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Defence Force Discipline Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 1) Act 2026
No. 93, 2026
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C2026A00093
28 September 2026
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1 Short title
2 Commencement
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3 Schedules
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Schedule 1—Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide recommendation reforms
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Part 1—Suspension from duty while under investigation
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 2—Sentencing procedures
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 3—Disclosure of service offences
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 4—Removing stigmatising language
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 5—Distinguishing between violent and non-violent commission of certain service offences
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Schedule 2—Streamlining superior tribunal procedures
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Part 1—Amendments
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Part 2—Transitional provisions
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Schedule 3—Service tribunal procedures relating to mental health
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Part 1—Powers in proceedings against person suffering a mental impairment
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Division 1—Amendments
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
Division 2—Application and transitional provisions
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Part 2—Defence Mental Health Tribunal
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Division 1—Amendments
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
Division 2—Application and transitional provisions
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Schedule 4—Summary contraventions
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Part 1—Main amendments
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 2—Consequential amendments
AusCheck Act 2007
Defence Act 1903
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Defence (Visiting Forces) Act 1963
Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991
Part 3—Application and transitional provisions
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Part 4—Contingent amendments
Defence and Veterans’ Service Commissioner Act 2026
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Schedule 5—Other amendments
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Part 1—Policing equipment
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 2—Updates to prescribed quantities for drug offences
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 3—Disclosure of investigative material
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 4—Other changes to service offences
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 5—Changes to imprisonment terms for restricted courts martial and Defence Force magistrates
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 6—Amendments to petition processes for review
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 7—Changes to appointment period of legal officers for review processes
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 8—Delegation of powers
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Division 1—Main amendments
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Division 2—Updating references to authorized officer
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Division 3—Application and transitional provisions
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Part 9—Change to title of Director of Defence Counsel Services
Defence Act 1903
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 10—Functions of Director of Military Prosecutions
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 11—Harmonising termination grounds for judicial officers
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 12—Application of territory rules of evidence
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 13—Investigating officers
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 14—Removal orders for intimate images
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 15—Extinguishing convictions for historical homosexual service offences
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
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Part 16—Amendments relating to Part IA
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Schedule 6—Transitional rules