Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

Where a contributing member who became a member of the scheme during the transitional period, or an existing contributor, has been, during the transitional period, or is, after the transitional period, retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties, then, in the application to him of subsection 28(1), the reference in that subsection to a period of one year after a contributing member became a contributing member shall be read as a reference to the period of 90 days after the person became a contributing member or, if he was an existing contributor, to the period of 90 days after he became a contributor under the previous Act.

Where the Board was, during the transitional period, satisfied with respect to a member of the Defence Force who, within a period of 90 days after becoming a contributing member, or, if he was an existing contributor, within a period of 90 days after becoming a contributor for the purposes of the previous Act, was retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties, that:

the invalidity or incapacity was caused, or was substantially contributed to, by a physical or mental condition that existed at the time he became a contributing member or a contributor, as the case may be; and

the condition was not aggravated, or was not materially aggravated, by his service as a member of the Defence Force;