Defence Force Discipline (Consequences of Punishment) Rules 2018
6Consequences of punishment of reduction in rank
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6 Consequences of punishment of reduction in rank
For the purposes of subsection 68(2) of the Act, the consequences that flow from the imposition on a member of the punishment of reduction in rank are as follows: (a) the rank to which the member is reduced is the rank specified by the service tribunal which imposed the punishment; (b) the member’s seniority in that rank is to be calculated from a date or year specified by the service tribunal, not being a date or year later than the date or year, respectively, on or in which the punishment is imposed.