Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00261:schedule:1:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00261
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 3/8)
Character Range: 150335–152991

on the ground of invalidity and includes a person who, in accordance with rule 30, is to be treated as if he or she had been retired on that ground;
"lump sum maximum benefit limit", in relation to a person, means an amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3;
"MBL member" means a member who has ceased to pay contributions in accordance with rule 5;
"member" means a person who, in accordance with section 6 of the Act, is a member of the Scheme;
"member benefit", in relation to a member, means an amount calculated in accordance with Schedule 9;
"membership" means membership of the Scheme;
"month" means calendar month;
"Parliamentary Candidates Act" means the Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act 1969;
"pension" means a pension payable under these Rules;
"pension maximum benefit limit", in relation to a person, means an amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3;
"Permanent Forces" has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903;
"prescribed fee" means a fee prescribed in regulations made in pursuance of section 52 of the Act;
"prescribed year" means the year commencing on 1 July 1991 or a subsequent year;
"previous contributions", in relation to a person, means contributions made by him or her under the previous legislation, less any such contributions refunded to him or her under that legislation;
"previous legislation" means the 1948 Act and the 1973 Act;
"relevant percentage", in relation to a spouse or eligible child of a deceased person, means the percentage applicable to that spouse or child in accordance with Schedule 4;
"relevant period", in relation to a person to whom Part 7 of these Rules applies, means the period referred to in a relevant provision in the application of that provision to that person;
"relevant provision", in relation to the Parliamentary Candidates Act, means subsection 10 (2), 11 (2) or 12 (2), as the case requires;
"Reserve Forces" has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903.
"retirement pensioner" means a former member to whom a pension is payable but does not include a person to whom a pension is payable only because he or she is the spouse or the child of a deceased member;
"salary", in relation to a person:
     (a) includes, in relation to the person's service as a member, service allowance and higher duties allowance payable to that person; and
     (b) means, in relation to the person's service on a particular day as 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