Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Part does not render it unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person's disability in connection with employment, engagement or appointment in the Defence Force:
(a) in a position involving the performance of combat duties, combat-related duties or peacekeeping service; or
(b) in prescribed circumstances in relation to combat duties, combat-related duties or peacekeeping service; or
(c) in a position involving the performance of duties as a chaplain or a medical support person in support of forces engaged or likely to be engaged in combat duties, combat-related duties or peacekeeping service.
(2) In this section:
"combat duties" means such duties as are declared by the regulations to be combat duties for the purposes of this section.
"combat-related duties" means such duties as are declared by the regulations to be combat-related duties for the purposes of this section.
"medical support person" means:
(a) a person exclusively engaged in the search for, or the collection, transport or treatment of, the wounded or sick, or in the prevention of disease; or
(b) a person exclusively engaged in the administration of medical units and establishments.
"peacekeeping service" has the same meaning as in the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 .