The discharge of personnel from the Defence Forces is governed under the provisions of Defence Forces Regulation (DFR) A10 – Enlistment, Promotions, Reductions, Transfers to the Reserve Defence Forces and Discharge. An individual member of the Permanent Defence Force may be discharged for any one of the twenty-six reasons identified in DFR A10, with the relevant reason used in recording the reason for discharge.
I am informed by the Military Authorities that discharge as a result of misconduct of a sexual nature is not specifically classified or recorded electronically on the Personnel Management System.
Separately, I have been informed by the Military Authorities that, in the past 10 years, two members of the Defence Forces were court- martialled for sexual offences. In both cases, the charges were proven and both individuals were discharged from the Defence Forces.