Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:71:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 172457–175058

71  Eligible employment
 (1) For the purposes of the application of this Division in relation to a person who has ceased to be an eligible member of the Defence Force, the following periods of employment of the person are periods of eligible employment:
 (a) a period of employment during which the person was a member of the Defence Force and which is a period of effective service in relation to him under this Act;
 (b) subject to subsections (2) and (3), a period of employment of the person by the Commonwealth, by the Northern Territory, by the Administration of a Territory (including the Northern Territory) or by an authority or other body, being:
 (i) a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of a Territory;
 (ii) an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established for a public purpose by, or in accordance with, the provisions of an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of a Territory;
 (iii) a company or other body corporate incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, being a body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or
 (iv) an authority or body established, whether by or in accordance with the provisions of an Act, regulations made under an Act, or a law of a Territory or otherwise and whether a body corporate or not, being an authority or body which is financed in whole or in substantial part, either directly or indirectly, by moneys provided by the Commonwealth;
 (c) subject to subsection (4), a period of employment (whether within or outside Australia) of the person during which he was a member of a superannuation scheme under which, upon the termination of that employment:
 (i) a lump sum that was based, or included an amount that was based, wholly upon contributions by the employer under the scheme or partly upon such contributions and partly upon contributions under the scheme by the person was paid to or in respect of the person;
 (ii) a pension that was based, or included an amount that was based, wholly upon contributions by the employer under the scheme or partly upon such contributions and partly upon contributions under the scheme by the person became payable to the person; or
 (iii) benefits, whether by way of a lump sum or of a pension, that were payable at a future time and were based, or included an amount or amounts based, wholly upon contributions by the employer under the scheme or partly upon such contributions and partly upon contributions under the scheme by the person became applicable in respect of