157Industrial Disputes

157 Industrial Disputes No member of the Permanent Naval Forces shall be ordered or required to do any work or to act in the place of civilians who have refused to work because of some dispute as to wages, hours, or conditions of labour, unless and until the matter has been referred to the Minister or a person authorized by him, and his consent to members of the Permanent Naval Forces doing such work has been obtained. Part III Naval Emergency Reserve Forces 173 Promotion and reversion of men A sailor serving in the Naval Emergency Reserve Forces may, in such circumstances as the Chief of Navy approves and in accordance with conditions approved by the Chief of Navy, be promoted to a higher rank or reverted to a lower rank. 174 Retiring ages For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, the age for the compulsory retirement of a member of the Naval Emergency Reserve Forces is: (a) in the case of a member holding the rank of captain — 5 years; or (b) in any other case — 50 years. Part IV Australian Naval Reserve Division 1 General