Contents
1Name#
This instrument is the Defence and Other Laws (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2026.
2Commencement#
(1)Each provision of this instrument 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. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table | The later of:(a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) at the same time as the Defence Regulations 2026 commences. | 1 October 2026paragraph (b) applies |
| 2. Schedule 1 | The later of:(a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) at the same time as the Defence Regulations 2026 commences. | 1 October 2026paragraph (b) applies |
| 3. Schedule 2 | The later of:(a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and(b) immediately after the commencement of item 31 of Schedule 2 to the Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Act 2026.However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3Authority#
This instrument is made under the following:
(a)the Age Discrimination Act 2004;
(b)the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022;
(c)the Defence Act 1903;
(d)the Explosives Act 1961;
(e)the Fair Work Act 2009.
4Schedules#
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1 · Consequential amendments and repeals
Part 1 · Consequential amendments
Age Discrimination Regulations 2020#
1 Subsection 5(2)
Omit “sections 23 and 88 of the Defence Regulation 2016”, substitute “sections 22 and 146 of the Defence Regulations 2026”.
Data Availability and Transparency Regulations 2022#
2 Section 5 (table item dealing with the Defence Regulation 2016)
Repeal the item, substitute:
| Defence Regulations 2026 | section 39 |
Explosives Regulations 2024#
3 Subsection 15(1) (note 1)
Omit “subsection 87(3) of the Defence Regulation 2016”, substitute “subsection 144(3) of the Defence Regulations 2026”.
Fair Work Regulations 2009#
4 Paragraph 3.29A(3)(a)
Omit “section 37G of the Defence Regulation 2016”, substitute “section 46 of the Defence Regulations 2026”.
5 Paragraph 3.29A(3)(a)
Omit “section 37C”, substitute “section 42”.
6 Paragraphs 3.29A(3)(b) and (c)
Omit “Part 6A of the Defence Regulation 2016”, substitute “Part 7 of the Defence Regulations 2026”.
7 In the appropriate position in Chapter 7
Insert:
Part 7-9 · Amendments made by the Defence and Other Laws (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2026
7.14Application of amendments#
Subsection 3.29A(3) of this instrument, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a circumstance that existed before that commencement.
Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Regulation 2016#
8 Paragraph 5(b)
Omit “Part 7 of the Defence Regulation 2016”, substitute “Part 8 of the Defence Regulations 2026”.
9 At the end of Part 6
Add:
39Amendments made by the Defence and Other Laws (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations2026#
Section 5 of this instrument, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a complaint made by a member of the Defence Force before that commencement.
Part 2 · Repeals
Schedule 2 · Contingent amendments
39Disclosure of information about honours and awards#
(1)A person must not disclose information if:
(a)the information is obtained by the person as a member of the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal, or as a person assisting the Tribunal; and
(b)the information is part of or relates to an application for review of a reviewable decision (within the meaning of section 110V of the Act).
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a)the disclosure is in the performance of the person’s duties as a member of the Tribunal, or as a person assisting the Tribunal; or
(b)the disclosure of the information is permitted or required by the Act or by procedural rules made under section 110XH of the Act; or
(c)the disclosure of the information is the subject of an order under section 110XD of the Act; or
(d)the disclosure of the information is only by or to the person to whom the information relates; or
(e)the disclosure of the information is authorised by the person to whom the information relates.
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