47Service credits—working out accrued subsidy periods

#### 47 Service credits—working out accrued subsidy periods (1) A person’s accrued subsidy period, at a particular time, is the period that applies to the person in accordance with the following table. ```html <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:343.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Accrued subsidy period</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">If the person is eligible at the time …</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">the person’s accrued subsidy period at the time is …</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">up to a maximum period of …</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>As a serving member (see section</span><span> </span><span>8)</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The number of months of effective service the person has completed since becoming eligible as a serving member</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 months (20 years)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="CU_466424"></a><a id="CU_466135"></a><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>As an incapacitated member (see section</span><span> </span><span>9)</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The greater of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the number of months of effective service the person had completed when he or she stopped being a member of the Defence Force;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) 96 months (8 years)</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 months (20 years)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>As a rejoining incapacitated member (see section</span><span> </span><span>10), or a rejoining member (see section</span><span> </span><span>11)</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The period worked out by adding:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the number of months standing to the person’s service credit immediately before he or she stopped being a member of the Defence Force; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the number of months of effective service the person has completed since again becoming a member of the Defence Force</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 months (20 years)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="CU_667367"></a><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>As a separated member (see section</span><span> </span><span>12)</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The number of months standing to the person’s service credit as at the time when the person stopped being a member of the Defence Force</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>240 months (20 years)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>In any of the capacities listed in items</span><span> </span><span>1, 2, 3 or 5, if the person has performed warlike service</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>The period worked out by adding:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) the person’s accrued subsidy period under the other item; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) the person’s additional months of subsidy under section</span><span> </span><span>48</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>300 months (25 years)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>As an old scheme member (see section</span><span> </span><span>13)</span></p></td><td style="width:133.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The number of months in the person’s entitlement period under section</span><span> </span><span>23 or 24 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 </span><span>as at 30</span><span> </span><span>June 2008</span></p><p class="notemargin"><span>Note:</span><span style="width:15.45pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>This entitlement period has an inbuilt maximum period.</span></p></td><td style="width:57.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> ``` > Note: Section 7 deals with when someone is eligible. A person may be eligible in different capacities at different times (see sections 8 to 13). A person’s eligibility as recorded on his or her subsidy certificate may not reflect the person’s current eligibility. Effective service covered (2) This section covers effective service in the Defence Force whether that service takes place before, on or after the commencing day, unless the context otherwise requires.