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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
161Working out normal earnings
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161 Working out normal earnings
(1) The normal earnings for an incapacitated person for a week means the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note: The expressions used in this formula are defined in subsection (3).
(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:
amount of pay‑related allowances for an incapacitated person for a day means the total amount of compensable pay‑related allowances that would have been paid to the person for the day as a part‑time Reservist if:
example period for an incapacitated person is:
(ii) ending before the person ceased to be a member of the Defence Force; or
pay‑related allowance days for an incapacitated person for a week means the average number of days per week (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 an incapacitated person for a day means the rate of pay that the person would have been paid for the day as a part‑time Reservist if:
Division 7—Working out normal earnings for former part‑time Reservists who were previously Permanent Forces members