Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MILITARY SUPERANNUATION AND BENEFITS ACT 1991 - SECT 7

Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits scheme

  (1)   A person is not a member of the Scheme if the person is an eligible member of the Defence Force for the purposes of the DFRDB Act.

Those commencing on or after 1   July 2016

  (2)   A person is not a member of the Scheme if:

  (a)   the person does not have a preserved benefit that includes an amount of employer benefit; and

  (b)   on or after 1   July 2016:

  (i)   the person becomes a member of the Permanent Forces; or

  (ii)   the person, as a member of the Reserves, begins to render continuous full - time service.

Those choosing Australian Defence Force Superannuation

  (3)   A person is not a member of the Scheme if the person has chosen to become an ADF Super member under section   12 of the Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015 (whether or not the person is still an ADF Super member).