Defence Amendment Act 1997
Defence Amendment Act 1997
Defence Amendment Act 1997
Defence Amendment Act 1997
| Public Act | 1997 No 41 |
| Date of assent | 28 July 1997 |
Note
This Act is administered in the New Zealand Defence Force
An Act to amend the Defence Act 1990
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Defence Amendment Act 1997, and is part of the Defence Act 1990 (the principal Act).
2 Interpretation
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(1) Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting in the definition of the term defence area, after the word
“owner”
, the words“or is requisitioned under section 10(2)(b)”
.(2) This subsection amended s 2(1) of the principal Act by inserting the definition of the term intellectual property.
3 Members of Civil Staff
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(1) The principal Act is amended by repealing section 14.
(2) The principal Act is consequentially amended—
(a) By omitting from the definition of the term Civil Staff in section 2(1) the expression
“section 14”
, and substituting the expression“section 61A”
:
(b) By omitting from section 11(1)(b) the expression
“section 14”
, and substituting the expression“section 61A”
:
(c) [Repealed]
Subsection (2)(c) was repealed, as from 2 October 2000, by section 241 Employment Relations Act 2000 (2000 No 24).
4 Secretary of Defence
Section 24(2)(e)(iv) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“Chief of Defence Staff”
, and substituting the words“Chief of Defence Force”
.
5 Appointment, promotion, and discharge of officers
6 Protection of employment
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[Repealed]
Section 6 was repealed, as from 1 April 2004, by section 4(2) Defence Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 13).
7 Conditions of service in Armed Forces
8 Defence Force Orders fixing certain terms and conditions of service
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 47.
9 Determinations and regulations to be notified in Defence Force Orders
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 48.
10 Members may give notice of intention to leave regular forces
11 Notice while subject to disciplinary proceedings, etc
Section 57(3) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“or subsection (4)”
.
12 Appointment of members of Civil Staff
This section inserted s 61A of the principal Act.
13 Appointments on merit
Section 62 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words
“appointment to,”
the words“any position in”
.
14 Evidence of appointments
15 Obligation to notify appointments
Section 66 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“office or”
.
16 Review of appointments
Section 67 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the word
“within”
, and substituting the words“to positions in”
.
17 Constitution of cadet forces
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(2) This subsection inserted s 74(2)(c) of the principal Act.
18 Cadet officers
This section substituted s 76(a) of the principal Act.
19 Assistance to cadet forces
Section 78 of the principal Act is amended—
(a) By omitting from subsection (1) the words
“Minister of Defence”
from each place where they occur, and substituting in each case the words“Chief of Defence Force”
:
(b) By omitting from subsection (1) the words
“that Minister”
, and substituting the words“the Chief of Defence Force”
:
(c) By omitting from subsection (3) the word
“Minister”
from each place where it occurs, and substituting in each case the words“Chief of Defence Force”
.
20 Public Trustee to administer Nelson Rifle Prize Fund
Section 96(5) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the word
“expected”
, and substituting the word“expended”
.
21 Regulations
This section substituted s 101(1)(b) of the principal Act.