Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020

Type: Government
Portfolio: Defence
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 46

Summary

Amends the: Defence Act 1903 to: streamline the process for calling out members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves, including for the purposes of responding to natural disasters or emergencies; and provide ADF members, other Defence personnel and members of foreign forces with immunity from criminal or civil liability in certain cases while performing duties to support civil emergency and disaster preparedness, recovery and response; Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001 to ensure that Reserve members who are subject to a Reserve Call Out Order will continue to receive the existing protections; and Australian Defence Force Cover Act 2015, Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015 and Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 to ensure that Reserve members rendering continuous full-time service will receive the same entitlement to superannuation and related benefits regardless of whether it was voluntary or not.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	03 Sep 2020
Second reading moved	03 Sep 2020
Second reading debate	06 Oct 2020
Second reading agreed to	06 Oct 2020
Third reading agreed to	06 Oct 2020

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	06 Oct 2020
Second reading moved	06 Oct 2020
Second reading debate	08 Dec 2020
Second reading agreed to	08 Dec 2020
Committee of the Whole debate	08 Dec 2020
Third reading agreed to	08 Dec 2020


Finally passed both Houses	08 Dec 2020
Assent Act no: 146 Year: 2020	17 Dec 2020

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Replacement explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 1122]
STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon

Australian Greens [sheet 1148]
STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon

Australian Greens [sheet 1144]
STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon

Australian Greens [sheet 1143]
STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon

Australian Greens [sheet 1141]
STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon

Australian Greens [sheet 1137]
STEELE-JOHN, Sen Jordon

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Considered by scrutiny committee (07/10/2020): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 2 of 2021
Referred to Committee (08/10/2020): Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Committee report (04/11/2020)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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