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(1) A period of service by a national system employee with his or her national system employer is a period during which the employee is employed by the employer, but does not include any period (an excluded period ) that does not count as service because of subsection (2). (2) The following periods do not count as service: (a) any period of unauthorised absence; (b) any period of unpaid leave or unpaid authorised absence, other than: (i) a period of absence under Division 8 of Part 2-2 (which deals with community service leave); or (ii) a period of stand down under Part 3-5, under an enterprise agreement that applies to the employee, or under the employee's contract of employment; or (iii) a period of leave or absence of a kind prescribed by the regulations. (3) An excluded period does not break a national system employee's continuous service with his or her national system employer, but does not count towards the length of the employee's continuous service.