Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Chief of the Defence Force may, upon application being made in writing to him by a person whose continuous full - time service has been terminated under section 9 for his re - instatement as a member rendering continuous full - time service (being application made not later than two months after the date that is the declared date in relation to the relevant election or within such further period as the Chief of the Defence Force , in special circumstances, allows), cause the person to be accepted for further continuous full - time service in the part of the Defence Force in which he was serving immediately before his continuous full - time service was terminated, for such period as is agreed upon between the Chief of the Defence Force and the person, with the rank held by him immediately before his continuous full - time service was terminated.
(2) Except as provided by Rules 62 and 63 of the Superannuation Rules, section 80 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act and by sections 52 and 54 of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act, where a person is, under the last preceding subsection, accepted for further continuous full - time service, he shall be deemed to have been absent on leave without pay during the period commencing upon the termination of his continuous full - time service and ending on the commencement of the further continuous full - time service.
(3) Notwithstanding the last preceding subsection or anything contained in any other law of Australia, the period in respect of which a person is, under this section, deemed to have been absent on leave without pay shall be treated as a period of service in calculating the entitlement of that person to long service leave or furlough.