Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS 1952 - REG 6

                When:

                (a)    a member or part of the Navy and a member or part of the Air Force; or

               (b)    a member or part of either of those arms of the Defence Force;

are or is acting together with a member or part of the Army under an order made pursuant to this Part:

                (c)    an officer, or a sailor holding the rank of leading seaman or a higher rank, in the Navy who is so acting, or who is a member of the part of the Navy so acting; or

               (d)    an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer in the Air Force who is so acting, or who is a member of the part of the Air Force so acting;

shall be entitled to exercise powers of command in relation to that member or part of the Army as if he held in the Army a rank that is a corresponding rank in relation to the rank held by him in the Navy or the Air Force.