Note: Where available, the PDF/Word icon below is provided to view the complete and fully formatted document
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020

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:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Act 2020 .

2   Commencement

             (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.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this Act

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

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.

3   Schedules

                   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.