AU056: Unfair Competition (Defence), Regulations (Amendment), 29/11/1990, No. 378
Statutory Rules 1990 No. 3781
Defence (Prohibited Words and Letters)
Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903.
Dated 29 November 1990.
BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,
GORDON BILNEY
Minister of State for Defence Science and Personnel
1. Amendment
1.1 The Defence (Prohibited Words and Letters) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.
2.1 Omit the regulation, substitute:
Delegation
"5. The Minister may, by instrument, delegate to an officer of the Defence Force who holds a rank not below that of Colonel, or an equivalent rank, his or her powers under regulations 3 and 4.
Offences
"6. A person must not knowingly use a word, words or a group of letters in contravention of regulation 2.
Penalty: $500.".
3. Schedule (Prohibited words and groups of letters)
3.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE
PROHIBITED WORDS AND LETTERS
PART 1-AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Column 1
Item |
Column 2
Prohibited Words |
Column 3
Prohibited Letters |
1 |
Royal Australian Navy |
RAN |
2 |
Her Majesty's Australian Ship |
HMAS |
3 |
Her Majesty's Australian Ships |
HMA Ships |
4 |
Permanent Naval Forces |
|
5 |
Naval Emergency Reserve Forces |
NERF |
6 |
Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
RANR |
7 |
Royal Australian Fleet Reserve |
RAFR |
8 |
Naval |
|
9 |
Navy |
|
10 |
Naval Forces |
|
|
Column 1
Item
|
Column 2
Prohibited Words |
Column 3
Prohibited Letters |
1 |
Australian Army Reserve |
|
2 |
Australian Flying Corps |
AFC |
3 |
Australian Imperial Force |
AIF |
4 |
Australian Military Forces |
AMF |
5 |
Australian Regular Army |
ARA |
6 |
Defence Force |
|
7 |
Permanent Military Forces |
|
8 |
Regular Army Emergency Reserve |
|
9 |
Regular Army Supplement |
|
|
Column 1
Item
|
Column 2
Prohibited Words |
Column 3
Prohibited Letters |
1 |
Air Force |
|
2 |
Air Force Emergency Force |
AFEF |
3 |
Australian Air Force Reserve |
AAFR |
4 |
Permanent Air Force |
PAF |
5 |
Royal Australian Air Force |
RAAF |
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 December 1990.
2. Statutory Rules 1957 No. 16 as amended by 1976 No. 51; 1981 No. 102.