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NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 178

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 178

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel

Naval Defence Act 1910

Naval Forces Regulations (Amendment)

The Naval Forces Regulations (the Principal Regulations), made under the Naval Defence Act 1910, prescribe various matters relating to the organisation and administration of the Navy.

The Naval Financial Regulations, also made under the Naval Defence Act, had the primary purpose of providing for the financial conditions of service for members of the Navy. Regulation 132 of the those Regulations dealt with deductions from salary and allowances payable to members of the Navy, where public monies have been paid to meet Mess debts or similar liabilities. As the Naval Financial Regulations are to be repealed, the Statutory Rule amends the Principal Regulations by inserting a provision (regulation 40D) dealing with the recovery of Mess debts and similar liabilities. This provision broadly corresponds with regulation 785 of the Australian Military Regulations, made under the Defence Act 1903 in relation to members of the Army, and regulation 536 of the Air Force Regulations made under the Air Force Act 1923 in relation to members of the Air Force.

The Statutory Rule comes into operation on 1 December 1996.