Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00261:schedule:1:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00261
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 4/8)
Character Range: 152776–155479

an eligible member of the Defence Force within the meaning of the 1973 Act, the amount that, for the purposes of that Act, was the annual rate of pay applicable to the person on that day;
"Scheme" means the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme established by the Trust Deed;
"service" means service as a member of the Defence Force;
"service allowance" means the allowance of that name determined under Part IIIA of the Defence Act 1903;
"service offence" has the same meaning as in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982;
"spouse's pension" means pension payable to a spouse under Part 4 of these Rules;
"Statistician" means the Australian Statistician;
"total benefit", in relation to a person, means the sum of the person's member benefit and employer benefit;
"transferred person" means a person who became a member in consequence of his or her having made an election to do so under section 132 of the 1973 Act;
"transfer value", in relation to a transferred person, means an amount calculated in accordance with Schedule 10;
"unfunded preserved benefit", in relation to a person, means so much of the employer benefit included in the preserved benefit applicable to the person as is not funded;
"1948 Act" means the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948;
"1973 Act" means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973;
"1973 Scheme" means the retirement and death benefits scheme provided for in the 1973 Act;
"1973 Scheme recipient member" means a member who:
     (a) began to render continuous full‑time service on or after the date of commencement of the Scheme; and
     (b) immediately before beginning to render that service was a 1973 Scheme retirement pensioner;
"1973 Scheme re‑entrant" means a person who became a member because he or she made an election to do so under section 61B of the 1973 Act immediately before he or she began to render the period of continuous full‑time service which he or she is rendering;
"1973 Scheme retirement pensioner" means a person to whom retirement pay is payable under the 1973 Act;
"1991 Scheme" means the Scheme;
"1991 Scheme re‑entrant" means a member who, having been a member and retired, again became a member after a break in the continuity of his or her service.
Part 2—Resign to contest an election
2. A reference in these Rules to a person who resigns to contest an election is a reference to a member:
     (a) who is transferred to a Reserve (being a Reserve within the meaning of the Parliamentary Candidates Act); or
     (b) who is discharged from the Defence Force; or
     (c) has his or her continuous full‑time service terminated;
under the Parliamentary Candidates Act.
Part 3—Retirement
3. A reference in