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the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, on the day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(3) Section 8 and Part III shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
(4) Section 10 shall come into operation on the day on which section 53 of the Defence Force Re-organization Act 1975 comes into operation.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE ACT 1903

Principal Act
3. The Defence Act 19031 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Delegation of power to make appointments and promotions
4. (1) Section 10c of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1) "all or" after "Army" (first occurring).
(2) Where, before the commencement of this section, the Governor-General purported to delegate all of his powers under sections 10 and 10b of the Principal Act to appoint and promote officers of the Army, the purported delegation shall be deemed to have been, and to be, as valid and effectual as it would have been if the amendment made by sub-section (1) had been in force at the time the purported delegation was made.

Repeal of section 57
5. Section 57 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Determination of conditions of service
6. (1) Section 58b of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (b) "including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the payment of additional compensation to members of—
      (1) the Citizen Naval Forces;
      (ii) the Naval Emergency Reserve Forces;
      (iii) the Citizen Military Forces;
      (iv) the Regular Army Reserve;
      (v) the Regular Army Emergency Reserve;
      (vi) the Citizen Air Force; and
      (vii) the Air Force Emergency Force,
to whom compensation is payable under the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971".
(2) Section 58b of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-paragraphs (1) (b) (i) to (vii), inclusive, and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
      "(i) the Emergency Forces; and
      (ii) the Reserve Forces,".

Powers may be delegated
7. (1) Section 87 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1) "all or" after "delegate".

(2) Where, before the commencement of this section, the Governor-General purported to delegate all of his powers under section 86 of the Principal Act, the purported delegation shall be deemed to have been, and to be, as valid and effectual as it would have been if the amendment made by sub-section (1) had been in force at the time the purported delegation was made.

8. After Part IX of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

"PART IXa—PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FORCES OF OTHER COUNTRIES

"Division 1—Interpretation

Interpretation
"116a. (1) In this Part, unless the