Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

for regulating the practice and procedure of the Tribunal; and

for prescribing fees to be charged in respect of proceedings under this Act; and

for prescribing the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act; and

for making provision for or in relation to the granting of legal aid to appellants and persons who desire to appeal to the Tribunal under this Act; and

for prescribing the manner in which an appellant in custody is to be taken and kept in custody at, and brought back from, a place at which he or she is entitled to be present for the purposes of this Act or to which the Tribunal or a member of the Tribunal may order him or her to be taken for the purpose of any proceedings of the Tribunal; and

for making provision for or in relation to the furnishing to the Tribunal, for the purposes of an appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, under this Act against a conviction or a prescribed acquittal by a court martial or a Defence Force magistrate, of:

a record of the proceedings of the court martial or Defence Force magistrate; and

a record of any review with respect to the proceedings of the court martial or Defence Force magistrate; and

documents that were before the court martial, Defence Force magistrate or reviewing authority in connection with the proceedings, or the review of the proceedings, as the case may be; and

for prescribing penalties, of imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units, or both, for offences against the regulations; and

for investing courts of summary jurisdiction of the States with federal jurisdiction, and conferring jurisdiction on courts of summary jurisdiction of the Territories, with respect to offences against the regulations, whether committed within or outside Australia.