Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A member of the Defence Force is not required to perform any duty of the member's office or appointment (other than such duties as may be necessary to relieve the member of that office or appointment) during any period of custody or any period of suspension from duty under section 98 or 99.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a member of the Defence Force who is suspended from duty under subsection 98(1) or section 99 is not entitled to remuneration in respect of the period of suspension.
(3) If a member of the Defence Force is suspended from duty under subsection 98(1) or section 99, the relevant authority may, at any time, on application by the member or otherwise, direct that the member receive remuneration during the whole, or a specified part, of the period of suspension.
(4) A direction may only be given under subsection (3) if the relevant authority is satisfied that the member is suffering, or has suffered, hardship as a result of the suspension.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (3), the relevant authority is:
(a) in the case of a suspension under subsection 98(1) or 99(2)--an authorised officer; or
(b) in the case of a suspension under subsection 99(1)--the service tribunal by which the suspension was imposed or a reviewing authority.
(6) A member of the Defence Force who is suspended from duty under subsection 98(1) or section 99 is entitled to engage in employment outside the Defence Force during any period of suspension in respect of which the member is not receiving remuneration.
(7) This section does not affect any requirement to perform a duty, or any remuneration entitlement, of a member of the Defence Force who is undergoing a punishment of detention.
(8) In this section, remuneration has the same meaning as in Division 1 of Part IIIA of the Defence Act 1903 .