This Part provides for compensation to be provided for former members who are incapacitated for work as a result of a service injury or disease. The Commission must have accepted liability for the injury or disease, and a claim must have been made in respect of the former member, to be entitled to the compensation.
The amount of compensation a person receives for a week depends on the difference between the person's normal and actual earnings for the week. The person's normal earnings are a notional amount. The person's actual earnings are based on how much the person actually earns for the week.
Normal earnings are worked out under Divisions 3 to 8.
Division 3 applies to a person who left the Defence Force as a Permanent Forces member. Division 4 applies to a person who left the Defence Force as a continuous full-time Reservist.
Divisions 5 to 8 apply to a person who left the Defence Force as a part-time Reservist. The Division that applies depends on the person's status (for example, as a Permanent Forces member or a Reservist) when the service injury or disease occurred and on leaving the Defence Force.
Division 9 applies to a person who was a cadet or declared member.
Part 5 of this Chapter contains other important rules that apply in working out normal earnings, actual earnings and the amount of compensation generally.