18Ineffective service

18 Ineffective service

Calculating qualifying service period (1) For the purposes of calculating a person’s qualifying service period, if the person is absent without pay (whether or not the absence is authorised) for 12 or more consecutive months, the following periods are ineffective service: (a) the period of absence without pay; (b) any service as a member of the Permanent Forces or the Reserves before the period of absence without pay. Calculating accrued subsidy period and loan limit (2) For the purposes of calculating a person’s accrued subsidy period and loan limit, a period in which the person is absent without pay (whether or not the absence is authorised) is ineffective service if the absence is after the person becomes eligible under the Act.