NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1983 NO. 62 

NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1983 NO. 62 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Retiring age of officers  
2. Transitional  


1983 No. 62 NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
Retiring age of officers


  1. Regulation 102 of the Naval Forces Regulations is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from the column headed "Rear Admiral" in the table in
sub-regulation (1) "60" and substituting "57"; and
  (b)  by omitting from the column headed "Commodore or Captain" in the table
in sub-regulation (1) "57" (wherever occurring) and substituting "55".



1983 No. 62 NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
Transitional


  2. (1) In this regulation-
  "commencement date" means the date on which these Regulations come into
operation;
  "former retirement age" means, in relation to an officer, the age for the
compulsory retirement of that officer that was applicable immediately before
the commencement date;
  "new retirement age" means, in relation to an officer, the age for the
compulsory retirement of that officer that is applicable on the commencement
date.

  (2) Where before the commencement date an officer has attained an age equal
to or greater than his new retirement age, but less than his former retirement
age, the age for the compulsory retirement of that officer shall be his former
retirement age, unless a greater retirement age becomes applicable to him.
  (3) Subject to sub-regulation (4), where on the commencement date the new
retirement age of an officer, other than an officer to whom sub-regulation (2)
applies, is less than his former retirement age, that officer, at any time
before attaining his new retirement age, may elect in writing delivered to the
Chief of Naval Staff to serve until attaining his former retirement age.
  (4) Where an officer makes an election under sub-regulation (3), the age for
the compulsory retirement of that officer shall be his former retirement age,
unless a greater retirement age becomes applicable to him.


- NOTES


1983 No. 62*1* NAVAL FORCES REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 May 1983.
*2* Statutory Rules 1935 No. 133 as amended to date. For previous amendments
see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 42 and see also Statutory Rules 1983
No. 42.