Checklist · Military & Defence Law
Redress of grievance timetable after the complaint is lodged
A timetable for a redress of grievance after it is lodged: the 21-day and 6-month limits, no automatic stay, the update intervals, and the limit on what the Inspector-General can decide.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use after an Application for Redress of Grievance is lodged, or when checking whether it is still in time. It does not write the complaint. The complaint itself is a separate document. It is not a witness statement.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may enter dates the file already has and count the page's stated limits; the lawyer decides whether the complaint is in time and what is asked of the commanding officer.
AI may
- Enter the notification date and calculate the 21-day or 6-month date the page states
- List the update dates the file records against the monthly and two-month intervals
AI must not
- Must not draft the grievance or the redress sought
- Must not say the decision is stayed
- Must not say the Inspector-General can change the decision
The lawyer checks
- Termination of service is kept on the 21-day row, and every other decision on the 6-month row
- Any request for a stay is made to the commanding officer, and the page's statement that there is no automatic stay is left intact
- The member is told that findings go to a Defence decision-maker
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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