Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Governor‑General may promote an officer.
(2) The rank to which an officer is promoted (including the rank to which an officer is promoted provisionally under regulation 33 or to which an officer is promoted for a specified period under regulation 35) is the officer's substantive rank .
(3) However, the rank to which an officer is promoted temporarily under regulation 34 is not the officer's substantive rank.