23Defence service requirement

23 Defence service requirement

Person who has completed relevant defence service (1) For the purposes of section 21, a person satisfies the defence service requirement if the person has completed relevant defence service. Member of family unit of person who has completed relevant defence service etc. (2) If: (a) a person (the defence person) was granted, on or after 1 July 2007, a visa prescribed by the regulations; and (b) the defence person has completed relevant defence service; and (c) another person (the relative) was a member of the family unit of the defence person when the defence person was granted the visa; and (d) the relative holds a visa of that kind because the relative is a member of the family unit of the defence person; the relative satisfies the defence service requirement for the purposes of section 21. (3) If: (a) a person (the defence person) was granted, on or after 1 July 2007, a visa prescribed by the regulations; and (b) the defence person dies while undertaking service in the Permanent Forces or the Reserves; and (c) another person (the relative) was a member of the family unit of the defence person when the defence person was granted the visa; and (d) immediately before the death of the defence person, the relative held a visa of that kind because the relative was a member of the family unit of the defence person; the relative satisfies the defence service requirement for the purposes of section 21. Definitions (4) In this section:

member of the family unit of a person has the same meaning as in the Migration Act 1958.

Permanent Forces means the Permanent Navy, the Regular Army or the Permanent Air Force.

relevant defence service: a person has completed relevant defence service if:

(a) the person has undertaken a total of at least 90 days service in one or more of the Permanent Forces (whether or not that service was continuous); or
(b) the person has undertaken a total of at least 90 days service on which he or she was required for, and attended and was entitled to be paid for, duty in one or more of the Reserves (whether or not that service was continuous); or
(c) the person:
(i) was discharged from service undertaken in one of the Permanent Forces or the Reserves as medically unfit for that service; and
(ii) became so unfit because of service undertaken in any of the Permanent Forces or the Reserves.

Reserves means the Naval Reserve, the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve.

service: a person undertakes service in the Permanent Forces or the Reserves only if the person is appointed, enlisted or transferred into any of the Permanent Forces or the Reserves.