---
title: "Service discipline matter register and material index (ADF member)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law/service-discipline-matter-register"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a64-service-discipline-matter-register"
area_id: "A64"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "green"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A64-H20261018-1", "A64-H20261018-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Service discipline matter register and material index (ADF member)

> A register for an ADF member's discipline or administrative matter: charges or decisions, service tribunal dates, automatic review, petition and appeal deadlines, redress of grievance steps, and an index of…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law/service-discipline-matter-register  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

A register for an ADF member's discipline or administrative matter: charges or decisions, service tribunal dates, automatic review, petition and appeal deadlines, redress of grievance steps, and an index of investigation and inquiry material received.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Military & Defence Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Green. AI can do most of the drafting. A lawyer still reviews the result.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use from first instructions for an ADF member facing a service offence, a conviction or punishment, or an adverse administrative decision. It organises dates and documents; it does not draft any statement by the member.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the service discipline matter register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/military-and-defence-law.md#A64-H20261018-1)
- [Index the investigation and inquiry material for an ADF member](https://ailawframework.com/practice/military-and-defence-law.md#A64-H20261018-5)

## How AI may be used

Within this fixed register, AI may enter dates and index material from documents received; the lawyer checks each entry and every deadline against its source.

**AI may:**

- Enter charges, hearing dates, review results and notices from the documents received
- Index investigation and inquiry material by date, author and type
- List upcoming deadlines weekly

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft or outline any statement by the member
- Must not calculate a deadline that is not fixed by the Act, an order or a notice

**The lawyer checks:**

- Each date checked against the notice it comes from, including the date the member was notified
- Petition and appeal deadlines diarised with extension options noted

## Authorities

- [Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 (Cth) s 153(1A) (petition for review within 30 days after notice of the results of the automatic review under s 152(3), unless extended)](https://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dfda1982188/s153.html)
- [Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955 (Cth) s 21 (time for an appeal or application for leave to appeal)](https://20.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dfdaa1955251/s21.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law/service-discipline-matter-register and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*