Defence Act 1903 (Australia)

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Australian federal statute defence legislation

The Defence Act 1903 (Australia) is the foundational federal legislation that establishes the structure, powers, and governance framework of Australia’s military forces.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Defence Act 1903 (Australia) canonical	4
Defence Act 1903	2
Australian Defence Act	1
Australian Defence Act and related defence legislation	1
Cth Defence Act 1903	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian federal statute ⓘ defence legislation ⓘ
administeredBy	Department of Defence (Australia) ⓘ Minister of Defence ⓘ surface form: Minister for Defence (Australia)
amendedBy	Defence Act 1904 ⓘ Defence Act 1909 ⓘ Defence Act 1910 ⓘ Defence Act 1911 ⓘ Defence Act 1912 ⓘ Defence Act 1915 ⓘ Defence Act 1927 ⓘ Defence Legislation Amendment Acts (various years) ⓘ
authorises	raising and maintenance of the Citizen Military Forces ⓘ raising and maintenance of the Permanent Military Forces ⓘ
codifies	powers of the Governor-General to call out the Defence Force ⓘ
commencementDate	1903-10-22 ⓘ
containsPart	Part II – General Provisions ⓘ Part III – The Defence Force ⓘ Part IV – Reserves and Cadets ⓘ Part VII – Utilisation of the Defence Force ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
defines	governance framework of Australia’s military forces ⓘ powers of Australia’s defence forces ⓘ structure of Australia’s defence forces ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
foundationOf	statutory basis of the Australian Defence Force ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
legalCitation	Defence Act 1903 (Australia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cth Defence Act 1903
legislativeNumber	No. 20 of 1903 ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to provide for the Naval and Military Defence of the Commonwealth and the Defence of the States ⓘ
primarySubject	armed forces ⓘ defence ⓘ
providesFor	compulsory service in time of war (historically) ⓘ control of war materiel ⓘ discipline of members of the Defence Force ⓘ mobilisation of the Defence Force ⓘ organisation of the Australian Army ⓘ
regulates	Australian Army ⓘ Australian Defence Force ⓘ Australian Defence Force Reserves ⓘ surface form: Australian military reserves call-out of the Defence Force for domestic operations ⓘ
relatedTo	Air Force Act 1923 ⓘ Section 51 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ surface form: Australian Constitution section 51(vi) Naval Defence Act 1910 ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1903-10-22 ⓘ
shortTitle	Defence Act 1903 (Australia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Defence Act 1903
status	in force ⓘ
yearOfAct	1903 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Defence Force → legalBasis → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ

Chief of the Defence Force → legalBasis → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ

Chief of Army → legalBasis → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief of Army (Australia)

this entity surface form: Australian Defence Act and related defence legislation

Royal Australian Naval Reserve → governedBy → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Defence Act

ADF → legalBasis → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Defence Force

this entity surface form: Defence Act 1903

Defence Act 1903 (Australia) → shortTitle → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defence Act 1903

Defence Act 1903 (Australia) → legalCitation → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cth Defence Act 1903

Australian Army Reserve → legalFramework → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ

Second Australian Imperial Force → legalBasis → Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ