Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

The Commonwealth is liable to pay compensation to a person for a week if:

the person is a Permanent Forces member or a continuous full‑time Reservist for the week; and

the Commission has accepted liability for a service injury or disease of the person; and

the service injury or disease results in the person’s incapacity for service for the week; and

a claim for compensation in respect of the person has been made under section 319.

This section might be affected by the following provisions:

sections 50, 52 and 329 (failure to undergo examination or rehabilitation program);

section 88 (aggravations etc.);

section 196 (compensation for part weeks).

The Commission is taken to have accepted liability for an injury or disease in certain circumstances (see section 24A).

The amount of compensation that the Commonwealth is liable to pay is worked out under section 89 or 89A.

The Commonwealth is not liable to pay compensation if the amount of compensation is nil or a negative amount.