Bill
Defence Legislation Amendment (First Principles) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-12-02. Defence portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Defence
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-10-14
- second reading — 2015-10-14
- second reading — 2015-11-10
- second reading — 2015-11-10
- committee — 2015-11-10
- third reading — 2015-11-10
- introduced — 2015-11-10
- second reading — 2015-11-25
- second reading — 2015-11-25
- second reading — 2015-11-30
- second reading — 2015-11-30
- third reading — 2015-11-30
- passed — 2015-11-30
- royal assent — 2015-12-02
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-10-14.
The bill would give the Chief of the Defence Force full command of the Australian Defence Force by removing legislative limits.
It would recognise the Vice Chief of the Defence Force as the CDF's deputy and make the Service Chiefs subject to the CDF's direction.
The bill would also repeal the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923 and move their provisions into the Defence Act 1903.
- Gives the Chief of the Defence Force full command of the Australian Defence Force.
- Recognises the Vice Chief of the Defence Force as the deputy of the CDF.
- Makes the Service Chiefs subject to the direction of the CDF.
- Repeals the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.
- Moves relevant provisions of those Acts into the Defence Act 1903.
The Australian Defence Force, including the Chief of the Defence Force, the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, and the Service Chiefs.
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