Title 7 Laws of Bermuda Item 21(f)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 41/1972

GOVERNOR'S ORDERS FOR THE BERMUDA REGIMENT (LONG SERVICE BADGES) 1972

[made under section 165 of the Defence Act 1965 [title 7 item 21] and brought into operation on 21 October 1972]

1 A badge in the form of a stripe or stripes of an inverted chevron type will be granted by the Commanding Officer as a reward for long service and good conduct to men of the regiment below the rank of sergeant.

2 A badge will be granted in accordance with the qualifying service of the recipient as follows:— Number of stripes Qualifying service one: three years two: five years three: seven years four: ten years

3 Qualifying service for the award of a badge under these Orders is service with the Regiment and shall be reckoned from the date of enlistment or, where a man has had a punishment of the nature specified in Order 6 imposed on him, from the date when such punishment was imposed.

4 Qualifying service shall be continuous; provided that a break or breaks in service amounting in aggregate to six months either during the period specified in Order 2 as the qualifying service for the first stripe or during any further period required to be served to qualify for any

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additional stripe shall not be regarded as breaking the continuity of such service. For the purposes of this Order the posting of a man to a holding company shall be regarded as a break in service for the duration of such posting.

5 A man who has had a punishment of the nature specified in Order 6 imposed upon him shall forfeit his badge unless the Governor shall otherwise direct.

6 The punishments which shall be relevant for the purposes of Orders 3 and 5 shall be—

(a) the following punishments imposed by the Commanding Officer under section 37(3) of the Defence Act 1965 [title

7 item 21]—

(i) a fine in excess of 7 days pay;

(ii) detention;

(iii) confinement to barracks for any period in excess of seven days;

(iv) reduction to the ranks or lower grade;

(v) severe reprimand;

(b) the following punishments imposed by a court under the Defence Act 1965—

(i) imprisonment (other than as an alternative to paying a fine);

(ii) a fine in excess of 7 days pay.

7 The badge shall be worn at the base of the left sleeve.

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