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Defence Act 1990

The New Zealand Defence Force

20: Modification of Acts for members of one Service attached or deemed attached to another Service

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"Rules for Defence Force members working with a different Service"

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You are a member of one Service in the New Zealand Defence Force. If you are attached to another Service under section 18 or section 19, some rules change. This Act and the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 apply to you with some modifications. You can do things with the Chief of the Service you are attached to, not just your own Chief. In the Service you are attached to, you have the same powers as someone with an equivalent rank. There may be other changes that are prescribed. These modifications apply to you when you are attached to another Service. The rules are modified so you can work with the other Service. You follow the rules of the Service you are attached to.

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20Modification of Acts for members of one Service attached or deemed attached to another Service

  1. Where a member of one Service is attached by virtue of section 18, or is deemed to be attached by virtue of section 19, to another Service, this Act and the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 shall apply to that member subject to the following modifications:

  2. anything required or authorised by this Act or the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 to be done by, to, or before the Chief of the Service to which that member belongs may, in respect of any such member, be done by, to, or before the Chief of the Service to which that member is attached:
    1. any member shall, in the Service to which that member is attached, have the same powers and be treated as if he or she were a member of that Service holding an equivalent rank:
      1. such other necessary modifications as may be prescribed.

        Notes
        • Section 20(a): amended, on , by section 4 of the Defence Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 51).