Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00682:section:15:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00682
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 9534–12209

leave of absence without pay; or
 (ii) absent without leave; or
 (iii) awaiting or undergoing trial for an offence of which the member is later convicted; or
 (iv) undergoing detention or imprisonment; or
 (b) in the case of a member who:
 (i) is an officer of the Defence Force; and
 (ii) on his or her appointment was enrolled as a student in a degree or diploma course at a university or other tertiary educational institution; and
 (iii) was required by an appropriate authority in the Defence Force to continue those studies after appointment;
  the period, determined by an appropriate authority in the Defence Force, during which the member cannot be treated as rendering effective full‑time service because of the need to engage in those studies or in activities connected with them.
eligible person means:
 (a) a person who:
 (i) is a non‑DSH member (other than an operational service member, a warlike service member, a rejoining member or a person covered by paragraph (b) or (d)); and
 (ii) completes (whether before, on or after the commencing day) the basic service period applicable to the person; or
 (b) a person who:
 (i) on or after the commencing day, is discharged from the Defence Force because of a compensable disability; and
 (ii) immediately before the discharge, was a non‑DSH member engaged or appointed for a period of less than  5 years; and
 (iii) again becomes a member within 2 years after the day on which the discharge took effect; and
 (iv) then completes the basic service period applicable to the person; or
 (c) an incapacitated person; or
 (d) a person who:
 (i) having been an incapacitated person, again becomes a member within 2 years after the day on which his or her discharge as an incapacitated person took effect; and
 (ii) then completes the basic service period applicable to the person; or
 (e) a rejoining member; or
 (f) an operational service member; or
 (fa) a warlike service member; or
 (g) a person (other than an incapacitated person) who:
 (i) before, on or after the commencing day resigns, retires or is discharged from the Defence Force; and
 (ii) immediately before the resignation, retirement or discharge was an operational service member, a warlike service member or a non‑DSH member covered by paragraph (a), (b), (d), (e) or (f); and
 (iii) has not again become a member; or
 (h) a person:
 (i) who is a member of the Reserves; and
 (ii) who completes the training period applicable to the person; and
 (iii) to whom the DSH Act does not apply.
entitled person means a person who is the holder of an entitlement certificate that is in force.
entitlement certificate means a certificate issued under Part 2.