Periods Not Counted Toward Effective Full-time Service

Absences and offences

The periods that are not counted towards effective full-time service are any period in excess of 21 days during which a member was:

• on approved leave of absence
• absent without leave
• awaiting or undergoing trial for an offence which results in a conviction or
• undergoing detention or imprisonment for either a military or a civil offence.     
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  1.2.4/Relevance and Meaning of Effective Full-time Service

  1.2.4/Discharge Prior to Completion of Period of Effective Full-time Service

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Officer training

Time spent undertaking officer training schemes run by the defence forces is not counted toward effective full-time service unless the person is subsequently commissioned as an officer.