Section 45TP — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Continuity of accruing membership is not broken by a period of non-accruing membership

If: (a) a person has been an accruing member of the pension bonus scheme for a continuous period (the first accruing membership period) (including a period that is applicable because of one or more applications of this section); and (b) the first accruing membership period is followed by a continuous period of non-accruing membership of the scheme; and (c) the period of non-accruing membership is followed by a further continuous period of accruing membership of the scheme (the second accruing membership period); the first accruing membership period and the second accruing membership period are together taken to constitute a continuous period of accruing membership of the scheme.