Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00682:section:15:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00682
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 14323–16902

provides for the devolution of the estate of a person who dies intestate.
member means a member of the Defence Force.
Middle‑East operational area means the area comprising the following countries and sea areas:
 (a) Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Island of Cyprus;
 (b) the sea areas contained within the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman;
 (c) the sea area contained within the Arabian Sea north of the boundary formed by joining each of the following points to the next:

(i)    20 30N  70 40E;
(ii)   14 30N  67 35E;
(iii)  8 30N   60 00E;
(iv)   6 20N   53 52E;
(v)    5 48N   49 02E;

 (d) the sea areas contained within the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea east of 30E.

non‑DSH member means:
 (a) a member whose first service in the Defence Force began after 14 May 1985 and who is not covered by paragraph (ga) of the definition of Australian Soldier in subsection 4(1) of the DSH Act; or
 (b) a member:
 (i) whose first service in the Defence Force began on or before 14 May 1985; or
 (ii) whose first service in the Defence Force began after 14 May 1985 and who is covered by paragraph (ga) of the definition of Australian Soldier in subsection 4(1) of the DSH Act;
  and who has made an election under section 4BA of the DSH Act that has not been revoked.
operational service member means a person who is an operational service member under subsection 3A(1) or (3).
parent: without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this subsection.
rejoining member means a person who:
 (a) before, on or after the commencing day resigns, retires or is discharged from the Defence Force; and
 (b) immediately before the resignation, retirement or discharge was an eligible person; and
 (c) again becomes a member within 2 years after the day on which the resignation, retirement or discharge took effect.
Reserves has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903.
reviewable decision means a decision:
 (a) refusing to issue an entitlement certificate; or
 (b) cancelling an entitlement certificate; or
 (ba) refusing to make a determination under subsection 4(1A); or
 (c) refusing to grant approval under section 15 or 18; or
 (d) that subsidy is not payable under subsection 20(2); or
 (e) giving a notice under section 27; or
 (f) refusing an application under section 31 or 32; or
 (g) revoking