Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:89:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 89 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 222648–225177

89  Purchase of previous non‑contributory service
 (1) Subject to this section, where an eligible member of the Defence Force, not being an existing contributor, had, before 1 October 1972, served as a member of the Defence Force on continuous full‑time service for a period of not less than one year, he may, by notice in writing given to CSC within a period of 90 days after the date upon which this Act receives the Royal Assent or of the date on which he first became an eligible member of the Defence Force, whichever last occurs, or within such further period as CSC, in special circumstances, allows, elect to have that period of service, or such part of that period as he specifies in the election, taken into account as qualifying service under this Act.
 (2) Subject to this section, where an eligible member of the Defence Force, being an existing contributor, had, before 1 October 1972:
 (a) served as a member of the Defence Force on continuous full‑time service for a period of not less than one year, being a period that is not, or is not included in, a period of previous contributory qualifying service of the member; or
 (b) served as a member of the Defence Force on continuous full‑time service for a period of less than one year, being a period that is not, or is not included in, a period of previous contributory qualifying service of the member but which is continuous with such a period;
he may, by notice in writing given to CSC, within a period of 90 days after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, or within such further period as CSC, in special circumstances, allows, elect to have the period during which he so served, or such part of that period as he specifies in the election, taken into account as qualifying service under this Act.
 (3) An eligible member of the Defence Force is not entitled to make an election under subsection (1) or (2) in respect of any period which, if this Act had come into operation on the day on which he first became a member of the Defence Force, would have been a period of non‑effective service in relation to him.
 (4) Where, under subsection (1) or subsection (2), an eligible member of the Defence Force has elected to have a period of service before 1 October 1972 taken into account as qualifying service under this Act, he shall pay an additional contribution to the Commonwealth under this section, which shall be:
 (a) if he is an existing contributor and he has served continuously as a member of the Defence Force from the commencement