Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587:section:5:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 52860–55497

which he or she was engaged before the incapacity because the person is unable to perform all of his or her previous duties or is unable to work his or her normal weekly hours.
indexation year means the financial year commencing on 1 July 2003, and each subsequent financial year.
initial training for a person means:
 (a) for an officer (other than a non‑commissioned officer)—training undertaken to become a commissioned officer; and
 (b) otherwise—recruit training and initial employment training undertaken to allocate the person to a category of defence work.
injury means any physical or mental injury (including the recurrence of a physical or mental injury) but does not include:
 (a) a disease; or
 (b) the aggravation of a physical or mental injury.
legal personal representative means:
 (a) the executor of the will, or the administrator of the estate, of a deceased person; or
 (b) the trustee of the estate of a person under a legal disability; or
 (c) a person who holds an enduring power of attorney granted by another person; or
 (d) a person who, by order of a court or otherwise, has the legal administration or control of the affairs of another person.
medical aid of a person means an artificial limb or other artificial substitute, or a medical, surgical or other similar aid or appliance, that is used by the person.
medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners.
member means:
 (a) a member of the Defence Force; or
 (b) a cadet; or
 (ba) a person to whom section 7A applies; or
 (c) a declared member.
non‑warlike service has the meaning given by paragraph 6(1)(b).
normal earnings:
 (a) in Part 3 of Chapter 4—has the meaning given by subsection 89(3);
 (b) in Part 4 of Chapter 4—has the meaning given by subsection 132(2).
normal weekly hours has the meaning given by subsection 132(2).
onset date, for a person's incapacity for service or work, means the date determined under section 342 for the person.
overtime includes:
 (a) time spent performing duties on shifts or on Saturdays, Sundays or other holidays; and
 (b) excess travelling time;
that does not count towards the average number of hours worked.
parent: without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this subsection.
partner of a member means a person in respect of whom at least one of the following applies:
 (a) if the member is a member of the Aboriginal race