Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:136
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 136
Character Range: 310101–310898

136  Failure to make election
 (1) If an election is not made by, or on behalf of, an eligible member of the Defence Force who is required to make an election under subsection 132(1), the member is taken to have elected, on election day in relation to him or her, to continue to be a contributing member.
 (2) If:
 (a) an eligible member of a Defence Force who is required to make an election under subsection 132(1) dies without making the election; and
 (b) the widow or widower of the deceased member, or a person acting on behalf of his or her eligible child or children (as the case may be) does not make an election under subsection 133(3) or (4);
this Act has effect as if the member had elected, on the day immediately preceding his or her death, to continue to be a contributing member.