Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of the definition of eligible member of the Defence Force in subsection 3(1), a member of the Defence Force serving on continuous full-time service shall not be deemed to have ceased to be on continuous full-time service during any period that is deemed by section 6 to be a period of non-effective service in relation to the member.
(2) Where a contributing member ceases to be on continuous
full-time
service but continues to be a member of the Defence Force he shall, for the
purposes of this Act, be deemed to have retired on the day on which he ceases
to be on continuous
full-time service.
(3) Where a contributing member retires and, without a break in the continuity of his service, again becomes an eligible member of the Defence Force serving on continuous full-time service, he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to have ceased to be an eligible member of the Defence Force by reason of that retirement.