10BReservists with Disaster Relief Service etc.

10B Reservists with Disaster Relief Service etc.

(1) For paragraphs 88A(1)(a) and (d) of the Act, the following class of person is specified: A person who: (a) is or was a member of the Reserves; and (b) has on a reserve service day: (i) rendered border protection service; or (ii) rendered disaster relief service; or (iii) been involved in or witnessed a serious training accident; and (c) makes a request to be provided with treatment for a mental health condition to an office of the Department in Australia. (2) A person who is within a class specified in subsection (1) is eligible to be provided with treatment of a kind specified in Part 3 from and including the date that is 3 months before the day on which the request to be provided with treatment is received at an office of the Department in Australia provided that the treatment is not backdated to an earlier date than 1 July 2018.