Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

The normal earnings for a week for a Permanent Forces member, or a continuous full‑time Reservist, who is incapacitated for service means the amount worked out using the following formula:

The member’s normal ADF pay for a week means the amount of pay that the member would have earned for the week as a member of the Defence Force if the member were not incapacitated for service.

The member’s normal ADF pay might be adjusted under Part 5.

The member’s normal pay‑related allowances for a week means the total amount of compensable pay‑related allowances that would have been paid to the member for the week if the member were not incapacitated for service.

The member’s normal pay‑related allowances might be adjusted under Part 5.

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 member if the member were not incapacitated for service.

In this section:

that was being paid to the member immediately before the onset date for the member’s incapacity for service; or

that would be paid to the member because the member is promoted, as mentioned in paragraph 186(2)(b); or

that the member would have been paid after completing his or her initial training, as mentioned in section 189.