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Service Eligibility Assistant Document

Continuous Full-time Service is defined within Section 5C(1) of the VEA. This is repeated below:

(a)in relation to a member of the Defence Force:

(i)service in the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth of the kind known as continuous full-time naval service; or

(ii)service in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of the kind known as continuous full-time military service; or

(iii)service in the Air Force of the Commonwealth of the kind known as continuous full-time air force service; or

(b)in relation to a member of the naval, military or air forces of a Commonwealth country or an allied country—service in those forces of a kind similar to a kind of service referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii).