1Defence Force Discipline (Chief of Army) Determination 2022

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Defence Force Discipline (Chief of Army) Determination 2022

I, Simon Stuart, AO, DSC, Chief of Army, make the following determination.

Dated   8 December 2022

Simon Stuart AO, DSC

Chief of Army

 

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Objects of this instrument

5  Simplified outline of this instrument

6  Definitions

7  Chief of Army Determination

 

 

1  Name

This instrument is the Defence Force Discipline (Chief of Army) Determination 2022.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

• Commencement information
• Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
• Provisions Commencement Date/Details
• 1. The whole of this instrument At the same time as Schedule 1 to the Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Act 2021 commences.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This determination is made under subsection 9CA(2) of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.

4  Objects of this instrument

  The object of this instrument is to ensure that breaches of discipline by the most senior enlisted members of the Australian Army are not dealt with under the infringement scheme established by Part IA of the Act, which is intended to deal only with minor service discipline matters

5  Simplified outline of this instrument

Part IA of the Act establishes an infringement scheme to deal with minor service discipline matters (the infringement scheme). A prescribed defence member may elect to be dealt with under the infringement scheme for breaches of discipline that are disciplinary infringements.