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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
45TPContinuity of accruing membership is not broken by a period of non‑accruing membership
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#### 45TP Continuity of accruing membership is not broken by a period of non‑accruing membership
If:
(a) a person has been an accruing member of the pension bonus scheme for a continuous period (the first accruing membership period) (including a period that is applicable because of one or more applications of this section); and
(b) the first accruing membership period is followed by a continuous period of non‑accruing membership of the scheme; and
(c) the period of non‑accruing membership is followed by a further continuous period of accruing membership of the scheme (the second accruing membership period);
the first accruing membership period and the second accruing membership period are together taken to constitute a continuous period of accruing membership of the scheme.