Persons excluded from definition of eligible member of the Defence Force
5A Persons excluded from definition of eligible member of the Defence Force
Subject to subsection (2), a person who:
becomes, on or after 1 October 1991, a member of the Defence Force; or
being a member of a Reserve, commences on or after that day to render continuous full‑time service for a period of not less than 12 months;
is excluded from the definition of eligible member of the Defence Force in subsection 3(1).
Subsection (1) does not apply to:
a person who:
ceased to be an eligible member of the Defence Force because he or she was transferred to a Reserve, was discharged from the Defence Force, or had his or her continuous full‑time service terminated, under the Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act; and
under Part III of that Act is transferred back to, reinstated in, or accepted for further continuous full‑time service in, the force of which he or she was a member immediately before ceasing to be an eligible member of the Defence Force; or
a person to whom section 63 applies.
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