Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE FORCE DISCIPLINE ACT 1982 - SECT 149

    The Judge Advocate General may, by legislative instrument, make rules, to be known as the Summary Authority Rules, providing for the practice and procedure to be followed by summary authorities and, in particular, providing for:

  (a)   the attendance and compellability of witnesses; and

  (aa)   the giving of testimony and other evidence; and

  (b)   the production of documents; and

  (c)   the administration of oaths and affirmations; and

  (d)   the forms to be used in relation to proceedings before a summary authority; and

  (e)   the service of any process of a summary authority; and

  (f)   charge sheets in proceedings before a summary authority; and

  (g)   the manner and form of charges brought before a summary authority; and

  (h)   the recording of proceedings of a summary authority; and

  (i)   the reopening of proceedings of a summary authority on request by a reviewing authority.