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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
164Working out normal earnings
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164 Working out normal earnings
(1) The normal earnings for a week for an incapacitated person means the amount worked out using the following formula:
(2) The person’s full‑time ADF pay for a week means the amount of pay that the person would have earned for the week as a Permanent Forces member if:
Note: The person’s full‑time ADF pay might be adjusted under Part 5.
(3) The person’s allowance component for a week means the total amount of compensable pay‑related allowances that would have been paid to the person for the week if:
Note: The person’s allowance component might be adjusted under Part 5.
(4) 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:
(a) that was being paid to the person immediately before completing his or her last period of full‑time service; or