(1) A period of employment of a person by a CFM body continues to be a period of eligible employment for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IX of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 if, immediately before the body's sale day, the period was a period of eligible employment for the purposes of that Division.
(2) Subsection ( 1) applies even if employment by the body ceases to be eligible employment for the purposes of that Division on the body's sale day.