Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 15187–17904

additional contributions or previous contributions.
CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.
date of commencement of the scheme means 1 October 1972.
decision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.
decision of CSC means a decision of CSC or a delegate of CSC under:
 (a) this Act; or
 (b) the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948; or
 (c) any other Act that relates to retirement benefits for members of the Defence Force and modifies or affects the provisions of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948.
Defence Force Case Assessment Panel means the Panel established under section 100.
Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Board or Board means the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Board as in existence before being abolished by section 91 of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1984.
Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act means the Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969 or the Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969‑1973.
eligible child means a person who:
 (a) is the child of a deceased member of the scheme who died while he was a contributing member or of a deceased recipient member; and
 (b) is a person who has not attained the age of 18 years or:
 (i) has attained the age of 18 years but has not attained the age of 25 years;
 (ii) is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university; and
 (iii) is not ordinarily in employment or engaged in work on his own account.
eligible member of the Defence Force means:
 (a) a member of the Defence Force who:
 (i) is serving on continuous full‑time service under an appointment or engagement, or under a re‑appointment or re‑engagement that occurred before 1 July 2016, for a period of not less than one year; or
 (ii) is serving on continuous full‑time service, being service that is continuous with previous continuous full‑time service that was, or included, service under an appointment or engagement, or under a re‑appointment or re‑engagement that occurred before 1 July 2016, for a period of not less than one year; or
 (b) a member of the Defence Force:
 (i) to whom paragraph (a) does not apply;
 (ii) who is serving on continuous full time service; and
 (iii) who, immediately before commencing to serve, was a recipient member, was a member of the scheme to whom deferred benefits were applicable under section 78, was a person who was in receipt of, or but for a suspension of his pension under section 53A or 53B of the previous Act, would have been in receipt of, a pension under the previous benefits scheme (being a pension to which he became entitled on