Defence Force Regulations are divided into six main categories containing in all 50 separate regulations.
The provisions of the regulations are reviewed on a continuous basis and updated by: the making of amendments thereto; incorporating the amendments in the main regulations and having them reprinted; and rewriting a new version of existing regulations.
During the past five years, for example, 258 amendments to regulations have been made and at present three regulations are in course of preparation for reprinting, incorporating all existing amendments thereto. New versions of a further five regulations are in course of preparation.