This Act comes into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council, and 1 or more orders may be made appointing different dates for different provisions.

Section 2: Defence Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 brought into force, on 1 July 2009, by the Defence Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 Commencement Order 2008 (SR 2008/235).

(1) Section 49(1) is amended by omitting “Courts Martial Appeals Act 1953, or a petition under section 162 of” and substituting “Court Martial Appeals Act 1953 or”.

(2) All complaints under section 49 of the principal Act that have been made before the commencement of this section and that have not been finally dealt with before that commencement are to be dealt with as if that section had not been amended by this section.

(3) Every authority referred to in section 49 of the principal Act continues to have and may exercise all its powers, functions, and duties under that section for the purpose of giving effect to subsection (2).

This is an eprint of the Defence Amendment Act (No 2) 2007. It incorporates all the amendments to the Act as at 1 July 2009. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

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