UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 011824Z NOV 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 268/18 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// SUBJ/REMOVAL OF AUTOMATIC CANCELLATION PROVISION AND REVISION OF AGE REQUIREMENT OF INSTRUCTIONS// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/OCT// REF/A/OPNAVINST 5215.17A REF/B/OPNAV MANUAL 5215.1 REF/C/SECNAVINST 5215.1E REF/D/DOD INSTRUCTION 5025.01 NARR/REF A IS THE NAVY DIRECTIVES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM INSTRUCTION OF 26 MAY 2016. REF B IS THE NAVY DIRECTIVES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANUAL OF 26 MAY 2016. REF C IS THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DIRECTIVES POLICY INSTRUCTION OF 28 OCTOBER 2014 WITH CHANGE TRANSMITTAL 1 OF 15 SEP 2017. REF D IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ISSUANCES POLICY OF 1 AUGUST 2016 WITH CHANGE 2 OF 22 DECEMER 2017.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces the revision of reference (a) and reference (b) regarding the automatic cancellation provision of instructions and the age requirement of instructions. 2. As of this date, per reference (c) and reference (d), the automatic cancellation provision of OPNAV instructions over the allowable age requirement is removed from reference (a) and reference (b). OPNAV instructions signed and effective prior to 26 May 2016, and those first under consideration after this date will not be considered as automatically cancelled. These instructions remain in full effect unless separately superseded or cancelled via a revision and reissuance or a cancellation action memorandum or cancellation notice. 3. As of this date, in line with reference (d), the age requirement of all types of instructions (to include letter-type, manual-type, and joints in which the Navy command is the lead Service or component) is 10 years. As a reminder, lower echelon commands and activities may be more restrictive than their higher authority echelon command in regards to the age of their respective instructions. 4. Paragraph 17 of reference (a) is revised to: "Per this instruction, DNS- 15 Directives will review this instruction annually around the anniversary of its issuance date to ensure applicability, currency, and consistency with Federal, DoD, SECNAV, and Navy policy and statutory authority using OPNAV 5215/40 Review of Instruction. This instruction will be in effect for 10 years, unless revised or cancelled in the interim, and will be reissued by the 10-year anniversary date if it is still required, unless it meets one of the exceptions in OPNAVINST 5215.17A, paragraph 9. Otherwise, if the instruction is no longer required, it will be processed for cancellation as soon as the need for cancellation is known following the guidance in OPNAV Manual 5215.1 of May 2016." 5. The verbiage of the required "Review and Effective Date" paragraph, per references (a) and (b), is revised to: "Per OPNAVINST 5215.17A, (responsible organization) will review this instruction annually around the anniversary of its issuance date to ensure applicability, currency, and consistency with Federal, Department of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, and Navy policy and statutory authority using OPNAV 5215/40 Review of Instruction. This instruction will be in effect for 10 years, unless revised or cancelled in the interim, and will be reissued by the 10-year anniversary date if it is still required, unless it meets one of the exceptions in OPNAVINST 5215.17A, paragraph 9. Otherwise, if the instruction is no longer required, it will be processed for cancellation as soon as the need for cancellation is known following the guidance in OPNAV Manual 5215.1 of May 2016." 6. Per reference (a), the current paragraph 8, "Instruction Age Requirement, Cancellations, and Revisions," is revised as follows: a. Ten years from the date of issuance, an instruction that has not been revised (as contrasted with changed, such as a change transmittal as per subparagraph 8h) requires revision and reissuance, if it is still required, or cancellation, unless it meets one of the exceptions in paragraph 9. b. If, by the age requirement anniversary date, an instruction is considered to be valid and current and a revision is not required, at a minimum, the instruction must be reissued under the next alphabetical suffix with a new date and signature. c. At any time an instruction is determined to require a revision or cancellation, the instruction must be processed for revision or cancellation as soon as the need for revision or cancellation is known. d. If an instruction is not revised, reissued, or cancelled by its age requirement anniversary date, and it does not meet one of the exceptions in paragraph 9, it will be processed for cancellation by the command or activity DCP (directives manager). e. The cancellation process must include review and concurrence by all major stakeholder commands/activities, and must include an appropriate legal review. Refer to reference (b), chapter 1, paragraph 4, exhibits 1-1 and 1-2, and appendix C for further guidance on cancelling an instruction. f. If an instruction is cancelled and its continued use is required, it must be processed as a "new" instruction with the next available point number. g. The final "ready-for-signature" draft of the reissuance must be submitted to the command or activity directives control point (DCP) (directives manager) for directives compliance review and signature clearance no later than the age requirement anniversary date of the current issuance. h. Change transmittals do not suffice as a revision and reissuance of a Navy instruction. Hence, the date of a change transmittal is not considered the issuance date or revision date of an instruction; the date of the initial basic version of an instruction is the actual issuance date. i. All Navy notices are self-cancelling and cannot be in effect for more than 1 year. If a contingency has not been met within the contingency period (no more than 1 year), a new notice with a new date and signature must be reissued, or serious consideration should be given in issuing the notice as an instruction instead." 7. With an allowable 10-year age requirement for instructions, extensions will no longer be allowed. The title of paragraph 9 of reference (a) will change from "Exceptions to the Instruction 5-Year Age Requirement" to "Exceptions to the Instruction 10-Year Age Requirement." The subparagraphs of paragraph 9 are revised to the following: a. Joint Inter-Service and Multi-Service Instructions. If Navy is not the lead Service of a joint and multi-Service instruction, the joint instruction will follow the lead Service?s age requirement (in addition to the lead Service?s format). b. Joint Intra-Navy Instructions. The age of a joint intra-Navy instruction will follow the age requirement of the lead Navy component command. c. Other Manuals and Publications. The age requirement does not apply to "stand-alone" manuals and publications outside of the Navy directives system. Stand-alone manuals and publications are those that are not identified as a Navy "instruction" ("INST") or a "notice" ("NOTE"). d. Legal and Special Exceptions. Exceptions may be made to the cancellation process where legal requirements or other special situations dictate continuance. The justification for these legal requirements and special situations must be documented by the command?s or activity's DCP (directives manager) and undergo an appropriate legal review. e. Navy Echelon 2 and Below Commands and Activities with a More Restrictive Age Requirement of Their Local Command or Activity Instructions. Extension requests are allowed for lower Navy echelon commands and activities with a more restrictive age requirement. However, no more than two extensions should be allowed, and each extension should not be for more than 12 months. In addition, each extension request should be approved by the appropriate authority, such as the signature authority of the instruction (i.e., the position title that signed the current instruction) for the first extension and the commander or commanding officer for the second extension. f. Current OPNAV Instruction Taskers Based on the Previous 5 -Year Age Requirement. DNS taskers submitted to OPNAV sponsors prior to the date of this NAVADMIN for the revision and reissuance, consolidation, or cancellation of OPNAV instructions over the previous 5-year age requirement must be completed by the tasker due dates, to include any approved extension requests." 8. References (a) and (b) will be revised to reflect the changes in this NAVADMIN. 9. References (a) and (b) may be accessed via Department of the Navy Issuances Web site (http://doni.documentservices.dla.mil/). 10. Released by RDML W. G. Mager for Director, Navy Staff.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//