Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

For the purposes of this Act, the following kinds of service are defence service:

warlike service;

non‑warlike service;

British nuclear test defence service;

hazardous service;

peacetime service.

This Act applies in relation to operational service as if it were warlike service or non‑warlike service (see section 443).

In this Act:

warlike service means service with the Defence Force that is of a kind determined in writing by the Defence Minister to be warlike service for the purposes of this Act; and

non‑warlike service means service with the Defence Force that is of a kind determined in writing by the Defence Minister to be non‑warlike service for the purposes of this Act, or service that is peacekeeping service; and

peacetime service means service with the Defence Force that is not any of the following:

warlike service;

non‑warlike service;

British nuclear test defence service;

hazardous service.

The determination may be varied or revoked (see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

For the purposes of subsection (1), service with the Defence Force means:

for a cadet—participation in the activities of the Australian Defence Force cadets; and

for a declared member—engagement in, or performance of, activities or acts specified in the determination under section 8 that applies to the member.