Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who, on or after 1 July 1990, becomes a permanent employee because he or she is employed in a permanent capacity by an approved authority declared by the Minister to be an exempt authority for the purposes of this subsection is excluded from the definition of eligible employee in subsection 3(1).
(2) If, on or after 1 July 1990, a person (other than a person to whom subsection (1) applies) becomes a permanent employee, that person is excluded from the definition of eligible employee in subsection 3(1) unless:
(c) immediately before the person becomes so employed or is so appointed:
(i) the person was an eligible employee; or
(ii) invalidity pension was, or would, but for a suspension of payment, have been, payable to him or her under this Act; or
(iii) deferred benefits were applicable to him or her under this Act or the superseded Act; or
(iv) a pension of a kind mentioned in section 64A or 65 of the superseded Act as in force immediately before the repeal of that section was, or but for a suspension of payment would have been, payable to him or her; or
(d) the person becomes, by virtue of his or her employment or appointment, a re - employed former contributor with preserved rights.