DVA may provide assistance with the costs of moving, where there is a reasonable requirement for the person to relocate because they have secured suitable work.
Suitable work is defined in section 2.3.1 in this library for DRCA and section 2.4.2 in this library for MRCA. Suitable work is defined with respect to four criteria:
Section 39(3)(aa) of MRCA enables a delegate of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (MRCC), after receiving advice from the CDF, to make a determination, that DVA is to become a specified person’s rehabilitation authority at a specified time. A determination under section 39(3)(aa) can be made for any serving member, which includes:
Transfers of Rehabilitation Authority under section 10 of the MRCA are currently being evaluated and are not taking place at this time. DVA Delegates are asked to contact rehabilitation@dva.gov.au if they have any queries about section 10 transfers.
The method to calculate earnings from self-employment is used for both NE/NWE and AE (actual earnings/able to earn). There are multiple methods to calculate earnings from self-employment and discretion should be used to pick the method that best represents the person’s earnings. The same method should be used to calculate both the person’s NE/NWE and the person’s AE. See section 8.6.
The following formula is applicable when the person:
Is discharged
Last service was in the Part-time Reserves
Is not engaged in civilian work immediately before ceasing to be a member (section 161).
NE = 7 x Reserve daily rate of pay + (pay-related allowance days for the week x amount of pay-related allowances for a day)
Where:
rate of pay means the daily rate that would be paid if the person was still a part-time Reservist.
The following formula is applicable when the person:
Is discharged
Last service was in the Part-time Reserves
Is engaged in civilian work immediately before ceasing to be a member (section 154-155).
NE = ADF component (Reserve pay and allowances) for the week + civilian component (civilian pay and allowances) for the week
Where:
The following formula is applicable when the person:
Was injured in CFTS
Is discharged
Last service immediately before ceasing to be a member was as a CFTS member (section 144 or 147-149) or as a part-time Reservist and the person's last FT service was as a CTFS member (section 168 or 170-173)
Note: If the person's last service was as a part-time reservist and their last FT service was as a PF member, then section 164 applies. See section 5.13.
The following formula is applicable when the person:
Was injured in PF
Is discharged
Last service immediately before ceasing to be a member was as a PF member (section 141) or part-time Reservist and the last period of FT service was as a PF member (section 164).
Note: If the person's last service was a part-time reservist and their last FT service was CFTS, then section 168 or section 170-172 applies. See section 5.14.
Service giving rise to condition | Normal Earnings (NE) | Normal Weekly Hours (NWH) |
Permanent Forces | Full-time ADF pay & allowances + Remuneration Amount |
