Working out reserve pay
149 Working out reserve pay
Reserve pay for persons who were part‑time Reservists
The reserve pay for a week for a person who was a part‑time Reservist immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service is the amount worked out using the following formula:
Start formula open bracket Person's reserve days for the week times Person's rate of pay for the day close bracket plus open bracket Person's pay-related allowance days for the week times Person's amount of pay-related allowances for a day close bracket end formula
The expressions used in this subsection are defined in subsection (4).
The Chief of the Defence Force must advise the Commission in writing of the date on which each compensable pay‑related allowance would normally have ceased to be paid to the person if:
the person were still a part‑time Reservist; and
the Reservist were not incapacitated for service.
Reserve pay for persons who were not part‑time Reservists
The reserve pay for a week for a person who was not a part‑time Reservist immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service is nil.
Definitions
In this section:
amount of pay‑related allowances for a person for a day means the total amount of compensable pay‑related allowances that would have been paid to the person for the day if:
the person were still a part‑time Reservist; and
the person were not incapacitated for service.
The person’s pay‑related allowances might be adjusted under Part 5.
compensable pay‑related allowance for a person means a pay‑related allowance:
that was being paid to the person immediately before the person began his or her last period of continuous full‑time service; or
that would be paid to the person because the person is promoted, as mentioned in section 186.
example period for a person who was a part‑time Reservist immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service is:
the latest period of one year:
during which the person was a part‑time Reservist; and
ending before the person began that continuous full‑time service; or
such other period that the Commission determines is reasonable.
pay‑related allowance days for a person for a week means the average number of days (if any) served each week during the example period for which the person was paid an amount of pay‑related allowances.
rate of pay for a person for a day means the amount of pay that the person would have been paid for the day as a part‑time Reservist if:
the person were still a part‑time Reservist; and
the person were not incapacitated for service.
The person’s rate of pay might be adjusted under Part 5.
reserve days for a person for a week means the average number of days (if any) served each week during the example period for which the person was paid as a part‑time Reservist.
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