Defence (Inquiry) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 2)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 142
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.
Dated 22 June 2006
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
BRUCE BILLSON
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Defence (Inquiry) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 30 June 2006.
3 Amendment of Defence (Inquiry) Regulations 1985
Schedule 1 amends the Defence (Inquiry) Regulations 1985.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] Subregulation 14 (5), at the foot
insert
Note At 30 June 2006, subsection 124 (2C) of the Defence Act 1903 provided: ‘A statement or disclosure made by a witness in the course of giving evidence before a court of inquiry, a board of inquiry, an inquiry officer or an inquiry assistant is not admissible in evidence against that witness in:
(a) any civil or criminal proceedings in any federal court or court of a State or Territory; or
(b) proceedings before a service tribunal;
otherwise than in proceedings by way of a prosecution for giving false testimony at the hearing before the court of inquiry, the board of inquiry, the inquiry officer or the inquiry assistant.’
[2] Subregulation 32 (5), at the foot
insert
Note At 30 June 2006, subsection 124 (2C) of the Defence Act 1903 provided: ‘A statement or disclosure made by a witness in the course of giving evidence before a court of inquiry, a board of inquiry, an inquiry officer or an inquiry assistant is not admissible in evidence against that witness in:
(a) any civil or criminal proceedings in any federal court or court of a State or Territory; or
(b) proceedings before a service tribunal;
otherwise than in proceedings by way of a prosecution for giving false testimony at the hearing before the court of inquiry, the board of inquiry, the inquiry officer or the inquiry assistant.’
[3] Part 6, heading
substitute
Part 6 Inquiry Officers and inquiry assistants
[4] Regulation 69, heading
substitute
69 Inquiry Officers and inquiry assistants
[5] Subregulation 74 (3A), at the foot
insert
Note At 30 June 2006, subsection 124 (2C) of the Defence Act 1903 provided: ‘A statement or disclosure made by a witness in the course of giving evidence before a court of inquiry, a board of inquiry, an inquiry officer or an inquiry assistant is not admissible in evidence against that witness in:
(a) any civil or criminal proceedings in any federal court or court of a State or Territory; or
(b) proceedings before a service tribunal;
otherwise than in proceedings by way of a prosecution for giving false testimony at the hearing before the court of inquiry, the board of inquiry, the inquiry officer or the inquiry assistant.’
[6] Subregulation 96 (3), at the foot
insert
Note At 30 June 2006, subsection 124 (2C) of the Defence Act 1903 provided: ‘A statement or disclosure made by a witness in the course of giving evidence before a court of inquiry, a board of inquiry, an inquiry officer or an inquiry assistant is not admissible in evidence against that witness in:
(a) any civil or criminal proceedings in any federal court or court of a State or Territory; or
(b) proceedings before a service tribunal;
otherwise than in proceedings by way of a prosecution for giving false testimony at the hearing before the court of inquiry, the board of inquiry, the inquiry officer or the inquiry assistant.’
[7] After Part 7
insert
Part 8 Annual report
108 Annual report on operation of these Regulations
(1) For the financial year ending 30 June 2007, and at the end of each succeeding financial year, the Chief of the Defence Force is to prepare a report on the operation of these Regulations during the financial year.
(2) The report is to be included in the annual report of the Department.
Note Section 63 of the Public Service Act 1999 requires that a report on a Department’s activities during the year be prepared for presentation to Parliament.
Note
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