Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28607
Title: Structure of the Australian Defence Force
Contributor(s): Moore, Cameron  (author)orcid 
Corporate Author: Australian Government, Department of Defence
Publication Date: 2019-06-28
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28607
Abstract: Introduction
Understanding military law in Australia requires an understanding of the structure of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It is the structure of the ADF itself which actually vests and limits the scope of the authority of particular officers within the ADE In most cases the commanding officers of units, together with their subordinate and superior commanders, do not exercise authority by virtue of statutory delegations of power. More often, the authority to exercise command and administrative power arises by virtue of rank and appointment to a particular command or staff position. Command and administrative power in the ADF therefore follows from its structure; and it is through this structure that the executive power which authorises so many of the actions of the ADF can be understood. This chapter seeks to illustrate that structure and the key components and office holders within it.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Military Law in Australia, p. 24-32
Publisher: Federation Press
Place of Publication: Sydney, Australia
ISBN: 9781760022105
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 180103 Administrative Law
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 480701 Administrative law
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 810103 Command, Control and Communications
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 140102 Command, control and communications
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760022105
WorldCat record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1101123658
Editor: Editor(s): Robin Creyke, Dale Stephens, Peter Sutherland
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Law

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