Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 45TO

             (1)  The Commission may, by legislative instrument, declare that, for the purposes of this Part, a specified kind of member of the pension bonus scheme is a non‑accruing member throughout a period ascertained in accordance with the declaration.

          (1A)  Despite subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 , a period ascertained in accordance with a declaration made under subsection (1) may begin before the date on which the declaration is registered under that Act.

             (2)  The kinds of members that may be specified under subsection (1) include (but are not limited to):

                     (a)  a member who is a participant in the Community Development Employment Program; and

                     (b)  a member who is in gaol; and

                     (c)  a member who is not a participant in the workforce, but whose partner:

                              (i)  is a participant in the workforce; and

                             (ii)  is not a registered member of the pension bonus scheme or of the corresponding scheme under Part 2.2A of the Social Security Act; and

                            (iii)  intends to become a registered member of the pension bonus scheme or of the corresponding scheme under Part 2.2A of the Social Security Act; and

                     (d)  a member who is on sick leave for a continuous period of at least 4 weeks and not more than 26 weeks.