Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies in relation to a member who has been appointed to a position in accordance with regulation 51.
(2) The member is transferred to the Standby Reserve at the end of the period of the appointment unless:
(a) the member has reached the member's compulsory retirement age for service in the Standby Reserve; or
(b) subregulation (3) applies.
(3) At any time before the end of the period of the appointment:
(a) a member who is serving in the Permanent Forces may notify the Chief of the member's Service that the member wishes to transfer to a category of the Reserves of the member's Service, other than the Standby Reserve, at the end of the period of the appointment; and
(b) if the Chief approves the request, the member:
(i) is not transferred to the Standby Reserve at the end of the period of the appointment; and
(ii) is transferred at that time to the category of the Reserves that the member nominated.
(4) If the member is transferred to the Standby Reserve:
(a) the member's period of service in the Standby Reserve ends at the earliest of the following events:
(i) when the member reaches his or her compulsory retirement age for service in the Standby Reserve;
(ii) if the member is allowed to resign from the Defence Force -- when the resignation is accepted;
(iii) if the member's service in the Defence Force is terminated -- when the service is terminated; and
(b) for a member who has completed 5 years service in the Standby Reserve -- the Chief of the member's Service must accept an application from the member to resign from the Standby Reserve unless the application:
(i) is made in time of war or in time of defence emergency; or
(ii) would be granted at a time at which the member has been called out for continuous full‑time service; and
(c) the transfer is taken to be a retirement from the Defence Force, with effect from the transfer, for all purposes relating to the payment of benefits; and
(d) the transfer is not taken to be a retirement from the Defence Force for any other purpose.