Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

DEFENCE FORCE REGULATIONS 1952 - REG 26

         (1)    In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

"body" includes a part of a body.

"Registrar of Deaths" , in relation to a State or Territory, means a person or authority charged under the law of that State or Territory with the duty of registering deaths.

         (2)    For the purposes of this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

                (a)    a reference to a member of the Defence Force includes a reference to a person who, not being a member of the Defence Force, accompanies a part of the Defence Force;

               (b)    a reference to a member of the Defence Force on service includes a reference to a member of that Force on service outside Australia; and

                (c)    a member of the Defence Force shall be deemed to be on service outside Australia while he is a prisoner of war or interned in a place outside Australia.