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Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
132Election to remain member of scheme or to join MSB scheme
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#### 132 Election to remain member of scheme or to join MSB scheme
(1) Subject to this section, an eligible member of the Defence Force must, on or before election day in relation to the member, in writing addressed to the Authority, elect:
(a) to continue to be a contributing member; or
(b) to become a member of the MSB scheme.
(2) Election day in relation to an eligible member of the Defence Force is:
(a) if the service of the member is due to terminate before 30 September 1992—the day on which his or her service is due to terminate; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—30 September 1992.
(3) An eligible member of the Defence Force, being a person:
(a) who is serving on continuous full‑time service for a period that does not exceed, or successive periods that together do not exceed, 3 months; and
(b) who, immediately before that period or the first of those periods, was a recipient member;
may not make an election under subsection (1).
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a member whose service terminates, or is due to terminate, before 1 October 1991.