Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Act 2013

No. 130, 2013

An Act to amend the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009, and for related purposes

[Assented to 1 July 2013]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

This Act may be cited as the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Act 2013.

(1) Each provision of this Act 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
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	1 July 2013
2. Schedule 1, items 1 and 2	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	1 July 2013
3. Schedule 1, item 3	22 September 2009.	22 September 2009
4. Schedule 1, items 4, 5 and 6	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	1 July 2013
5. Schedule 1, items 7 and 8	22 September 2009.	22 September 2009
6. Schedule 1, items 9 and 10	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	1 July 2013

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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

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

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009

1 Subparagraph 2(3)(a)(i) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 years”, substitute “6 years”.

2 Subparagraph 2(3)(a)(ii) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 year”, substitute “6 year”.

3 After the heading to subitem 2(8) of Schedule 3

Insert:

(7A) Subsection 188A(2) of the amended Defence Force Discipline Act does not apply to the appointment, by force of this item, of the person as the Chief Judge Advocate.

4 Paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 year”, substitute “6 year”.

5 Subparagraph 4(3)(a)(i) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 years”, substitute “6 years”.

6 Subparagraph 4(3)(a)(ii) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 year”, substitute “6 year”.

7 Subitem 4(9) of Schedule 3 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Application of certain provisions

8 After the heading to subitem 4(9) of Schedule 3

Insert:

(8A) Subsection 196(2A) of the amended Defence Force Discipline Act does not apply to the appointment, by force of this item, of the person as a member of the judge advocates’ panel.

9 Paragraph 5(1)(a) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 year”, substitute “6 year”.

10 Subitem 8(1) of Schedule 3

Omit “4 year”, substitute “6 year”.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 21 March 2013

Senate on 16 May 2013]

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