This Part provides for compensation to be provided for current members who are incapacitated for service as a result of a service injury or disease. The Part also provides for compensation for some current part-time Reservists, cadets and declared 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 member, to be entitled to the compensation.
The amount of compensation a member receives for a week depends on the difference between the member's normal and actual earnings for the week. The member's normal earnings are a notional amount. The member's actual earnings are based on how much the member actually earns for the week.
Normal earnings are worked out under Divisions 2 to 6, depending on the member's current status (for example, as a Permanent Forces member or a Reservist) and their status at the time the service injury or disease occurred.
Part 5 of this Chapter contains other important rules that apply in working out normal earnings, actual earnings and the amount of compensation generally.