{"id":"F2006L00984","name":"Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2006","slug":"military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":58261,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L00984-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2006","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\n![](image.002.png)Military Rehabilitation and Compensation\n\n(Members) Determination 2006\n\nDated 17 March 2006\n\nBRUCE BILLSON\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs\n\nfor Minister for Defence\n\n1\n\nName of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation\n\n(Members) Determination 2006.\n\nI, BRUCE BILLSON, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, for the Minister for Defence, make this Determination under subsection 8(1) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.\n\n2 Commencement and application\n\n(1) This Determination applies from 1 February 2006 until 30 April 2006.\n\n(2) For paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation\n\nAct 2004, this Determination applies from 1 February 2006 until 30 April\n\n2006.\n\n3 Person taken to be member\n\nFor subsection 8(1) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, the person specified in Schedule 1 who performs the acts, or engages\n\nin activities, specified in that Schedule is taken to be a member for the purposes of that Act.\n\n![](image.003.png)Schedule 1 Person and activities or acts\n\n| Item | person | Acts/activities |\n| ---- | ------ | --------------- |\n\n1 Mr Robert Lambert Nugent Acts performed, as war photographer at the\n\nrequest or direction of the Defence Force.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination served its narrow, original purpose exactly as intended. It was designed to cover a specific individual for a specific time period performing specific activities, and it did precisely that without expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (3 operative sections plus schedule)","Only 1 defined person in Schedule 1","No cross-references beyond the parent Act (MRCA 2004)","Simple temporal limitation (fixed dates)","Single purpose: deem one individual to be a member"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short-lived legal instrument that temporarily extended military compensation coverage to a specific civilian—Robert Lambert Nugent—who was working as a war photographer for the Defence Force. Normally, the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act only covers actual military members. This Determination made an exception so that Mr Nugent would be treated as a 'member' (meaning he could claim compensation if injured) for the period 1 February 2006 to 30 April 2006, specifically for acts he performed as a war photographer at the request or direction of the Defence Force."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Determination does not alter the substantive scope of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004. It applies the Act’s member-treatment provision to a named individual for a specified period (see sections 2–3 and Schedule 1), rather than expanding or redefining the Act itself."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single-person scope (Schedule 1 names one individual).","Fixed, short temporal application (section 2: 1 Feb–30 Apr 2006).","Simple legal operation — treats named person as a ‘member’ for purposes of the MRCA (section 3 referencing subsection 8(1)).","Cross-reference dependency: legal effect requires consulting the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (subsection 8(1) and paragraph 8(2)(a) are invoked).","Low drafting complexity and few operative clauses (Name, Commencement, Person taken to be member).","Administrative discretion is limited to the Minister’s use of the power to make a determinate, time-limited declaration."],"plain_english_summary":"This short Determination (effective 1 Feb–30 Apr 2006) names Mr Robert Lambert Nugent and says that when he acts as a war photographer at the Defence Force’s request or direction he is to be treated as a “member” under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004. Mechanically, that brings him within the Act’s rehabilitation and compensation scheme for that period and makes the Act’s processes and entitlements applicable to his covered acts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006","history":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2006/documents"}}