Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Chief of the Defence Force is a rehabilitation authority for the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) The Commission is a rehabilitation authority for the purposes of this Chapter.
(3) The rehabilitation authority for a person at a time is:
(a) subject to paragraph (aa), the Chief of the Defence Force for a time when the person:
(i) is a Permanent Forces member, a continuous full - time Reservist or a part - time Reservist; and
(ii) has not been identified by or on behalf of the Chief of the Defence Force as being likely to be discharged from the Defence Force for medical reasons; or
(aa) if the Commission, after considering advice from the Chief of the Defence Force, determines, in writing, that the Commission is to be the rehabilitation authority for a specified person at a specified time--the Commission for that time; or
(b) the Commission for any other time.
(4) A determination made under paragraph (3)(aa) is not a legislative instrument.