5.15 MRCA - Service giving rise to injury is Part-time Reserves – Engaged in civilian work - Section 154-155

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).

Where:

• ADF component for the week is based on how much the Reservist would have earned for the week if still a part-time Reservist if not incapacitated for service, based on the person’s rank and pay at date of discharge.

• Civilian component for the week is based on how much the reservist would have earned from civilian work based on the period immediately before ceasing to be a member.

Where a Reservist has lost the civilian work they were engaged in at the time of the injury and therefore was not in civilian employment at the time of discharge, the delegate should determine that the example period is the 2-week period when the person was last engaged in civilian work.

5.15.1 Normal Weekly Hours

Normal weekly hours are defined as:

Where:

• defence days is the average number of days per week in the example period paid as a part-time Reservist and defence hours is the average number of hours per day during the example period the person was paid as a part-time Reservist.

NWH for Reserve service is calculated using the following formula:

5.15.2 Reserve hours

Members of the Reserve Forces on Reserve service, apart from those officers who hold special appointments, are paid as follows:

• for a period of not less than six hours – one day's pay

• for a period of less than six hours but not less than three hours – one-half day's pay

• for a period of less than three hours but not less than two hours – one-third day's pay, and

• for a period of not less than one hour but less than two hours – one-sixth day's pay.