Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

DEFENCE REGULATION 2016 (F2016L01568) - SCHEDULE 2

Note:       See section 71.

C o mmonwealth of Australia

Defence Act 1903

TO each member or special member of the Australian Federal Police, each member of the police force of a State or Territory and each member of the Defence Force.

WHEREAS section 116F of the Defence Act 1903 provides that where the designated authority of a country in relation to which that section applies, by writing signed by him or her, requests an officer authorised by the Chief of the Defence Force, by order in writing, for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IXA of that Act for assistance in the apprehension of a member of the forces of that country, not being an Australian citizen, who is an absentee without leave from those forces, the authorised officer may, in his discretion, issue a warrant in accordance with the prescribed form authorising a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force of a State or Territory or any member of the Defence Force to arrest that absentee:

AND WHEREAS                                         , the Chief of the Defence Force, by order in writing dated        , authorised me for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IXA of that Act:

AND WHEREAS the designated authority of                              , a country to which section 116F of the Defence Act 1903 applies, has, by writing signed by him or her, made a request to me for assistance in the apprehension of a member of the forces of that country, being a person described in the Schedule, who is an absentee without leave from those forces:

AND WHEREAS that person is not an Australian citizen:

NOW THEREFORE I,                                                       , an officer of the Defence Force, by this warrant authorise you to arrest the person described in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE