23Ranks of female members of the Navy on repeal of Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations

23 Ranks of female members of the Navy on repeal of Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations (1) Where a person: (a) was appointed to the Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service or to the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations; and (b) immediately before that repeal was a member of the Permanent Naval Forces, that person shall be deemed to have been appointed to those Forces under these Regulations on the date on which she was appointed to that Service and to have held, immediately after that repeal, the same rank in those Forces as she held immediately before that repeal. (2) Where a person: (a) was enlisted in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations; and (b) immediately before that repeal was a member of the Permanent Naval Forces, that person shall be deemed to have been enlisted in, or re‑engaged in, or last re-engaged in, as the case may be, the Permanent Naval Forces under these Regulations for the period of that enlistment, re-engagement, or last re-engagement, and to have held, immediately after that repeal: (c) in the case of a person who, immediately before that repeal, held a rank specified in Column 3 of the following table in an item in that table — the rank in those Forces specified in Column 2 of that table in that item; or (d) in the case of a person who, immediately before that repeal, held a rank not specified in Column 3 of that table — the same rank in those Forces as she held immediately before that repeal: | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | | -------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Item | Ranks | Former ranks in Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service or Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve | | 1 | Seaman | Wran | | 2 | Able Seaman | Senior Wran | | 3 | Leading Seaman | Leading Wran | (3) Where a person: (a) was appointed to the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations; and (b) immediately before that repeal was a member of the Australian Naval Reserve, that person shall be deemed to have been appointed to the Australian Naval Reserve on the date on which she was appointed to the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve and to have held, immediately after that repeal, the same rank in the Australian Naval Reserve as she held immediately before that repeal. (4) Where a person: (a) was enlisted in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations; and (b) immediately before that repeal was a member of the Australian Naval Reserve, that person shall be deemed to have been enlisted in, or re‑engaged in, or last re-engaged in, as the case may be, the Australian Naval Reserve under these Regulations for the period of that enlistment, re-engagement, or last re‑engagement, and to have held, immediately after that repeal: (c) in the case of a person who, immediately before that repeal, held a rank specified in Column 3 of the table in subregulation (2) in an item in that table — the rank in the Australian Naval Reserve specified in Column 2 of that table in that item; or (d) in the case of a person who, immediately before that repeal, held a rank not specified in Column 3 of that table — the same rank in the Australian Naval Reserve as she held immediately before that repeal. (5) Where: (a) an officer of the Permanent Naval Forces was transferred to the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve before the repeal of the Naval Forces (Women’s Services) Regulations; and (b) the officer was, immediately before that repeal, a member of the Australian Naval Reserve, that officer shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Australian Naval Reserve on the date on which she was transferred to the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service Reserve and to have held, immediately after that repeal, the same rank in the Australian Naval Reserve as she held immediately before that repeal.