7Eligible war service

#### 7 Eligible war service (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of this Act: (a) a person who has rendered operational service shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was rendering operational service; and (b) a person who has rendered continuous full‑time service (not being operational service) as a member of the Defence Force during World War 1 shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full‑time service; and (c) a person who has rendered continuous full‑time service (not being operational service) as a member of the Defence Force during World War 2, being service that commenced before 1 July 1947, shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full‑time service; and (d) a person who rendered continuous full‑time service (not being operational service) as a member of the Interim Forces during World War 2 on or after 1 July 1947 shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full‑time service; and (e) a person who was employed on a ship as an Australian mariner is taken to have been rendering eligible war service: (i) if part of that employment was operational service—for the part of that employment that was not operational service; or (ii) in any other case—while the person was so employed. > Note 1: For World War 1 and World War 2 see subsection 5B(1). > Note 2: For operational service see sections 6 to 6F. > Note 3: For Australian mariner, continuous full‑time service, member of the Defence Force and member of the Interim Forces see subsection 5C(1). > Note 4: Subsections (3) and (4) contain information that is relevant to paragraph (e). (2) A person who rendered continuous full‑time service in the Defence Force during World War 2: (a) if the person was appointed or enlisted for war service in any part of the Defence Force that was raised during World War 2 for war service or solely for service in time of that war or during that time and a definite time thereafter—on or after 1 July 1951; (b) if the person was appointed or enlisted in the Citizen Forces and was called up for continuous full‑time service for the duration of, or directly in connection with, World War 2—on or after 1 July 1951; or (c) if the person was not appointed or enlisted as set out in paragraph (a) or (b)—on or after 3 January 1949; shall not be taken, by virtue of paragraph (1)(c), to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full‑time service. (3) Without limiting paragraph (1)(e), a person is taken to be employed on a ship as an Australian mariner while the person was at a place (being a place that is in Australia but is not on land in Australia) in the course of proceeding to employment on a ship as an Australian mariner. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), Australia does not include an external territory.