Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:5a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5A
Character Range: 27434–28477

5A  Persons excluded from definition of eligible member of the Defence Force
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who:
 (a) becomes, on or after 1 October 1991, a member of the Defence Force; or
 (b) 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).
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
 (a) a person who:
 (i) 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
 (ii) 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
 (c) a person to whom section 63 applies.