Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00402:section:17
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Provision Reference: s 17
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17  Top‑up annual rate of invalidity pension
 (1) The top‑up annual rate of the pension on the key day when the invalidity pensioner is under 60 is the rate worked out using the formula:
 (2) In subsection (1):
invalid's period of qualifying service means the number of whole years in the period (subject to subsection (3)) for which the invalid was a member of the Permanent Forces or continuous full‑time Reservist.

How to deal with multiple periods of service
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), if:
 (a) there are 2 or more periods (the serving periods) when the invalid was a member of the Permanent Forces or a continuous full‑time Reservist; and
 (b) the serving periods are separated by one or more periods (the non‑serving periods) when the invalid was neither a member of the Permanent Forces nor a continuous full‑time Reservist;
take account of only the serving period or serving periods after the latest non‑serving period.

Subdivision B—Classifying invalid's incapacity for civil employment