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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
173Working out reserve pay
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173 Working out reserve pay
(1) The reserve pay for a week for an incapacitated 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:

(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 did not serve as part‑time Reservists
(3) The reserve pay for a week for an incapacitated Reservist who was not serving as 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 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 if:
Note: The person’s pay‑related allowance might be adjusted under Part 5.
compensable pay‑related allowance for an incapacitated person means a pay‑related allowance that was being paid to the person immediately before beginning his or her last period of continuous full‑time service.
example period for an incapacitated person is:
(ii) ending before the person began his or her last period of continuous full‑time service; or
pay‑related allowance days for an incapacitated 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 a pay‑related allowance.
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 member of the Reserves if:
reserve days for an incapacitated 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.