Defence (Amendment) Act, 1979

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

2.—Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for the definition of “flag officer” of the following definition:

“the expression ‘flag officer’ means an officer holding the commissioned naval rank of commodore or higher commissioned naval rank;”,

and

(b) the substitution for the definition of “general officer” of the following definition:

“the expression ‘general officer’ means an officer holding the commissioned army rank of brigadier-general or higher commissioned army rank;”.