Defence Legislation Amendment (Superannuation and ADF Cover) Act 2015 (120 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Main amendments

Part 1   Amendments

Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

13   After section 5A

Insert:

5B Continuous full-time Reservists whose engagements span 30 June 2016

(1) This section applies if:

(a) a person is an eligible member of the Defence Force; and

(b) the person commences as a continuous full-time Reservist as a result of an engagement that is made before 1 July 2016; and

(c) the period of the engagement is extended on or after that day.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the person is taken:

(a) to have retired, but not at his or her own request, on the day before the day (the extension day ) the period of the engagement is extended; and

(b) to have commenced as a continuous full-time Reservist on the extension day.

Note: The effect of this section is that this Act applies in relation to service before the extension day, while the Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015 applies in relation to service on and after the extension day.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, disregard as a period of effective service the service rendered on or after the extension day of any member who is taken to have retired under this section.