Constitutional Court dismisses challenge to entire Military Disciplinary Act as inadmissible where specific provisions lacked direct impact on applicant's legal sphere

The Austrian Constitutional Court dismissed the application for the annulment of the 1985 Military Disciplinary Act as inadmissible, ruling in favor of the state's position that the challenge was not permitted. The dispute concerned a request to annul the entire legislative act, but the Court determined that it was evident not all provisions within the statute were of a nature to directly affect the applicant's legal sphere as required for such a broad challenge. Applying Article 140(1), last sentence, of the Federal Constitution and Section 62(1), last sentence, of the Constitutional Court Act 1953, the Court held that a general application to repeal an entire law is inadmissible when only specific provisions might potentially impinge upon the applicant's rights, thereby leaving the 1985 Military Disciplinary Act in full force.