Bill
Defence Legislation Amendment (Military Justice Enhancements—Inspector-General ADF) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2015-05-20. Defence portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Defence
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-12-03
- second reading — 2014-12-03
- second reading — 2015-03-05
- second reading — 2015-03-05
- third reading — 2015-03-05
- introduced — 2015-03-05
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- third reading — 2015-05-14
- passed — 2015-05-14
- royal assent — 2015-05-20
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 2014-12-03.
This bill would change how the Australian Defence Force handles internal reviews and complaints.
It would give the Inspector-General ADF more independence and clearer legal powers to conduct investigations and inquiries.
Witnesses giving evidence to the Inspector-General ADF would be protected from having that evidence used against them, except in perjury cases.
- Clarifies that the Inspector-General ADF operates independently from the chain of command.
- Allows the minister to order the Inspector-General ADF to look into a Defence Force matter.
- Creates a legal basis for regulations that remove a witness's right to refuse to answer questions on self-incrimination grounds, with a ban on using that evidence against the witness.
- Requires the Inspector-General ADF to produce an annual report for Parliament.
- Lets the Inspector-General ADF stop an inquiry or investigation ordered by the Chief of the Defence Force if it is no longer warranted.
- Gives the Inspector-General ADF a statutory role in managing how service-related deaths are investigated and how grievances are handled.
Australian Defence Force members and witnesses appearing before the Inspector-General ADF.
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