Simplified outline of this Division
165 Simplified outline of this Division
This Division tells you how to work out the normal earnings for a person:
who was a Permanent Forces member or a continuous full‑time Reservist when the service injury or disease occurred; and
who was a part‑time Reservist when he or she left the Defence Force; and
whose last period of full‑time service was as a continuous full‑time Reservist.
The person has a one‑off choice between 2 ways of working out normal earnings. Normal earnings can be based on the amount the person would have earned if the person were still a continuous full‑time Reservist. (This amount is called the full‑time ADF earnings.) Alternatively, normal earnings can be based on the person’s earnings from other work engaged in before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service. (This amount is called the pre‑CFTS earnings.)
Normal earnings worked out under this Division might be adjusted under Part 5.
Subdivision D tells you how to work out the normal weekly hours for a person who chooses the pre‑CFTS earnings. (Normal weekly hours for a person who chooses the ADF earnings are 37.5 hours (see subsection 132(2).)
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