EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 2002 No. 276
Air Force Act 1923
Air Force Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1)
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Section 9 of the Air Force Act 1923 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, prescribing all matters which are required or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for securing the good government of the Air Force and the members thereof.
This Statutory Rule forms part of a package which consolidates the existing regulations relating to personnel matters contained in service specific regulations, as well as some former provisions of the Defence Act 1903 and the Naval Defence Act 1910 into a single consolidated set of tri-service regulations contained in the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 (the Principal Regulations). The Principal Regulations were made in an interim form in March 2002. However, the Defence (Personnel) Amendment Regulations 2002, which form part of this package of regulation changes, have consolidated all of these personnel provisions into the one Statutory Rule.
The purpose of this Statutory Rule is to repeal those parts of the Air Force Regulations 1927 no longer required as a result of the commencement of the Defence (Personnel) Amendment Regulations, and to make consequential amendments to the remaining regulations.
The remaining regulations are largely those not dealing with personnel functions.
Regulation 1 names the Regulations as the Air Force Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1).
Regulation 2 provides that the Regulations commence on 1 December 2002.
Regulation 3 provides Schedule 1 to amend the Air Force Regulations 1927.
The remaining items omit the provisions that are no longer required, make consequential drafting changes and retain the following provisions of these Regulations (which simply reinstate the substance of the current provisions):
Regulation 7 which provides for the delegation of the powers of the Governor-General and the Chief of Air Force under these Regulations.
Regulation 33 which deals with the order of Precedence in the Australian Air Force.
Regulation 34 which enables the Chief of Air Force to determine the structure of the Australian Air Force.
Regulation 114 which provides for the medical examination of members in a manner approved by the Chief of the Air Force.
Regulation 437 which restates the substance of the current provisions regarding the bar on a person from flying an aircraft in a prohibited area.
Regulation 632B which restates the way post-mortem examinations are to be conducted, and updates titles and terminology.