Defence Services Pension Part V Regulations (SOR/55-416)

17 (1) A contributor who had officer status under Parts I to IV at the date of his election to become a contributor under Part V and who pursuant to subparagraph (v) of paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 45 of the Act had service which may be counted as service under any other Part of the Act shall at the date of retirement have fulfilled the conditions required under paragraph (e) of section 7 or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of section 36 or subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (d) of section 40 of the Act as applicable, in order that such service may be counted as half-time.

(2) A contributor who elects to count service as described in subsection (1) shall contribute for such service on the basis that it may count as half-time rather than one-quarter time in anticipation of his fulfillment of the conditions described in subsection (1).

(3) In the event that at date of retirement a contributor has not fulfilled the conditions of subsection (1), he shall be entitled to a refund of contributions equal to the difference between the amount he contributed and the amount he should have contributed were such service to count as one-quarter time.

(4) This section applies to every contributor who at any time elected to become a contributor under Part V on or before the thirty-first day of December, 1950, notwithstanding that his election may have been made prior to the coming into force of this section.