EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1985 NO. 90
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE
AUSTRALIAN MILITARY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
An amendment to the Defence Force Regulations, made concurrently with this Statutory Rule, revises and consolidates legislative provision for defence practice areas by introducing, with effect from 1 July 1985, new provisions of tri-service application.
Existing regulations providing for practices, operations, surveys and associated matters are therefore rendered redundant.
Divisions 3 and 4 of Part XIII of the Australian Military Regulations prescribed matters concerning defence practices, as contained in the following regulations:
Regulation 816 provided for the assessment compensation for damage or loss sustained by the owner of land on which a practice was held.
Regulation 816A provided for an appeal against assessment of the amount of such compensation.
Regulation 817 provided for weekend camps and bivouacs.
Regulation 818 provided for claims for compensation for damage done in surveying land for the purpose of a defence practice.
Regulation 819 prescribed safe distances and procedures for the exclusion of ships, boats or persons from the proximity of a defence practice.
The matters which were covered by regulations 816, 816A, 817, 818 and 819 are now covered in the new provisions of the Defence Force Regulations.
Regulations 1 and 2 of the Statutory Rule repeal, with effect from 1 July 1985, Divisions 3 and 4 of Part XIII of the Australian Military Regulations.