Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00288:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00288
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 10386–12969

on leave of absence without pay;
 (b) absent without leave;
 (c) awaiting or undergoing trial on a charge in respect of an offence of which he was later convicted; or
 (d) undergoing field punishment, detention or imprisonment.
Permanent Forces means the Permanent Navy, the Regular Army or the Permanent Air Force.
rank means:
 (a) in relation to a member of the Navy:
 (i) his confirmed rank or, if he is appointed provisionally or on probation, the rank to which he is so appointed; or
 (ii) if he is provisionally promoted to another rank—that other rank;
 (b) in relation to a member of the Army:
 (i) his substantive rank in his permanent corps or unit or, if he is appointed provisionally or on probation, the rank to which he is so appointed in his permanent corps or unit; or
 (ii) if he is provisionally promoted to another rank in his permanent corps or unit—that other rank; and
 (c) in relation to a member of the Air Force:
 (i) his substantive rank or, if he is appointed provisionally or on probation, the rank to which he is so appointed; or
 (ii) if he is provisionally promoted to another rank—that other rank.
Reserve means:
 (a) in relation to a member of the Navy—the Naval Reserve; and
 (b) in relation to a member of the Army—the Army Reserve; and
 (c) in relation to a member of the Air Force—the Air Force Reserve.
retirement, in the case of a member not being an officer, includes discharge.
retiring age for the rank held, in relation to a member, means the age for compulsory retirement of a member of the rank, branch and group of the member as prescribed, for the purposes of this Act, by regulations under this Act in force at the date of his retirement.
service means service as a member.
service for pension means continuous full time service as a member after attaining the age of 20 years other than:
 (a) in the case of a member other than an officer—service not served under engagement for a definite term; or
 (b) subject to subsection (3), service in respect of which a member is not permitted or required to contribute to the Fund.
the appointed date means the date of commencement of this Act.
the Authority means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority established by section 8 of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973, as in force before its repeal by item 44 of Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011.
the Service means the Navy, the Army or the Air Force as the case requires.
the Superannuation Fund means the Superannuation Fund