Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                                 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

3............ Repeal................................................................................................. 1

5............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 1

6............ Declared date...................................................................................... 3

Part II--Discharge etc. from Defence Force of parliamentary candidates                4

7............ Transfer of officers to Reserve........................................................... 4

8............ Discharge of enlisted members........................................................... 4

9............ Termination of continuous full‑time service....................................... 5

Part III--Re‑instatement of unsuccessful candidates                                        6

10.......... Re‑instatement of officers.................................................................. 6

11.......... Re‑instatement of enlisted members................................................... 7

12.......... Re‑instatement of members rendering continuous full‑time service... 8

13.......... Compulsory re‑instatement of officers.............................................. 8

14.......... Compulsory re‑instatement of enlisted members............................... 9

Part IV--Miscellaneous                                                                                                     11

16.......... Return of member, family and household effects etc. to place of enlistment          11

17.......... Refund of gratuity............................................................................ 12

18.......... Service of notice................................................................................ 12

19.......... Delegation......................................................................................... 13

22.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 13

Notes                                                                                                         15

 

Notes to the Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969

Note 1

The Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 60, 1969 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 22 March 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969	60, 1969	5 Sept 1969	5 Sept 1969
Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1973	84, 1973	19 June 1973	1 Oct 1972	--
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	S. 9(1)
Election Candidates (Public Service and Defence Force) Act 1974	59, 1974	27 Sept 1974	Parts II and III (ss. 3-10): 27 Aug 1974 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Defence Force Re‑organization Act 1975	96, 1975	9 Sept 1975	Ss. 139(a), (c), (d), 140-143, 144(a), (b), (d), 145, 146(a), (b), (d), (e), 147(b), (c), 149, 151 and 152: 9 Feb 1976 (see Gazette 1975, No. G42) (a) Ss. 138, 139(b), 144(c), 146(c), 147(a), 148, 150, 153 and 154: 28 Oct 1975 (see Gazette 1975, No. G42) (a)	S. 155
Statute Law Revision Act 1981	61, 1981	12 June 1981	S. 115: Royal Assent (b) S. 116: 30 Sept 1983 (see Gazette 1983, No. S222) (b)	--
Defence Force Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 1991	126, 1991	2 Sept 1991	Ss. 4(1), 15, 18 and 22: 1 July 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997	1, 1997	19 Feb 1997	Schedules 1 and 3: 30 Apr 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S91) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001	10, 2001	22 Mar 2001	Schedule 2 (items 56-59, 94, 95): 19 Apr 2001 (c)	Sch. 2 (items 94, 95) [see Table A]
Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008	144, 2008	9 Dec 2008	Schedule 4 (item 47): 10 Dec 2008	--

(a)     The Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969 was amended by sections 139-154 only of the Defence Force Re‑organization Act 1975, section 2 of which provides as follows:

                    2   This Part shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such date as is, or such respective dates as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(b)    The Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969 was amended by sections 115 and 116 only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (2)   Parts III, X and XV and section 116 shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

(c)     The Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969 was amended by Schedule 2 (items
56-59) only of the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title .....................................	am. No. 59, 1974
Part I
S. 4 .....................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 5 .....................................	am. No. 84, 1973; No. 96, 1975; No. 61, 1981; No. 126, 1991; No. 1, 1997; No. 10, 2001
S. 6 .....................................	am. No. 96, 1975
Part II
Ss. 7, 8 ...............................	am. No. 59, 1974; No. 96, 1975; No. 1, 1997; No. 10, 2001
S. 9 .....................................	am. No. 59, 1974; No. 96, 1975; No. 61, 1981; No. 1, 1997; No. 10, 2001
Part III
Ss. 10-12 ...........................	am. No. 84, 1973; No. 96, 1975; No. 126, 1991; No. 1, 1997
S. 13 ...................................	am. No. 96, 1975; No. 1, 1997
S. 14 ...................................	am. No. 96, 1975; No. 61, 1981; No. 1, 1997
S. 15 ...................................	am. No. 84, 1973
	rep. No. 96, 1975
Part IV
S. 16....................................	am. No. 96, 1975; No. 1, 1997; No. 144, 2008
S. 17....................................	am. No. 96, 1975
S. 18 ...................................	am. No. 96, 1975; No. 1, 1997
S. 19 ...................................	rs. No. 96, 1975
	am. No. 1, 1997
Ss. 20, 21 ...........................	rep. No. 96, 1975

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001 (No. 10, 2001)

Schedule 2

94  Saving--old regulations

(1)        Regulations that were in effect under any Act immediately before the commencement of this item continue to have effect after that time as if members of an arm of the Defence Force who were members of a particular part or component of that arm immediately before the commencement of this item were still members of that part or component after that time, even if that part or component no longer exists.

Example: Assume that, immediately before the commencement of this item, regulations imposed training obligations on members of the Air Force Specialist Reserve. Those obligations would continue to apply to former members of that Reserve after commencement, even though the Air Force Specialist Reserve itself is no longer mentioned in the Air Force Act 1923 and the members have now become members of the Air Force Reserve.

(2)        However, regulations that continue in effect under this item do so only to the extent that they are not amended or revoked by later regulations.

95  Regulations about transitional matters

(1)        The regulations may make provision in relation to other saving and transitional matters in connection with the amendments made by this Schedule.

(2)        In particular, such regulations may deal with the status, after the commencement of the amendments, of persons who were members of the Defence Force immediately before that time.

(3)        Subitem (2) does not limit the scope of subitem (1).