shall retire on attaining the age of 50 years.
20. (1) The conditions for promotion of members of Bands enrolled under the foregoing regulations shall be as provided in the following sub-regulations.
(2) A Bandsman shall be eligible for advancement to the rating of Petty Officer Bandsman after one year’s service as Bandsman, provided he has passed an examination approved by the Director, and that vacancies exist upon the Establishment.
(3) A Chief Bandsman shall be selected from suitable Petty Officer Bandsmen, and shall hold the equivalent rating of Chief Petty Officer.
(4) A Chief Bandsman or Petty Officer Bandsman may be promoted to the rank of Bandmaster under the conditions prescribed in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 53 and a Bandmaster may be promoted to the rank of Commissioned Bandmaster under the conditions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (3) thereof.
(5) A Commissioned Bandmaster shall rank as a Commissioned Officer from Warrant rank and a Bandmaster shall rank as a Warrant Officer.
Voluntary service subsequent to compulsory training.
(a) volunteers for further Naval service,
(b) is medically fit,
(c) subscribes to the prescribed oath or affirmation, and
(d) shall finally retire on reaching the age prescribed in these Regulations.
may be permitted to continue to serve in the Naval Reserve for successive terms of three years.
22. Any person who has served in the Royal Navy, provided that the Royal Navy has no prior claim upon his services, or in the Royal Australian Navy, other than as an Officer, and who volunteers for further Naval service, may, with the approval of the Director, be enrolled in the Naval Reserve for successive terms of three years, provided that he—
(a) produces satisfactory Certificates of Service.
(b) is medically fit.
(c) subscribes to the Oath or affirmation, and
(d) shall finally retire on reaching the age prescribed in these Regulations.
Part III.—Officers
Section 1.—General.
Complement.
23.—(1) The number of Officers, exclusive of Honorary Officers, of the Naval Reserve of each rank allowed to each District shall be as shown on the establishment approved by the Naval Board.
(2) An Officer of the Permanent Naval Forces who resigns or is retired from the Active List, while still liable to Compulsory Service under Part XII. of the Defence Act may, provided his service therein has been satisfactory, be required to serve in the rank and with the seniority last held by him in the Permanent Naval Forces, on a Supernumerary List of the Naval Reserve of the District nearest his place of residence. Any such Officer shall be eligible for promotion under the provisions of Section 3 of this Part and may extend his service under the conditions prescribed in regulation 28 (2). Officers serving under the provisions of this sub-regulation shall be required to comply with the Regulations governing the Naval Reserve.
Relative rank.
24. Officers of the Naval Reserve shall rank with, but after, Officers of corresponding rank in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going).
Command.
Definition and authority of “captain.”
26. The District Naval Officer is the “Captain” within the meaning of the Regulations, and every Officer of the Naval Reserve is responsible to him in the performance of his duties and in the execution of such orders as he may receive from him or his representative.
Seniority and pay.
27.—(1) The seniority of an Officer of the Naval Reserve in his particular rank shall be regulated by the date of his appointment. In the event of two or more Officers being appointed in the same rank on the same date, they shall take seniority according to the order in which their names appear in the Gazette in which their appointments are notified.
(2) On first appointment, or subsequent promotion to confirmed rank, an Officer in the Naval Reserve shall be paid at the prescribed rates for his rank as from the date upon which he performed the duties of his rank, notwithstanding that the date of his appointment for the purposes of seniority may be ante-dated prior to the date of taking u
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