Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00347:reg:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00347
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 17
Character Range: 28668–30074

17  Normal and actual earnings—incapacitated former declared member who undertook career transition assistance
 (1) For the purposes of section 175 of the Act, this section applies to an incapacitated former declared member who has completed a period of career transition assistance who:
 (a) for a week referred to in this section, was incapacitated for either or both service or work as a result of a service injury or disease; and
 (b) was a declared member when the service injury was sustained or the service disease was contracted.
 (2) The normal earnings for a week for a member to whom this section applies is the amount worked out by treating the member as if the member were a person mentioned in section 141 of the Act who was a Permanent Forces member immediately before last ceasing to be a member of the Defence Force.
 (3) The actual earnings for a week for a member to whom this section applies is the amount worked out by treating the member as if the member were a person mentioned in section 129 of the Act:
 (a) to whom subsection 125(1) of the Act applies; and
 (b) if, for the purposes of subsection 130(1) of the Act, the number of hours worked by the person exceeds the number mentioned in that subsection—to whom section 130 applies; and
 (c) whose actual earnings are worked out in accordance with section 132 of the Act.

Division 3—Working out compensation for parts of weeks