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Type: Act of Parliament
Preamble: This Act establishes a modern military and national security law within one framework, establishes civilian command with parliamentary oversight, and allows Districts to create and fund their own National Guards. It enables a coordinated response to national threats while preserving local defense capacity, provides compensation for District equipment lost in national service, and protects sensitive information while ensuring accountability. Together, these reforms give Azalea a practical defense system that draws strength from its Districts and remains answerable to its people.
1. Short Title and Enactment
(a) This Act may be cited as the National Defense and Security Act.
(b) This Act comes into force upon Royal Assent.
2. Interpretation
(a) “District” means a territorial District governed by a Mayor. "Manpower" means contracted simulated troops and crews.
(b) “Military-system requirements” means the current rules administered by responsible server staff for manpower, equipment, basing, supplies, upkeep, and combat outcomes.
(c) Parliamentary decisions under this Act require a simple majority.
3. National Guard
(a) The Azalean National Guard continues as the national military force, with its land, naval, and air operations under one command.
4. Civilian authority
(a) The Prime Minister is responsible to Parliament for directing the National Guard and administering this Act's national security functions.
(b) The Prime Minister may delegate the exercise of powers under this Act to the Minister of State unless law requires personal action. The Minister must follow the Prime Minister's lawful directions.
(c) A delegation must be made, amended, or revoked by a public written instrument stating its powers, limits, and effective time. It attaches to the Minister of State's office and continues until amended or revoked.
(d) References to the Prime Minister include the Minister of State acting within that delegation, except for the personal approval required by section 5(c).
5. General
(a) The General commands the National Guard under the Prime Minister and may organize its units, plan operations, and prepare defenses.
(b) The Prime Minister appoints the General, who serves at the Prime Minister's pleasure.
(c) The Minister of State must obtain the Prime Minister's express and specific approval before removing or replacing an incumbent General, including through an acting appointment, even when the Prime Minister has generally delegated the exercise of the Prime Minister's powers under this act to the Minister of State.
6. War
(a) Declaring or ending a war requires a proposal from the Prime Minister, approval by Parliament, and a declaration by the Crown, in that order. A war proposal must name the enemy and state the war's purposes and limits. An ending declaration must identify the war and an effective time no earlier than its issue.
(b) During that war, the Prime Minister may authorize missions against the named enemy within its approved purposes and limits.
(c) Continuing the same fighting after the war ends requires parliamentary approval covering the postwar mission.
7. Operations and parliamentary control
(a) The Prime Minister may unilaterally authorize the deployment of the National Guard for foreign non-combat operations.
(b) Outside section 6's war authority, the Prime Minister may authorize a combat operation for up to 30 days, subject to section 6(c). The period begins with the first deployment, reassignment, or combat action for the operation, whichever is earliest. For an emergency converted under section 8(c), it runs from the emergency operation's original start. The period does not restart while continuing the same operation.
(c) Parliament may approve continued combat or emergency operations until the specified mission's completion or revocation of approval.
(d) Parliament may terminate any operation under sections 6–8 or call-up under section 11. Termination takes effect on passage or at the later time stated and binds subsequent orders concerning that operation or call-up.
(e) When an operation's authority ends, combat use of the National Guard may only continue to the extent necessary to protect and facilitate a safe withdrawal.
(f) Operations under sections 7 and 8 are hereby granted Parliament's advance advice and consent and, upon Royal Assent, the Crown's standing authorization.
(g) Dissolution or a change of government does not suspend deadlines or revoke parliamentary decisions under this Act.
8. Immediate defense and civil assistance
(a) The Prime Minister may authorize immediate necessary defense against an actual or imminent armed attack on Azalea or its lawfully deployed forces. An on-scene commander may act first if delay would be unsafe and must promptly inform the Prime Minister.
(b) The Prime Minister must notify the Crown and Parliament within 24 hours after action begins.
(c) Authority under paragraph (a) expires 72 hours after action begins unless Parliament approves continuation under section 7(c) or the Prime Minister converts the operation under section 7(b) before then.
(d) Domestic non-combat military assistance to civilian authorities is limited to disaster relief and logistics, coordinated with those authorities. Military appointment confers no police, prosecution, nor judicial powers.
9. District Guards and cooperation
(a) A District may establish a District National Guard by ordinance with approved funding and notice from its Mayor to the Prime Minister. The District funds its Guard, including procurement, bases, and upkeep.
(b) Districts may build and operate military bases within their boundaries, subject to ordinary land, building, and material-sourcing laws.
(c) Mayors may agree in writing to joint training, disaster relief, or logistics in a participating District using forces under their respective commands. A lawful national call-up takes priority over the agreement.
10. District command
(a) The Mayor is commander-in-chief of forces under District command.
(b) The Mayor may appoint a District Commander to direct daily operations under the Mayor's lawful orders. The Commander serves at the Mayor's pleasure.
11. National service
(a) Nationalization places the designated District forces under national operational command while their equipment remains District property. Their service requires both a call-up under this section and lawful authority for the assigned mission.
(b) For a declared war, the Prime Minister may issue a written call-up naming the war, forces, and purpose within the approved war authority.
(c) Other call-ups and their renewals require an order of the Crown on the Prime Minister's advice and may support any military function permitted by this Act. Each order must identify the forces, purpose, and period of up to 30 days.
(d) When national service ends, command of District forces shall return to the Mayor. The General and the District Commander (or the Mayor if no Commander is appointed) must arrange the forces' safe return.
(e) A wartime call-up still in force when its named war ends may continue solely for necessary protection and safe handover until command has returned to the Mayor or 72 hours after the war ends, whichever comes first.
12. District reserve
(a) Throughout each uninterrupted period of nationalization, the Guard must retain within its home District, under the Mayor's command, at least 20% of its recognized manpower immediately before the first call-up, rounded up to a whole man.
(b) The reserve must retain enough usable equipment and supplies for local defense, disaster relief, and logistics.
(c) The Mayor selects the equipment and supplies. Either the Mayor or General may refer an unresolved objection by the General to the Crown, which must decide it under paragraphs (a) and (b).
(d) The General must restore any manpower shortfall in the reserve by returning available District manpower as soon as safe, and the Mayor must replace the remainder.
13. Military administration
(a) Player service is limited to voluntary senior military appointments. These shall include the General, and any positions under the General which may be created as needed.
(b) During a vacancy or temporary absence, the Prime Minister may appoint an Acting General, and the Mayor an Acting District Commander. The office's powers, duties, eligibility, and removal rules apply to its acting holder.
(c) The Prime Minister decides affordability-related reductions or furloughs for nationally commanded forces; the Mayor decides for locally commanded forces. Before reducing or furloughing District forces in national service, the Mayor must obtain their release from the Prime Minister, who must consider the request promptly with the Mayor and General.
14. Military-system requirements
(a) Military manpower, equipment, facilities, and operations must comply with military-system requirements.
(b) The Mayor for District resources and the Prime Minister for national resources may adjust spending plans within approved funds using recorded requirements. Changes to military-system requirements do not amend supplier contracts.
15. Budgets, procurement, and assets
(a) Before committing to acquire or replace manpower, equipment, facilities, or base capacity, including base construction, the responsible authority must have funds for the full acquisition or construction cost, pre-service charges, and one full cycle of each upkeep cost from entry into service. Budget plans must include later costs.
(b) Available supplies may meet material requirements. Funds and supplies must not be counted toward more than one commitment.
(c) National expenditure under this Act is charged to the Ministry of State's allocated budget.
(d) The Prime Minister may approve in writing the withholding of procurement information from public disclosure under the Government Contracts Act 2.0 only where necessary to protect state secrets or secret weapons development classified under section 16. The approval must identify the information and explain the necessity. For a District purchase, the Mayor applies to the Prime Minister for that approval.
(e) During a declared war under section 6, the Prime Minister may authorize procurement reasonably necessary for an urgent wartime need, within approved funds, without waiting for the periods in Government Contracts Act 2.0 sections 4(a), 4(b), and 5(a)(i) or prior Cabinet approval under section 5, subject to paragraphs (f) through (k).
(f) The Prime Minister must immediately submit notice of the temporary commitment and any conflict of interest to Cabinet and Parliament.
(g) Parliament's vote and declared result are due within 48 hours of the first commitment. Parliamentary approval replaces the required Cabinet approval.
(h) Before supplier acceptance, the contract must state its provisional status, approval deadline, and cancellation and payment terms under paragraphs (i) and (j).
(i) Rejection or absence of approval by the deadline ends unperformed obligations and bars further orders under the commitment. Continuing it through a replacement contract requires parliamentary approval.
(j) On cancellation under paragraph (i), the contracting authority must pay for proper deliveries and work, plus reasonable, documented cancellation costs arising from the commitment that cannot be avoided or recovered. Payment excludes profit on unperformed work and amounts already included for supplied goods or work.
(k) Commitments under paragraph (e) retain their original approval deadlines and payment or cancellation obligations after the relevant war ends.
(l) The Azalea Isles owes each District compensation for extraordinary equipment damage or loss caused by national service under section 11, equal to the reasonable current repair or replacement cost of restoring equivalent capability. Compensation excludes ordinary upkeep and manpower restoration under section 12(d).
(m) For peacetime losses, payment is due within 30 days after the Prime Minister, Minister of State, General, Mayor, or District Commander first learns of the loss. For losses occurring during a declared war, payment is due within 60 days after that war ends under section 6.
(n) The Prime Minister must arrange payment. Funding shortfalls, unsuccessful funding votes, and administrative disputes do not reduce the debt or extend its deadline.
(o) Within 24 hours after learning that the Ministry of State's allocation is insufficient to pay compensation, the Minister of State must request the additional amount directly from Parliament. Parliament's vote and declared result are due within 48 hours of receiving the request. Approval adds the requested amount to the Ministry of State's allocation for that compensation.
16. Intelligence and classification
(a) The Ministry of State is responsible for foreign national security intelligence, with the General responsible for military intelligence.
(b) The Ministry of State may assess foreign and domestic threats using public or voluntarily supplied information and refer suspected crimes to Justice. Justice retains criminal investigations and, domestically, covert investigations, searches, and compulsory collection under its existing powers and safeguards.
(c) The Prime Minister may authorize covert foreign intelligence gathering in writing, limited to collection and analysis without sabotage or other aggression.
(d) The Prime Minister may classify only information whose public disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause serious harm to national defense, lawful intelligence operations or sources, or secret weapons development. A written decision must identify the information and explain the expected harm. Redaction must be used where sufficient. Classification must not merely conceal illegality, waste, or embarrassment.
(e) Classification expires 60 days after each decision, including a renewal, or sooner if paragraph (d)'s test ceases to be met. Renewal requires a new decision under paragraph (d) before expiration.
17. Access, reporting, and oversight
(a) Every Member of Parliament is entitled to prompt access to all military records and national security intelligence records under this Act, without executive clearance. MPs must protect confidential information obtained through this access from unauthorized disclosure.
(b) Despite this Act's confidentiality duties and required terms, a person may confidentially report to the Ministry of Justice or Speaker of Parliament conduct they reasonably believe unlawful, including protected information reasonably necessary to explain it.
(c) From time to time, Parliament may require an audit of the Ministry of State and appoint an independent auditor to perform this task.
18. Transition
(a) Existing lawful appointments, property, funds, contracts, debts, records, rights, liabilities, claims, and proceedings continue. Conduct before enactment remains governed by the law then applicable.
(b) Existing lawful war declarations and parliamentary mission approvals continue. Time before enactment counts toward this Act's applicable limits.
(c) Existing classifications must satisfy section 16. The compensation entitlement in section 15 applies to losses occurring after enactment.
19. Amendments
(a) Add the following paragraph to section 5 of the Governing Structure Act:
(f) Appointment, replacement, and removal of the General are governed by the National Defense and Security Act.
(b) Add the following section before Enactment in the Government Employees Protections Act:
8. Military leadership exemption
(a) This Act confers no employment rights, protections, or remedies concerning appointment, service, or removal as General or District Commander under the National Defense and Security Act, including acting appointments.
(c) Section 7(a)(viii) of the Governing Structure Act is replaced with:
(viii) Organizing and facilitating government tenders programs.
(viii) Organizing and facilitating government tender programs, except District military tenders under the National Defense and Security Act.
(d) Section 11(a)(v) of the Governing Structure Act is replaced with:
(v) Operating and managing the National Guard.
(v) Exercising defense and national security functions delegated by the Prime Minister under the National Defense and Security Act.
(e) Add the following section after section 7 of the Government Contracts Act 2.0:
8. District military contracts
(a) This Act applies to District Guard and military-base contracts under the National Defense and Security Act. In sections 4, 5, and 6, references to the administering Minister and Ministry mean the Mayor and District, respectively, except for Cabinet participation under section 5(a)(ii).
(f) Add the following paragraph to section 1 of the Azalea Sourcing Act:
(c) For materials tendered solely for a District military base under the National Defense and Security Act, the Mayor or Mayor's designee performs the Ministry of Economic Affairs' functions under paragraphs (a) and (a)(ii).
(g) Add the following section after the new section 8 of the Government Contracts Act 2.0:
9. Military procurement exceptions
(a) The military procurement exceptions in section 15(d) through (k) of the National Defense and Security Act apply to this Act. For cancellations under section 15(i) of that Act, payment under its section 15(j) replaces the formula in section 6(b) of this Act.
(b) Statutory compensation under section 15(l) of that Act is excluded from this Act. Related repair, replacement, and settlement contracts remain subject to it.
(h) Add the following section after section 18 of the Parliamentary Procedure Act:
19. Urgent defense funding votes
(a) For votes under section 15(g) or (o) of the National Defense and Security Act, the Speaker or lawful acting Speaker must open voting without delay or a separate motion to advance it. Those deadlines prevail over sections 8(b), 8(c)(i), and 17(c) of this Act.
(b) Classified supporting information may be withheld from public records, subject to section 17 of the National Defense and Security Act.
(i) Add the following subparagraph to section 3(c) of the Freedom of Information Act:
(i) National security classification of information about functions under the National Defense and Security Act must comply with section 16 of that Act, subject to the access and reporting rights in section 17.
(j) Add the following paragraph after section 6(j) of the New Criminal Code Act:
(k) Unauthorized Disclosure of a State Secret
(i) Offense Type: Felony.
(ii) Penalty: Jail time of up to 20 minutes and a fine of up to $10,000.
(iii) A person commits this offense if:
(1) The information was entrusted to them through public office, employment, or a government contract, or they obtained it through their own theft, bribery, or coercion constituting a crime under another law;
(2) The information was lawfully classified under section 16 of the National Defense and Security Act at the time of disclosure;
(3) They deliberately disclosed it to an unauthorized recipient, knowing the disclosure was unauthorized; and
(4) They were aware of a substantial and unjustified risk that disclosure would cause serious harm to national defense, lawful intelligence operations or sources, or secret weapons development.
(iv) This offense excludes disclosures protected by law, including reports under section 17(b) of the National Defense and Security Act.
(k) Add the following paragraph after section 1(i) of the Budget Act:
(j) Compensation-funding requests and supplemental allocations under section 15(o) of the National Defense and Security Act are governed by that paragraph instead of paragraphs (a) and (c) through (i) of this section.
(l) Add the following paragraph to section 9 of the Local Representation Act:
(b) The National Defense and Security Act prevails over conflicting provisions of this Act concerning District National Guards.
20. Repeals
(a) The Azalean Defense Act, as amended, is repealed.
Type: Act of Parliament
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BILL
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PROVIDE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
BILL
TO
PROVIDE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Preamble: This Act establishes a modern military and national security law within one framework, establishes civilian command with parliamentary oversight, and allows Districts to create and fund their own National Guards. It enables a coordinated response to national threats while preserving local defense capacity, provides compensation for District equipment lost in national service, and protects sensitive information while ensuring accountability. Together, these reforms give Azalea a practical defense system that draws strength from its Districts and remains answerable to its people.
1. Short Title and Enactment
(a) This Act may be cited as the National Defense and Security Act.
(b) This Act comes into force upon Royal Assent.
2. Interpretation
(a) “District” means a territorial District governed by a Mayor. "Manpower" means contracted simulated troops and crews.
(b) “Military-system requirements” means the current rules administered by responsible server staff for manpower, equipment, basing, supplies, upkeep, and combat outcomes.
(c) Parliamentary decisions under this Act require a simple majority.
3. National Guard
(a) The Azalean National Guard continues as the national military force, with its land, naval, and air operations under one command.
4. Civilian authority
(a) The Prime Minister is responsible to Parliament for directing the National Guard and administering this Act's national security functions.
(b) The Prime Minister may delegate the exercise of powers under this Act to the Minister of State unless law requires personal action. The Minister must follow the Prime Minister's lawful directions.
(c) A delegation must be made, amended, or revoked by a public written instrument stating its powers, limits, and effective time. It attaches to the Minister of State's office and continues until amended or revoked.
(d) References to the Prime Minister include the Minister of State acting within that delegation, except for the personal approval required by section 5(c).
5. General
(a) The General commands the National Guard under the Prime Minister and may organize its units, plan operations, and prepare defenses.
(b) The Prime Minister appoints the General, who serves at the Prime Minister's pleasure.
(c) The Minister of State must obtain the Prime Minister's express and specific approval before removing or replacing an incumbent General, including through an acting appointment, even when the Prime Minister has generally delegated the exercise of the Prime Minister's powers under this act to the Minister of State.
6. War
(a) Declaring or ending a war requires a proposal from the Prime Minister, approval by Parliament, and a declaration by the Crown, in that order. A war proposal must name the enemy and state the war's purposes and limits. An ending declaration must identify the war and an effective time no earlier than its issue.
(b) During that war, the Prime Minister may authorize missions against the named enemy within its approved purposes and limits.
(c) Continuing the same fighting after the war ends requires parliamentary approval covering the postwar mission.
7. Operations and parliamentary control
(a) The Prime Minister may unilaterally authorize the deployment of the National Guard for foreign non-combat operations.
(b) Outside section 6's war authority, the Prime Minister may authorize a combat operation for up to 30 days, subject to section 6(c). The period begins with the first deployment, reassignment, or combat action for the operation, whichever is earliest. For an emergency converted under section 8(c), it runs from the emergency operation's original start. The period does not restart while continuing the same operation.
(c) Parliament may approve continued combat or emergency operations until the specified mission's completion or revocation of approval.
(d) Parliament may terminate any operation under sections 6–8 or call-up under section 11. Termination takes effect on passage or at the later time stated and binds subsequent orders concerning that operation or call-up.
(e) When an operation's authority ends, combat use of the National Guard may only continue to the extent necessary to protect and facilitate a safe withdrawal.
(f) Operations under sections 7 and 8 are hereby granted Parliament's advance advice and consent and, upon Royal Assent, the Crown's standing authorization.
(g) Dissolution or a change of government does not suspend deadlines or revoke parliamentary decisions under this Act.
8. Immediate defense and civil assistance
(a) The Prime Minister may authorize immediate necessary defense against an actual or imminent armed attack on Azalea or its lawfully deployed forces. An on-scene commander may act first if delay would be unsafe and must promptly inform the Prime Minister.
(b) The Prime Minister must notify the Crown and Parliament within 24 hours after action begins.
(c) Authority under paragraph (a) expires 72 hours after action begins unless Parliament approves continuation under section 7(c) or the Prime Minister converts the operation under section 7(b) before then.
(d) Domestic non-combat military assistance to civilian authorities is limited to disaster relief and logistics, coordinated with those authorities. Military appointment confers no police, prosecution, nor judicial powers.
9. District Guards and cooperation
(a) A District may establish a District National Guard by ordinance with approved funding and notice from its Mayor to the Prime Minister. The District funds its Guard, including procurement, bases, and upkeep.
(b) Districts may build and operate military bases within their boundaries, subject to ordinary land, building, and material-sourcing laws.
(c) Mayors may agree in writing to joint training, disaster relief, or logistics in a participating District using forces under their respective commands. A lawful national call-up takes priority over the agreement.
10. District command
(a) The Mayor is commander-in-chief of forces under District command.
(b) The Mayor may appoint a District Commander to direct daily operations under the Mayor's lawful orders. The Commander serves at the Mayor's pleasure.
11. National service
(a) Nationalization places the designated District forces under national operational command while their equipment remains District property. Their service requires both a call-up under this section and lawful authority for the assigned mission.
(b) For a declared war, the Prime Minister may issue a written call-up naming the war, forces, and purpose within the approved war authority.
(c) Other call-ups and their renewals require an order of the Crown on the Prime Minister's advice and may support any military function permitted by this Act. Each order must identify the forces, purpose, and period of up to 30 days.
(d) When national service ends, command of District forces shall return to the Mayor. The General and the District Commander (or the Mayor if no Commander is appointed) must arrange the forces' safe return.
(e) A wartime call-up still in force when its named war ends may continue solely for necessary protection and safe handover until command has returned to the Mayor or 72 hours after the war ends, whichever comes first.
12. District reserve
(a) Throughout each uninterrupted period of nationalization, the Guard must retain within its home District, under the Mayor's command, at least 20% of its recognized manpower immediately before the first call-up, rounded up to a whole man.
(b) The reserve must retain enough usable equipment and supplies for local defense, disaster relief, and logistics.
(c) The Mayor selects the equipment and supplies. Either the Mayor or General may refer an unresolved objection by the General to the Crown, which must decide it under paragraphs (a) and (b).
(d) The General must restore any manpower shortfall in the reserve by returning available District manpower as soon as safe, and the Mayor must replace the remainder.
13. Military administration
(a) Player service is limited to voluntary senior military appointments. These shall include the General, and any positions under the General which may be created as needed.
(b) During a vacancy or temporary absence, the Prime Minister may appoint an Acting General, and the Mayor an Acting District Commander. The office's powers, duties, eligibility, and removal rules apply to its acting holder.
(c) The Prime Minister decides affordability-related reductions or furloughs for nationally commanded forces; the Mayor decides for locally commanded forces. Before reducing or furloughing District forces in national service, the Mayor must obtain their release from the Prime Minister, who must consider the request promptly with the Mayor and General.
14. Military-system requirements
(a) Military manpower, equipment, facilities, and operations must comply with military-system requirements.
(b) The Mayor for District resources and the Prime Minister for national resources may adjust spending plans within approved funds using recorded requirements. Changes to military-system requirements do not amend supplier contracts.
15. Budgets, procurement, and assets
(a) Before committing to acquire or replace manpower, equipment, facilities, or base capacity, including base construction, the responsible authority must have funds for the full acquisition or construction cost, pre-service charges, and one full cycle of each upkeep cost from entry into service. Budget plans must include later costs.
(b) Available supplies may meet material requirements. Funds and supplies must not be counted toward more than one commitment.
(c) National expenditure under this Act is charged to the Ministry of State's allocated budget.
(d) The Prime Minister may approve in writing the withholding of procurement information from public disclosure under the Government Contracts Act 2.0 only where necessary to protect state secrets or secret weapons development classified under section 16. The approval must identify the information and explain the necessity. For a District purchase, the Mayor applies to the Prime Minister for that approval.
(e) During a declared war under section 6, the Prime Minister may authorize procurement reasonably necessary for an urgent wartime need, within approved funds, without waiting for the periods in Government Contracts Act 2.0 sections 4(a), 4(b), and 5(a)(i) or prior Cabinet approval under section 5, subject to paragraphs (f) through (k).
(f) The Prime Minister must immediately submit notice of the temporary commitment and any conflict of interest to Cabinet and Parliament.
(g) Parliament's vote and declared result are due within 48 hours of the first commitment. Parliamentary approval replaces the required Cabinet approval.
(h) Before supplier acceptance, the contract must state its provisional status, approval deadline, and cancellation and payment terms under paragraphs (i) and (j).
(i) Rejection or absence of approval by the deadline ends unperformed obligations and bars further orders under the commitment. Continuing it through a replacement contract requires parliamentary approval.
(j) On cancellation under paragraph (i), the contracting authority must pay for proper deliveries and work, plus reasonable, documented cancellation costs arising from the commitment that cannot be avoided or recovered. Payment excludes profit on unperformed work and amounts already included for supplied goods or work.
(k) Commitments under paragraph (e) retain their original approval deadlines and payment or cancellation obligations after the relevant war ends.
(l) The Azalea Isles owes each District compensation for extraordinary equipment damage or loss caused by national service under section 11, equal to the reasonable current repair or replacement cost of restoring equivalent capability. Compensation excludes ordinary upkeep and manpower restoration under section 12(d).
(m) For peacetime losses, payment is due within 30 days after the Prime Minister, Minister of State, General, Mayor, or District Commander first learns of the loss. For losses occurring during a declared war, payment is due within 60 days after that war ends under section 6.
(n) The Prime Minister must arrange payment. Funding shortfalls, unsuccessful funding votes, and administrative disputes do not reduce the debt or extend its deadline.
(o) Within 24 hours after learning that the Ministry of State's allocation is insufficient to pay compensation, the Minister of State must request the additional amount directly from Parliament. Parliament's vote and declared result are due within 48 hours of receiving the request. Approval adds the requested amount to the Ministry of State's allocation for that compensation.
16. Intelligence and classification
(a) The Ministry of State is responsible for foreign national security intelligence, with the General responsible for military intelligence.
(b) The Ministry of State may assess foreign and domestic threats using public or voluntarily supplied information and refer suspected crimes to Justice. Justice retains criminal investigations and, domestically, covert investigations, searches, and compulsory collection under its existing powers and safeguards.
(c) The Prime Minister may authorize covert foreign intelligence gathering in writing, limited to collection and analysis without sabotage or other aggression.
(d) The Prime Minister may classify only information whose public disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause serious harm to national defense, lawful intelligence operations or sources, or secret weapons development. A written decision must identify the information and explain the expected harm. Redaction must be used where sufficient. Classification must not merely conceal illegality, waste, or embarrassment.
(e) Classification expires 60 days after each decision, including a renewal, or sooner if paragraph (d)'s test ceases to be met. Renewal requires a new decision under paragraph (d) before expiration.
17. Access, reporting, and oversight
(a) Every Member of Parliament is entitled to prompt access to all military records and national security intelligence records under this Act, without executive clearance. MPs must protect confidential information obtained through this access from unauthorized disclosure.
(b) Despite this Act's confidentiality duties and required terms, a person may confidentially report to the Ministry of Justice or Speaker of Parliament conduct they reasonably believe unlawful, including protected information reasonably necessary to explain it.
(c) From time to time, Parliament may require an audit of the Ministry of State and appoint an independent auditor to perform this task.
18. Transition
(a) Existing lawful appointments, property, funds, contracts, debts, records, rights, liabilities, claims, and proceedings continue. Conduct before enactment remains governed by the law then applicable.
(b) Existing lawful war declarations and parliamentary mission approvals continue. Time before enactment counts toward this Act's applicable limits.
(c) Existing classifications must satisfy section 16. The compensation entitlement in section 15 applies to losses occurring after enactment.
19. Amendments
(a) Add the following paragraph to section 5 of the Governing Structure Act:
(f) Appointment, replacement, and removal of the General are governed by the National Defense and Security Act.
(b) Add the following section before Enactment in the Government Employees Protections Act:
8. Military leadership exemption
(a) This Act confers no employment rights, protections, or remedies concerning appointment, service, or removal as General or District Commander under the National Defense and Security Act, including acting appointments.
(c) Section 7(a)(viii) of the Governing Structure Act is replaced with:
(viii) Organizing and facilitating government tender programs, except District military tenders under the National Defense and Security Act.
(d) Section 11(a)(v) of the Governing Structure Act is replaced with:
(v) Exercising defense and national security functions delegated by the Prime Minister under the National Defense and Security Act.
(e) Add the following section after section 7 of the Government Contracts Act 2.0:
8. District military contracts
(a) This Act applies to District Guard and military-base contracts under the National Defense and Security Act. In sections 4, 5, and 6, references to the administering Minister and Ministry mean the Mayor and District, respectively, except for Cabinet participation under section 5(a)(ii).
(f) Add the following paragraph to section 1 of the Azalea Sourcing Act:
(c) For materials tendered solely for a District military base under the National Defense and Security Act, the Mayor or Mayor's designee performs the Ministry of Economic Affairs' functions under paragraphs (a) and (a)(ii).
(g) Add the following section after the new section 8 of the Government Contracts Act 2.0:
9. Military procurement exceptions
(a) The military procurement exceptions in section 15(d) through (k) of the National Defense and Security Act apply to this Act. For cancellations under section 15(i) of that Act, payment under its section 15(j) replaces the formula in section 6(b) of this Act.
(b) Statutory compensation under section 15(l) of that Act is excluded from this Act. Related repair, replacement, and settlement contracts remain subject to it.
(h) Add the following section after section 18 of the Parliamentary Procedure Act:
19. Urgent defense funding votes
(a) For votes under section 15(g) or (o) of the National Defense and Security Act, the Speaker or lawful acting Speaker must open voting without delay or a separate motion to advance it. Those deadlines prevail over sections 8(b), 8(c)(i), and 17(c) of this Act.
(b) Classified supporting information may be withheld from public records, subject to section 17 of the National Defense and Security Act.
(i) Add the following subparagraph to section 3(c) of the Freedom of Information Act:
(i) National security classification of information about functions under the National Defense and Security Act must comply with section 16 of that Act, subject to the access and reporting rights in section 17.
(j) Add the following paragraph after section 6(j) of the New Criminal Code Act:
(k) Unauthorized Disclosure of a State Secret
(i) Offense Type: Felony.
(ii) Penalty: Jail time of up to 20 minutes and a fine of up to $10,000.
(iii) A person commits this offense if:
(1) The information was entrusted to them through public office, employment, or a government contract, or they obtained it through their own theft, bribery, or coercion constituting a crime under another law;
(2) The information was lawfully classified under section 16 of the National Defense and Security Act at the time of disclosure;
(3) They deliberately disclosed it to an unauthorized recipient, knowing the disclosure was unauthorized; and
(4) They were aware of a substantial and unjustified risk that disclosure would cause serious harm to national defense, lawful intelligence operations or sources, or secret weapons development.
(iv) This offense excludes disclosures protected by law, including reports under section 17(b) of the National Defense and Security Act.
(k) Add the following paragraph after section 1(i) of the Budget Act:
(j) Compensation-funding requests and supplemental allocations under section 15(o) of the National Defense and Security Act are governed by that paragraph instead of paragraphs (a) and (c) through (i) of this section.
(l) Add the following paragraph to section 9 of the Local Representation Act:
(b) The National Defense and Security Act prevails over conflicting provisions of this Act concerning District National Guards.
20. Repeals
(a) The Azalean Defense Act, as amended, is repealed.
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