Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00462:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00462
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 3204–4539

4  Persons to whom this Act applies

 (1) In this section:

the prescribed period means:
 (a) in relation to a person who is a member of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps on the proclaimed date—the period of nine months commencing on that date; and
 (b) in any other case—the period of three months commencing on that date.

the proclaimed date means the date of commencement of this Act.

 (2) This Act applies to a person:
 (a) who, on the proclaimed date:
 (i) is a male member of the Regular Army;
 (ii) is a contributor to the Fund; and
 (iii) is serving under an engagement, being an engagement for a term that does not expire during the prescribed period;
 (b) who is not, at any time during the prescribed period, an officer;
 (c) the fifty‑fifth anniversary of whose birthday has not occurred before the proclaimed date and does not occur during the prescribed period;
 (d) who is declared by the Minister of State for the Army on the proclaimed date, by instrument in writing, to be a member who is to be discharged from the Regular Army during the prescribed period by reason of a reduction in the establishment of his regiment or corps;
 (e) who is discharged from the Regular Army during the prescribed period for that reason; and
 (f) who does not become a member on the day following the date of his discharge.