Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies if:
(a) a member reaches his or her compulsory retirement age; or
(b) a member:
(i) completes his or her period of service; and
(ii) has not reached his or her compulsory retirement age at that time.
Note The member's period of service is established by regulation 15 or 25, and may include a period of service in the Standby Reserve. The member may also alter that period of service in any of the ways explained in these Regulations.
(2) Subject to subregulations (3), (4) and (5):
(a) the member's period of service in the Defence Force ends; and
(b) the member is retired from the Defence Force.
(3) If the member's period of service would end during a time of war:
(a) the period of service is taken to be extended until the end of the time of war; and
(b) the member is retired from the Defence Force as soon as practicable after the end of the time of war; and
(c) the member is bound to render service until the member is retired from the Defence Force.
(4) If the member's period of service would end during a time of defence emergency:
(a) the period of service is taken to be extended until the end of the defence emergency; and
(b) the member is retired from the Defence Force as soon as practicable after the end of the defence emergency; and
(c) the member is bound to render service until the member is retired from the Defence Force.
(5) If the member is serving in a category of the Reserves, and the member's period of service would end at a time at which the member has been called out for continuous full‑time service;
(a) the period of service is taken to be extended until the call out of the member for continuous full‑time service ends; and
(b) the member is retired from the Defence Force as soon as practicable after the call out of the member for continuous full‑time service ends; and
(c) the member is bound to render service until the member is retired from the Defence Force.
(6) This regulation does not affect any power expressly or impliedly conferred by an Act or these Regulations:
(a) to transfer a member from one Service to another Service; or
(b) to terminate a member's service in the Defence Force before the end of the period of service; or
(c) to allow a member to resign from the Defence Force before the end of the period of service in the Defence Force.