Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 91 of 1992 - SECT 4

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

" 'AAT' means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;
'AAT Act' means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975;
'Conscientious Objection Tribunal' means a Conscientious Objection Tribunal
established under section 61CF;
'exemption from service because of conscientious beliefs' means exemption from
service under paragraph 61A(1)(h) or (i) or exemption from combatant duties
under subsection 61A(1A);
'Federal Court' means the Federal Court of Australia;";

   (b)  by inserting at the end the following subsection:

"(3) For the purposes of Part IV, a person is taken to have a conscientious
belief in relation to a matter if the person's belief in respect of that
matter:

   (a)  involves a fundamental conviction of what is morally right and morally
        wrong, whether or not based on religious considerations; and

   (b)  is so compelling in character for that person that he or she is duty
        bound to espouse it; and

   (c)  is likely to be of a long standing nature.".