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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
149Working out reserve pay
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149 Working out reserve pay
(1) The reserve pay for a week for a person who was a part‑time Reservist immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service is the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The expressions used in this subsection are defined in subsection (4).
(2) The Chief of the Defence Force must advise the Commission in writing of the date on which each compensable pay‑related allowance would normally have ceased to be paid to the person if:
Reserve pay for persons who were not part‑time Reservists
(3) The reserve pay for a week for a person who was not a part‑time Reservist immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service is nil.
amount of pay‑related allowances for a person for a day means the total amount of compensable pay‑related allowances that would have been paid to the person for the day if:
(a) that was being paid to the person immediately before the person began his or her last period of continuous full‑time service; or
(b) that would be paid to the person because the person is promoted, as mentioned in section 186.
example period for a person who was a part‑time Reservist immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service is:
(ii) ending before the person began that continuous full‑time service; or
pay‑related allowance days for a person for a week means the average number of days (if any) served each week during the example period for which the person was paid an amount of pay‑related allowances.
rate of pay for a person for a day means the amount of pay that the person would have been paid for the day as a part‑time Reservist if:
reserve days for a person for a week means the average number of days (if any) served each week during the example period for which the person was paid as a part‑time Reservist.