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DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE REGULATIONS 1985 - NOTES

- made under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

Statutory Rules 1985 No. 125 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 20 September 2008
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2008 No. 185

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

 

 


Contents

Part I                     Preliminary                                                                 

                        1     Name of Regulations [see Note 1]                                     5

                        2     Commencement                                                              5

                        3     Interpretation                                                                   5

                      3A     Application of Criminal Code                                             5

Part II                    Detainees and detention centres                         

Division 1                Application                                                                     

                        4     Application of Divisions 2 and 3                                         6

Division 2                General administration and classification of detention centres   

                        5     Detention centres                                                            6

                        6     Duties of officer in charge                                                 7

                        7     Accommodation of detainees                                            7

                        8     Cleanliness                                                                     8

                        9     Meals                                                                             8

                       10     Purchases                                                                      8

                       11     Exercise                                                                         8

                       12     Newspapers etc                                                               9

                       13     Visiting officers                                                                9

                       14     Duties of visiting officers                                                   9

                       15     Visits                                                                              9

                       16     Religion                                                                         10

                       17     Employment                                                                  10

                       18     Period of work                                                                11

Division 3                Correspondence                                                             

                       19     Interpretation -- Division 3                                              11

                       20     Persons authorised to open correspondence etc               11

                       21     Receiving and sending letters                                          12

                       22     Correspondence to be opened in certain cases                 13

                       23     Impounded articles                                                         14

Division 4                Remission and release                                                   

                       24     Remission                                                                     14

                       25     Release                                                                        15

Part III                   Evidence                                                                     

                    25A     Evidence of speed of vehicles -- use of speed measuring devices        16

                    25B     Offence in relation to speed measuring devices                 21

                       26     Admissibility of evidence adduced before summary authority 21

                       27     Evidence of general orders                                              22

                       29     Modifications of provisions of the Evidence Act 1971 of the Australian Capital Territory in their application to proceedings before the Australian Military Court 22

                       30     Modification of the definition of business in subsection 7A of the Evidence Act 1995 in its application to proceedings before a service tribunal           22

Part IV                  Miscellaneous                                                           

                       31     Calculation of daily rate of pay of convicted person            23

                       32     Chaplains -- notional rank                                              23

                    32A     Special procedures relating to certain minor disciplinary infringements -- junior officers 24

                       33     Members receiving instruction or training                          24

                    33A     Form of oath or affirmation                                              26

                       34     Service of summons etc                                                 26

                       35     Power of arrest: service policemen and others                  27

                    35A     Form of oath or affirmation                                              27

                       36     Form of caution for purposes of subsection 101D (2) of the Act            27

                       37     Prescribed places for purposes of section 101F of the Act 27

                       38     Form of acknowledgment of record of interview                  28

                       39     Form of certificate for purposes of sub‑subparagraph 101K (4) (d) (ii) (B) of the Act        28

                       40     Form of explanation for purposes of paragraph 101K (4) (e) of the Act  28

                       41     Prescribed class of persons for purposes of paragraph 101K (14) (a) of the Act 28

                       42     Form of acknowledgment for purposes of subsection 101N (2) of the Act          29

                       43     Form of acknowledgment for purposes of subsection 101ZA (2) of the Act        29

                       44     Prescribed service offences for purposes of paragraph 104 (b) of the Act          29

                       45     Prescribed class of officers for the purposes of paragraph 108 (4) (a) of the Act 29

                    45A     Remuneration for Deputy Judge Advocates General (Act s 185)           29

                       46     Fees                                                                             30

                       47     Record of previous convictions                                         30

Part V                   Transitional                                                                

                       48     Transitional                                                                    31

Schedule 1             Modifications of provisions of the Evidence Act 1971 of the Australian Capital Territory in their application to proceedings before the Australian Military Court      32

Schedule 2             Forms                                                                          36

Form 1A                                                                                                      36

Form 1                     Caution to person charged or summoned                         37

Form 2                     Certificate of appropriate witness                                     38

Form 3                     Explanation to accused                                                  39

Form 4                     Acknowledgment of suspect in relation to the holding of an identification parade           41

Form 5                     Acknowledgement of consent to search                           43

Form 6                     Appointment of authorised tester                                     45

Form 7                     Certificate of testing of speed measuring device (valid for 12 months)   46

Form 8                     Certificate of having operated a speed measuring device    47

Schedule 3             Prescribed places for purposes of section 101F of the Act            49

Notes                                                                                                          51

 

 


  

Notes to the Defence Force Discipline Regulations 1985

Note 1

The Defence Force Discipline Regulations 1985 (in force under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1985 No. 125 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non‑exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.  From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series).  Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

Table of Instruments

Year and
number

Date of notification
in Gazette or FRLI registration

Date of
commencement

Application, saving or
transitional provisions

1985 No. 125

20 June 1985

3 July 1985

 

1985 No. 332

12 Dec 1985

12 Dec 1985

--

1986 No. 46

4 Apr 1986

4 Apr 1986

--

1989 No. 97

26 May 1989

26 May 1989

--

1989 No. 218

23 Aug 1989

23 Aug 1989

--

1990 No. 208

4 July 1990

4 July 1990

--

1992 No. 314

7 Oct 1992

7 Oct 1992

--

1997 No. 41

12 Mar 1997

12 Mar 1997

--

1999 No. 357

22 Dec 1999

22 Dec 1999

--

2001 No. 278

5 Oct 2001

15 Dec 2001

R. 2 (rs. by Act No. 135, 2003, Sch. 3 (item 1))

2002 No. 7

21 Feb 2002

21 Feb 2002

--

2005 No. 46

29 Mar 2005 (see F2005L00766)

30 Mar 2005

--

2008 No. 185

19 Sept 2008 (see F2008L03463)

20 Sept 2008 (see r. 2)

--

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

 

Provision affected

How affected

Part I

 

R. 1.........................................

rs. 1999 No. 357

R. 3A ......................................

ad.2001 No. 278

Part II

 

Division 2

 

R. 5.........................................

am. 1997 No. 41

R. 13.......................................

rs. 1986 No. 46

R. 17.......................................

am. 1986 No. 46

Division 3

 

R. 23.......................................

am. 1997 No. 41

Part III

 

Heading to r. 25A.................

rs. 2005 No. 46

R. 25A....................................

ad. 1989 No. 97

 

am. 1990 No. 208; 2005 No. 46; 2008 No. 185

Heading to r. 25B.................

rs. 2005 No. 46

R. 25B....................................

ad. 1989 No. 97

 

am. 2001 No. 278; 2002 No. 7; 2005 No. 46

R. 26.......................................

rs. 2008 No. 185

R. 27.......................................

am. 2008 No. 185

R. 28.......................................

rep. 2008 No. 185

R. 29.......................................

rs. 2008 No. 185

R. 30.......................................

am. 2008 No. 185

Part IV

 

R. 31.......................................

am. 1989 No. 218

R. 32A....................................

ad. 2008 No. 185

R. 33.......................................

rs. 2008 No. 185

R. 33A....................................

ad. 1985 No. 332

R. 35.......................................

am. 2005 No. 46

R. 35A....................................

ad. 1985 No. 332

R. 44 ......................................

am. 2002 No. 7

R. 45A....................................

ad. 1999 No. 357

R. 47.......................................

am. 1997 No. 41

Part V

 

Part V......................................

ad. 2008 No. 185

R. 48.......................................

ad. 2008 No. 185

Schedule 1

 

Heading to Schedule 1.......

rs. 2008 No. 185

Schedule 2

 

Form 1A

 

Form 1A.................................

ad. 1985 No. 332

Form 5

 

Form 5...................................

rs. 1992 No. 314

Form 6

 

Form 6...................................

ad. 1989 No. 97

Form 7

 

Heading to Form 7..............

rs. 2005 No. 46

Form 7...................................

ad. 1989 No. 97

 

am. 2005 No. 46

Form 8

 

Heading to Form 8..............

rs. 2005 No. 46

Form 8...................................

ad. 1989 No. 97

 

am. 2005 No. 46