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9 Equal responsibility of Commonwealth defence institution and other institution for abuse of cadet

(1) For the purposes of subsections 15(5) and (6) of the Act, this section applies to abuse of a person if: (a) the abuse occurred on or after 1 January 1977; and (b) the abuse was connected with the person’s membership of a unit of a cadet force provided for by Commonwealth legislation; and (c) the unit was associated with an institution (except a Commonwealth institution that deals with defence); and (d) apart from this section, either: (i) an institution (except a Commonwealth institution that deals with defence) would be primarily responsible for the abuse; or (ii) 2 or more institutions (none of them a Commonwealth institution that deals with defence) would be equally responsible for the abuse. (2) The following institutions are equally responsible for the abuse: (a) each institution that would be responsible for the abuse apart from this section; (b) a Commonwealth institution that deals with defence. (3) If, apart from this section, an institution would be primarily responsible for the abuse, the institution is not primarily responsible for the abuse (but is equally responsible for the abuse under subsection (2)).