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DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE ACT 1982 - SECT 5A

Appointment of superior authority

                   The Chief of the Defence Force or a service chief may, by instrument in writing, appoint an officer, or each officer included in a class of officers, to be a superior authority for the purpose of:

                     (a)  representing the interests of the Defence Force in relation to charges that are being considered by the Director of Military Prosecutions for possible trial by the Australian Military Court; and

                     (b)  exercising the powers and performing the functions conferred on superior authorities by or under this Act or the regulations.



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