Defence Force Discipline Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 357

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.

Dated 15 December 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

BRUCE SCOTT

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

 

Defence Force Discipline Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 3572

made under the

Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

 

 

 

Contents

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 1 Name of Regulations 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Amendment of Defence Force Discipline Regulations 

Schedule 1 Amendments 

 

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1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Defence Force Discipline Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Defence Force Discipline Regulations

  Schedule 1 amends the Defence Force Discipline Regulations.

 

Schedule 1 Amendments

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(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 1

substitute

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Defence Force Discipline Regulations 1985.

[2] After regulation 45

insert

45A Remuneration for Deputy Judge Advocates General (Act s 185)

  For the purposes of subsection 185 (1) of the Act, the remuneration to be paid to a Deputy Judge Advocate General for work done as a Deputy Judge Advocate General on a day is:

 (a) if the work takes less than 6 hours on the day — $375 for each hour, or part of an hour, worked on the day; and

 (b) if the work takes 6 hours or more on the day — $2,250 for the work done on the day.

Note 1   This regulation does not apply to a Deputy Judge Advocate General who is a Justice or Judge of a federal court, or a Supreme Court of a State or Territory, and who is receiving salary or annual allowances as such a Justice or Judge — see subs 185 (4) of the Act.

Note 2   If a Deputy Judge Advocate General is a defence member, and the remuneration to which he or she would be entitled under this regulation exceeds the pay to which he or she is entitled as a defence member, he or she is entitled to receive in respect of his or her office as a Deputy Judge Advocate General, only an amount equal to the excess — see subs 185 (5) of the Act.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1985 No. 125, as amended by 1985 No. 332; 1986 No. 46; 1989 Nos. 97 and 218; 1990 No. 208; 1992 No. 314; 1997 No. 41.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 15 December 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1999.