Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004 - SECT 6

  (1)   In this Act:

  (a)   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

  (b)   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; and

  (c)   peacetime service means any other service with the Defence Force; and

  (d)   defence service means warlike service, non - warlike service or peacetime service.

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

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

  (a)   for a cadet--participation in the activities of the Australian Defence Force cadets; and

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