Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

Summary

Amends the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 to: restructure the military discipline system; and reflect the general principles of criminal responsibility in the Criminal Code Act 1995 in existing offence provisions; Defence Act 1903 to: increase the penalties for persons falsely representing themselves to be returned service personnel or for improperly using medals or decorations; and clarify the regulation-making powers in relation to defence inquiries; Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 to permit certain ex-members of the Australian Defence Force to apply for a home loan subsidy beyond the current 2-year eligibility period; Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 to clarify that its commencement date is 15 December 2001; Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001 to correct a cross-reference; and 6 Acts to modernise the titles of the Cadet Corps. Also amends the Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Regulations 2001 (No. 1) and Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Regulations 2001 (No. 2) to clarify that their commencement date is 15 December 2001.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	26 Mar 2003
Second reading moved	26 Mar 2003
Second reading agreed to	27 Nov 2003
Third reading agreed to	27 Nov 2003

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	28 Nov 2003
Second reading moved	28 Nov 2003
Second reading agreed to	01 Dec 2003
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 4 Australian Democrats agreed to	02 Dec 2003
Third reading agreed to	02 Dec 2003

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House disagreed to Senate amendments	03 Dec 2003

Senate
Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its amendments	04 Dec 2003


Assent Act no.: 135 Year: 2003	17 Dec 2003

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate

Australian Democrats [sheet 3241]
BARTLETT, Andrew

Australian Democrats [sheet 2961]
BARTLETT, Andrew

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.