Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176:section:116c:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 116C (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 364092–365426

law and to deliver him or her into the custody of such service authority of the Defence Force as is designated by or under the orders.
 (4) A member of the Defence Force arrested and held in custody in pursuance of subsection (3) shall be deemed to have been arrested and held in custody in accordance with Australian service law.
 (5) The Governor‑General may declare that specified parts of the Defence Force and specified parts of the forces of specified countries are to be taken for the purposes of this section to be serving together or acting in combination.
 (5A) The Governor‑General may declare that, whenever specified parts of the Defence Force and specified parts of the forces of specified countries are in fact serving together or acting in combination, the forces are to be taken for the purposes of this section to be serving together or acting in combination.
 (5B) A declaration under subsection (5) or (5A) has effect accordingly. Except as provided in such a declaration, forces are not taken for the purposes of this section to be serving together or acting in combination.
 (5C) A declaration under subsection (5) or (5A) must be in writing.
 (6) In this section, Australian service law means the law (including any instrument having the force of law) governing the Defence Force or a part of the Defence Force.