Defence Force Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 2003 No. 2452
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.
Dated 24 September 2003
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
DANNA VALE
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Defence Force Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).
2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence on gazettal.
3	Amendment of Defence Force Regulations 1952
		Schedule 1 amends the Defence Force Regulations 1952.

Schedule 1	Amendment
(regulation 3)
  
[1]	After subregulation 53 (8)
insert
	(8A)	A person is not liable to be punished more than once in respect of the same offence.
Notes
1.	These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1952 No. 29, as amended by 1953 Nos. 61 and 62; 1958 No. 38; 1963 No. 133; 1968 No. 14; 1976 Nos. 52 and 106; 1980 Nos. 95 and 244; 1981 Nos. 177 and 352; 1982 No. 271; 1983 No. 129; 1984 No. 392; 1985 Nos. 88, 118, 131, 156, 235 and 331; 1986 No. 101; 1987 No. 113; 1988 Nos. 58, 89, 321 and 322; 1989 Nos. 203, 275, 290 and 302; 1990 No. 92; 1995 Nos. 51 and 69; 1996 No. 177; 1997 Nos. 40 and 257; 1998 Nos. 5 and 63; 1999 Nos. 117 and 235; 2000 Nos. 82 and 263; 2001 No. 305; 2002 Nos. 278 and 311.
2.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 October 2003.