5APersons excluded from definition of eligible member of the Defence Force

#### 5A Persons excluded from definition of eligible member of the Defence Force (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who: (a) becomes, on or after 1 October 1991, a member of the Defence Force; or (b) being a member of a Reserve, commences on or after that day to render continuous full‑time service for a period of not less than 12 months; is excluded from the definition of eligible member of the Defence Force in subsection 3(1). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to: (a) a person who: (i) ceased to be an eligible member of the Defence Force because he or she was transferred to a Reserve, was discharged from the Defence Force, or had his or her continuous full‑time service terminated, under the Defence (Parliamentary Candidates) Act; and (ii) under Part III of that Act is transferred back to, reinstated in, or accepted for further continuous full‑time service in, the force of which he or she was a member immediately before ceasing to be an eligible member of the Defence Force; or (c) a person to whom section 63 applies.