32Pre‑existing condition

32 Pre‑existing condition

(1) Where: (a) a member is, or is about to be, retired on the ground of invalidity within a period of 2 years after becoming a member; and (b) CSC or the Committee is satisfied that: (i) the invalidity was caused, or was substantially contributed to, by a physical or mental condition that existed at the time when he or she became a member; and (ii) the condition was not materially aggravated by his or her service after becoming a member; the person is not entitled to invalidity benefits under this Division. (2) Where: (a) a person who has retired again becomes a member after a break in the continuity of his or her service; and (b) he or she is not a person who again became a member pursuant to the Parliamentary Candidates Act; and (c) he or she is subsequently retired on the ground of invalidity; the person is, for the purposes of subrule (1), treated as if he or she had first become a member at the time when he or she again became a member.