Civil Defence Act 1986 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Jurisdiction and Liability
20. Jurisdiction of courts
Feedback & supportThis Act does not affect the jurisdiction of any court to try a person for any offence under any other written law triable by the court where the act or omission of that person also constitutes a service offence.
offence
“offence” means an offence punishable under any written law or a service offence;
Where a person subject to this Act has been charged with a service offence and has had the charge dealt with by a disciplinary officer, a court is debarred from trying the person subsequently for an offence substantially the same as that offence.
service offence
“service offence” means an offence punishable under any of the provisions of Part 5;
To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act is to be construed as restricting the jurisdiction of any court to try a person subject to this Act for an offence.
For the purposes of this section, a case is deemed to have been dealt with by a disciplinary officer notwithstanding that the finding of that officer has been quashed, or the award of that officer quashed or varied, on the review thereof.
disciplinary officer
“disciplinary officer” means a junior disciplinary officer or a senior disciplinary officer designated as such under Part 7;
A person subject to this Act must not be tried by a court for any service offence unless the Public Prosecutor has given his or her consent for the trial.