Defence Force Discipline Amendment Rules 2002 (No. 1) 2002 No. 24
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 2002 No. 24
Issued by the authority of the Acting Judge Advocate General
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Defence Force Discipline Amendment Rules 2002 (No. 1)
The Defence Force Discipline Rules ("the Rules") made by the Judge Advocate General under section 149 of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 ("the Act") set out the practice and procedure to be followed by service tribunals exercising power under the Act.
Schedule 1 to the Rules lists, for the purposes of subrule 9(4), the statement of each offence contained in the Act.
This Rule makes the following minor technical amendments to provision numbers contained in Schedule 1 to the Rules:
• The reference in Schedule 1 item 6 to subparagraph 15E(b)(i) is replaced with a reference to subparagraph 15E(1)(b)(i).
• The reference in Schedule 1 item 7 to subparagraph 15E(b)(ii) is replaced with a reference to subparagraph 15E(1)(b)(ii).
• The reference in Schedule 1 item 8 subparagraph 15E(b)(iii) is replaced with a reference to subparagraph 15E(1)(b)(iii).
• The reference in Schedule 1 item 84 to section 47p is replaced with a reference to section 47P.
This Rule comes into effect on gazettal.