Section 15: Punishments requiring approval of superior authority
Regulations for the Navy Part IICentral Regulations · 1957
(1) Punishment No.3, dismissal from the Naval Service, and where any other punishment accompanies it, the whole of the punishment proposed to be awarded shall require the approval of the Chief of the Naval Staff.
(2) Punishment No.1, imprisonment, and punishment No.2, detention, Punishment No.3A, forfeiture of seniority in rank in case of Master Chief Petty Officer and Punishment No.3B, Forfeiture of time for promotion in case of Master Chief Petty Officer, shall require the approval of the Administrative Authority.
(3) Punishment No.4, 5 and punishment No.9 (in so far as it refers to the deprivation of a Good Conduct Medal) shall require the approval of a Flag Officer or Commodore.