This Act may be cited as the Defence Amendment Act 1997, and is part of the Defence Act 1990 (the principal Act).

(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.

(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• (c) [Repealed]

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”.

(1) This subsection substituted s 32(1)(d) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted s 32(1A) of the principal Act.

(3) Section 32 of the principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) the words “notified in the Gazette”, and substituting the words “promulgated by Defence Force Orders”.

Section 45 of the principal Act is amended—

• (a) By omitting from subsection (1) the word “fixed”, and substituting the word “prescribed”:

• (b) By omitting from subsections (2) and (3) the word “fixing” from each place where it occurs, and substituting in each case the word “prescribing”.

The principal Act is amended by repealing section 47.

The principal Act is amended by repealing section 48.

Section 52 of the principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) the words “determine in a particular case”, and substituting the words “from time to time prescribe in Defence Force Orders”.

Section 57(3) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “or subsection (4)”.

This section inserted s 61A of the principal Act.

Section 62 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words “appointment to,” the words “any position in”.

Section 65 is amended by omitting from subsection (1), and also from subsection (2) in both places where they occur the words “office or”.

Section 66 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “office or”.

Section 67 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the word “within”, and substituting the words “to positions in”.

(1) This subsection substituted s 74(1) and inserted s 74(1A) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted s 74(2)(c) of the principal Act.

This section substituted s 76(a) of the principal Act.

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”.

Section 96(5) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the word “expected”, and substituting the word “expended”.

This section substituted s 101(1)(b) of the principal Act.