Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095:section:19c:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19C (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 146030–148160

Kingdom as applying by virtue of a law of the Commonwealth, relating to the discipline of the Defence Force or of an arm or part of the Defence Force; or
 (e) action taken in relation to the grant or refusal of an honour or award to a particular member of the Defence Force.
 (6) The reference in paragraph (5)(a) to action taken by a Minister does not include a reference to action taken by a delegate of a Minister, and, for the purposes of this subsection, action shall be deemed to have been taken by such a delegate notwithstanding that the action is taken in pursuance of a power that is deemed by a provision of an enactment, when exercised by the delegate, to have been exercised by the Minister.
 (7) For the purposes of the application of this Act to or in relation to the Defence Force Ombudsman, action taken by a Department or by a prescribed authority shall not be regarded as having been taken by a Minister by reason only that the action was taken by the Department or authority in relation to action that has been, is proposed to be, or may be, taken by a Minister personally.
 (8) The reference in paragraph (5)(e) to action taken in relation to the grant or refusal of an honour or award to a particular member of the Defence Force does not include a reference to action taken in relation to the grant or refusal of honours or awards to members of the Defence Force generally, or of an arm or part of the Defence Force, with respect to their service in a particular area or for a particular period.
 (9) The reference in subsection (4) to a dependant of a member of the Defence Force means:
 (a) in relation to action taken under an enactment—a person who is, or is claiming to be, a dependant of a member, or was, or is claiming to have been, a dependant of a deceased member, of the Defence Force for the purposes of that enactment; or
 (b) in any other case—a person who is, or is claiming to be, wholly or partly dependent on a member of the Defence Force or who was, or is claiming to have been, at the date of the death of a deceased member of the Defence Force, wholly or partly dependent on that member.