62Re‑instated member

62 Re‑instated member

(1) Where a person who resigned to contest an election: (a) again becomes a member; and (b) is a person referred to in a relevant provision of the Parliamentary Candidates Act; and (c) repays to CSC, before the expiration of 60 days after the day on which he or she again became a member, the amount of any benefit paid to him or her under these Rules upon him or her resigning to contest the election; the person is taken for the purposes of these Rules: (d) to have been a member; and (e) despite the operation of the relevant provision, not to have been absent on leave without pay; during the relevant period. (2) Where subrule (1) applies to a person: (a) any benefit that became payable to him or her under these Rules upon him or her ceasing to be a member is taken not to have been payable; and (b) the fortnightly contributions that the person is required to make in respect of the relevant period are in accordance with the election by him or her that was in force immediately before the beginning of that period.