Defence (Re-establishment) Act 1965
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6 Interpretation
(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
contract of employment includes a contract of apprenticeship.
Defence service means:
(a) continuous full‑time service in a part of the Emergency Forces or of the Reserve Forces;
(b) service in a part of those Forces for such periods as are fixed by or in accordance with the regulations under the Defence Act 1903‑1965, the Naval Defence Act 1910‑1965 or the Air Force Act 1923‑1965; or
(c) national service;
but does not include service rendered by a member of a part of the Emergency Forces or of the Reserve Forces by virtue of a voluntary undertaking by him to render continuous full‑time service for a period for which he is not otherwise bound so to serve under the Defence Act 1903‑1965, the Naval Defence Act 1910‑1965 or the Air Force Act 1923‑1965.
member means:
(a) a person who is, or has been, a member of a part of the Emergency Forces or of the Reserve Forces; or
(b) a person upon whom a notice has been served under the National Service Act 1951‑1965 calling him up for service with the Military Forces of the Commonwealth;
but does not include a person who has been called upon to serve in the Defence Force in pursuance of section 60 of the Defence Act 1903‑1965.
period of absence on Defence service in relation to a member, means a period of absence from work or employment for the purpose of performing Defence service and, where the member resumes work or is reinstated in employment in accordance with this Part, includes the period from the completion of his period of Defence service until he so resumes work or is so reinstated in employment, as the case may be.
the Emergency Forces has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903.
the Reserve Forces has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903‑1965.
(2) Where a member is required to report at a place for Defence service, the member shall, for the purposes of this Part, other than paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 13 of this Act, be deemed to be performing Defence service during the time during which he is travelling from the place at which he resides to the place at which he is to report.