8Eligibility for specified treatment ceases in certain circumstances

8 Eligibility for specified treatment ceases in certain circumstances

(1) If a person who has been a member of the Permanent Forces re-joins the Permanent Forces or joins the Reserves during his or her health assessment period, the person, upon re-joining the Permanent Forces or joining the Reserves, ceases to be eligible for treatment under this instrument for the remainder of his or her health assessment period.
(2) If a person who has been a member of the Reserves re-joins the Reserves or joins the Permanent Forces during his or her health assessment period, the person, upon re-joining the Reserves or joining the Permanent Forces, ceases to be eligible for treatment under this instrument for the remainder of his or her health assessment period.

(3) However, a person’s eligibility for treatment under this instrument is not affected if he or she is automatically transferred to the Reserves upon ceasing to be a member of the Permanent Forces.
Example: Peter ceases to be a member of the Permanent Forces on 1 September 2019 and is automatically transferred to the Reserves for a minimum of five years. He is eligible to be provided with one comprehensive health assessment by a general practitioner in each of the twelve month periods during his five year health assessment period.
After 18 months Peter has used two of his health assessments and he re-joins the Permanent Forces. On re-joining the Permanent Forces, he ceases to be eligible for the three remaining comprehensive health assessments during his health assessment period.