Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00807:section:13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00807
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 13
Character Range: 14405–15804

13  Compulsory re‑instatement of officers
 (1) Where:
 (a) an officer has been transferred to a Reserve under section 7;
 (b) the Chief of the Defence Force is satisfied that:
 (i) he was not nominated in the relevant election; or
 (ii) having been nominated in the relevant election, he failed to be elected in that election; and
 (c) he has not made application having effect for the purposes of section 10 for re‑instatement in the force of which he was a member immediately before he was transferred to a Reserve;
the Chief of the Defence Force may, by notice in writing served on him before the expiration of a period of one month after the date that is the declared date in relation to the relevant election, require him to make to the Chief of the Defence Force, not later than the expiration of a period of two months after the declared date, application in writing for his re‑instatement in the force of which he was a member immediately before he was transferred to the Reserve.
 (2) If, at the expiration of the period of two months after the declared date, the officer has not made application in writing to the Chief of the Defence Force for re‑instatement in the force of which he was a member immediately before he was transferred to a Reserve, he shall be deemed to have made such an application on the last day of that period and section 10 applies in relation to him accordingly.