Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:68:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 68 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 1220123–1222849

on appointment, was a student enrolled in a degree or diploma course at a university or other tertiary educational institution and was required by the appropriate authority of the Defence Force to continue his or her studies after appointment—the period of the officer's service during which, by reason of the requirement to engage in those studies or in activities connected with those studies, the officer was not regarded by the appropriate authority of the Defence Force as rendering effective full‑time service.
hazardous service has the same meaning as in subsection 120(7).
member of a Peacekeeping Force means a person who is serving, or has served, with a Peacekeeping Force outside Australia as an Australian member, or as a member of the Australian contingent, of that Peacekeeping Force.
member of the Forces means a person to whom this Part applies by virtue of section 69, 69A or 69B.
Peacekeeping Force means:
 (a) a Peacekeeping Force described in an item of Schedule 3; or
 (b) a force raised or organised for the purpose of:
 (i) peacekeeping in an area outside Australia; or
 (ii) observing or monitoring any activities of persons in an area outside Australia that may lead to an outbreak of hostilities;
  being a force that is designated by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, as a Peacekeeping Force for the purposes of this Part.
peacekeeping service, in relation to a person, means service, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, with a Peacekeeping Force outside Australia, and includes:
 (a) any period after the person's appointment or allocation to the Peacekeeping Force during which the person was travelling outside Australia for the purpose of joining the Peacekeeping Force; and
 (b) any period (not exceeding 28 days) of authorized travel by the person outside Australia after the person has ceased to serve with the Peacekeeping Force.
terminating date means the date on which the Military Compensation Act 1994 commences.
Note: The Military Compensation Act 1994 commenced on 7 April 1994.
 (2) For the purposes of the definition of peacekeeping service in subsection (1):
 (a) a person who has travelled from a place in Australia to a place outside Australia shall be deemed to have commenced to travel outside Australia when the person departed from the last port of call in Australia; and
 (b) a person who has travelled to Australia from a place outside Australia shall be deemed to have been travelling outside Australia until the person arrived at the first port of call in Australia.
 (3) The Peacekeeping Force described in an item of Schedule 3 is taken to have become a Peacekeeping Force for the purposes of this Part on the day specified in column 3