61.1.1 Members of the Defence Force

Members of the Defence Force are covered by the SRC Act 1988 by virtue of S5(1) which defines who is an 'employee' for the purposes of the Act. Section 5(2) includes an additional, specific coverage of members of the Defence Force:

5(2) Without limiting the generality of Subsection (1):

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(b)a member of the Defence Force ...

shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to be employed by the Commonwealth, and the person's employment shall, for those purposes, be taken to be constituted by the person's performance of duties as such a member ... of the Defence Force ...