

2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Defence)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the Australian Defence Force, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Calling out the Reserves 3
Part 1—Amendments 3
Defence Act 1903 3
Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001 4
Part 2—Application provisions 6
Schedule 2—Immunity 7
Defence Act 1903 7
Schedule 3—Superannuation and related benefits 10
Part 1—Amendments 10
Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015 10
Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015 10
Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 10
Part 2—Application provisions 12
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the Australian Defence Force, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Act 2020 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.