Commonwealth legislation

Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

31 of 1976

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This is a brief "housekeeping" regulation that cancels the previous Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations from 1969.

What it does:

Commences on 9 February 1976
Repeals (cancels) the entire 1969 Regulations

Important note: This instrument does not create new rules for how Navy boards of inquiry should operate. It simply removes the old 1969 rules from the statute books. After this date, boards of inquiry would operate under the general powers of the Naval Defence Act itself or under any replacement regulations made later.

Who it affects:

Australian Navy personnel who might be subject to formal inquiries
Military legal officers responsible for conducting investigations

Why it matters:

This clears out-of-date regulations, but leaves a temporary gap unless new regulations were immediately enacted (which would require separate legislation)

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 31

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910-1975.*

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Naval Defence Act 1910-1975.

Dated this thirtieth day of January, 1976.

A. R. CUTLER

Administrator.

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. KILLEN

Minister of State for Defence.

Repeal of the Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 February 1976.

Repeal.

2. The Navy (Board of Inquiry) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1969, No. 90) are repealed.

Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 3 February 1976.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.