11Period of effective service for members of the Reserves

11 Period of effective service for members of the Reserves

Service only in the Reserves (1) For the purposes of calculating the person’s qualifying service period, accrued subsidy period and loan limit, the person has 1 year of effective service for each service year (other than a transfer year) in which the person performs 20 or more days of Reserve service.

Note 1: For working out the number of days of Reserve service performed, see section 12.

Note 2: A day of Reserve service includes service on a continuous full‑time basis (see section 12).

Note 3: For the meanings of service year and transfer year, see section 5. The person’s period of effective service for a transfer year is worked out under Division 5 of this Part.

(2) If: (a) the person performs a period or periods of effective service as a member of the Reserves on a continuous full‑time basis in a service year, or in 2 consecutive service years; and (b) the service year, or service years, are not transfer years; and (c) the period, or the sum of the periods, is greater than 6 months but less than 1 year; then, for the purposes of calculating the person’s qualifying service period, the person has 2 years of effective service for that service year or those service years. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a service year for the purposes of calculating the person’s qualifying service period if subsection (2) applies in relation to the person for the service year. Service also in the Permanent Forces (4) If the person has also performed service as a member of the Permanent Forces, the person’s period of effective service also includes the following periods: (a) assuming that section 9 applied to the person but that the person had only performed service as a member of the Permanent Forces: (i) for the purposes of calculating the person’s qualifying service period—a period equal to twice the length of the period of effective service that would have applied under subsection 9(1); and (ii) for the purposes of calculating the person’s accrued subsidy period and loan limit—the period of effective service that would have applied under subsection 9(1); (b) for each of those purposes—the period worked out under Division 5 (effective service for transfer years) for each transfer year for the person.

Note: In certain circumstances, the person’s period of effective service under this Division may be:

(a) increased under Division 6 (foreign service members: qualifying service period) or Division 7 (recognising service as effective service in exceptional circumstances) of this Part; or
(b) decreased under Division 8 (ineffective service) of this Part.