5Continuity of service

#### 5 Continuity of service (1) For the purposes of the definition of eligible member of the Defence Force in subsection 3(1), a member of the Defence Force serving on continuous full‑time service shall not be deemed to have ceased to be on continuous full‑time service during any period that is deemed by section 6 to be a period of non‑effective service in relation to the member. (2) Where a contributing member ceases to be on continuous full‑time service but continues to be a member of the Defence Force he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have retired on the day on which he ceases to be on continuous full‑time service. (3) Where a contributing member retires and, without a break in the continuity of his service, again becomes an eligible member of the Defence Force serving on continuous full‑time service, he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to have ceased to be an eligible member of the Defence Force by reason of that retirement. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a person who is taken to have retired under section 5B.