DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 69 

DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 69 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Amendment  
2.  Regulation 76 (Referral of complaint)  
3.  Regulation 77 (Investigation of complaint)  
4.  Regulation 78 (Referral upon request)  
5.  Regulation 79 (Further referral of officers' complaints)  
6.  Regulation 81 (Delegations)  


1995 No. 69 DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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1. Amendment


  1.1 The Defence Force Regulations are amended as set out in these
Regulations.
(NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act
1901, s. 48.)


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2. Regulation 76 (Referral of complaint)


  2.1 Omit the regulation, substitute:

Referral of complaint
  "76. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), if a member is not satisfied with the
decision of a commanding officer on a complaint, the member may refer the
complaint:
  (a) in the case of a member of the Navy-to the Chief of Naval Staff; or
  (b) in the case of a member of the Army-to the Chief of the General Staff;
or
  (c) in the case of a member of the Air Force-to the Chief of the Air Staff.
  "(2) If:
  (a) the complaint relates to service by the member:
    (i) in a unit or an organisation that is responsible directly to
Headquarters Australian Defence Force and comprises personnel drawn from more
than one arm of the Defence Force; or
    (ii) in Headquarters Australian Defence Force; and
  (b) the complaint is not connected only with the member's own arm of the
Defence Force;
the complaint must be referred to the Vice Chief of the Defence Force.".


1995 No. 69 DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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3. Regulation 77 (Investigation of complaint)


  3.1 Omit the regulation, substitute:

Investigating and reporting outcome of complaint
  "77. An officer to whom a complaint is made under subregulation 75 (1) or
referred under regulation 76, must:
  (a) investigate the complaint without delay or cause it to be investigated
without delay; and
  (b) notify the member of the results of the investigation without delay.".


1995 No. 69 DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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4. Regulation 78 (Referral upon request)


  4.1 Omit the regulation.


1995 No. 69 DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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5. Regulation 79 (Further referral of officers' complaints)


  5.1 Omit subregulation 79 (2), substitute:

  "(2) If an officer is not satisfied with the result of a referral under
regulation 76, the officer may refer the matter to the Chief of the Defence
Force.".


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6. Regulation 81 (Delegations)


  6.1 Before subregulation 81 (1), insert:

  "(1A) The holder of the office of Chief of the Defence Force or Vice Chief
of the Defence Force may, by instrument, delegate all or any of the powers of
that office under this Part, other than this power of delegation, to any of
the following officers:
  (a) an officer of the Navy not below the rank of Commodore;
  (b) an officer of the Army not below the rank of Brigadier;
  (c) an officer of the Air Force not below the rank of Air Commodore.".


- NOTES


1995 No. 69*1* DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)

- Dated 4 April 1995


*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 April 1995.
*2* Statutory Rules 1952 No. 29 as amended by 1953 Nos. 61 and 62; 1958 No.
38; 1963 No. 133; 1968 No. 14; 1976 Nos. 52 and 106; 1980 Nos. 95 and 244;
1981 Nos. 177 and 352; 1982 No. 271; 1983 No. 129; 1984 No. 392; 1985 Nos. 88,
118, 131, 156, 235 and 331; 1986 No. 101; 1987 No. 113; 1988 Nos. 58, 89, 321
and 322; 1989 Nos. 203, 275, 290 and 302; 1990 No. 92; 1995 No. 51.