16Increasing period of effective service for foreign service members—qualifying service period

16 Increasing period of effective service for foreign service members—qualifying service period

(1) For the purposes of calculating the qualifying service period of a person who is a foreign service member, the person’s period of effective service is increased under subsection (2) if the person became a member of the Defence Force within 5 years after the person stopped being a member of the armed forces of the relevant foreign country. (2) The person’s period of effective service is increased by a period equal to the length of the number of years of seniority specified in the person’s appointment or enlistment, as determined by the Chief of the Defence Force.