Summary
Implements recommendations of the First Principles Review of Defence by: amending the Defence Act 1903 to: give full command of the Australian Defence Force to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF); and consolidate the statutory treatment of the components of the Defence Force Cadets; amending 27 Acts to make consequential amendments; and repealing the Air Force Act 1923 and Naval Defence Act 1910 and incorporating relevant provisions of these Acts into the Defence Act 1903.