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DEFENCE COMMITTEE REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1997 NO. 256

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1997 No. 256

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Defence

Defence Act 1903

Defence Committee Regulations (Repeal)

The Defence Committee Regulations ("the Regulations"), made under the Defence Act 1903, established the Defence Committee ("the Committee"), which consisted of the Chief of the Defence Force, the Chief of Navy, the Chief of Army, the Chief of Air Force, and the Secretaries to the Departments of ,Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury. The Committee's function was to advise the Minister for Defence on defence policy and related issues.

The Committee had become obsolete and had not met since 1985. This is because non-statutory committees and direct access to Ministers have met Defence's needs for high level consultation and policy advice. Current arrangements for the consideration of broader policy issues affecting Defence include meetings of the National Security Committee of Cabinet, supported by the Secretaries' Committee on National Security. As it no longer served any purpose, the Committee needed to be formally dissolved.

This Statutory Rule repeals the Defence Committee Regulations, which has the effect of dissolving the Committee.

The Statutory Rule comes into operation on the date of gazettal.


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