(1) This section applies in relation to an ASTA body if, immediately before the body's sale day, a particular period of employment of a person by the body was a period of eligible employment for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IX of the Superannuation Act 1976 .
(2) If employment by the body ceases to be eligible employment for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IX of the Superannuation Act 1976 on the body's sale day, then, despite that cessation, the period of employment continues to be a period of eligible employment for the purposes of that Division.