Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 34

Resignation

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an AFP employee resigns from the Australian Federal Police in accordance with section   30; and

  (b)   the resignation takes effect on or after the day on which he or she reaches 55 but before he or she reaches 60;

he or she is taken, for the purposes of the Superannuation Act, to have retired voluntarily.

Termination of employment

  (2)   If:

  (a)   an AFP employee's employment is terminated under section   28; and

  (b)   the termination takes effect on or after the day on which he or she reaches 55 but before he or she reaches 60;

he or she is taken, for the purposes of the Superannuation Act, to have retired voluntarily.

Period of employment ends

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a person is engaged as an AFP employee under section   24 for a period; and

  (b)   the person completes that period of engagement (the initial period ); and

  (c)   the person is not re - engaged under that section for a further period starting immediately after the end of the initial period; and

  (d)   the initial period ends on or after the day on which he or she reaches 55 but before he or she reaches 60;

he or she is taken, for the purposes of the Superannuation Act, to have retired voluntarily.