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Enacted Seanad
No. 69 of 2006

Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006

Public bill · Government · Presented

Modernises military justice by creating an independent military prosecutor, military judges and a new summary court-martial, while setting clearer procedures, rights to legal advice, appeals and sentencing safeguards. It allows less serious disciplinary matters to be dealt with more quickly, but gives those charged notice of the evidence and the choice of a court-martial.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the summary disposal of charges of offences against military law; to provide for the establishment and jurisdiction of the summary court-martial; to provide for the appointment of the Court-Martial Administrator, the Director of Military Prosecutions and a military judge; to provide for the constitution of courts-martial and membership of a court-martial board; to provide for matters of procedure before courts-martial, the award and execution of punishments by courts-martial and the suspension of sentences; to provide for the establishment of the Courts-Martial Rules Committee and the making of court-martial rules; and for those and other purposes to amend and extend the Defence Acts 1954 to 2006, to make consequential amendments to other enactments and to provide for related matters

Last updated 13 April 2018

Sponsor
  • Minister for Defence Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages.
    Seanad
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages.
    Dáil
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEFENCE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
  • Defence (Amendment) No. 2 Bill 2006: Second Stage.
    Dáil
  • Defence (Amendment) No. 2 Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee.
    Dáil
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages.
    Seanad
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Committee Stage.
    Seanad
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2006: Second Stage.
    Seanad

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