Determination under the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement 2012 – 2014
No. 17 of 2015, Education assistance – amendment
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Authority
I, JOHN WILLIAM GEERING, acting in accordance with the delegation of powers to me
section I3 of the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement 2012-2014 (DECA) by the
Secretary to the Department of Defence, hereby determine under the sections of the DECA
listed below that these conditions of service for employees are to be adjusted.
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Education assistance (paragraph H2.7).
Working overseas (paragraph H10.2).
Amendment
The conditions of service amended by this determination are published in the Defence Pay
and Conditions Manual Overseas Conditions of Service volume.
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Definitions
For the purpose of applying the conditions in the Defence Pay and Conditions Manual
Overseas Conditions of Service volume, the terms in the following table that apply to ADF
members are to be taken to include the corresponding terms in the table that apply to APS
employees, except where there is an express contrary intention (such as supporting a
specified ADF operation):
ADF term
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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member
Brigadier or higher
Chief of the Defence Force (CDF)
additional duty
recreation leave
rank
ADF
Corresponding APS term
employee
Senior Executive Service (SES) employee
Secretary
overtime
annual leave
classification
APS
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Relocation assistance
I determine under paragraph H2.7 of DECA that the annual rates of reimbursement and
contribution for the education assistance element (tuition and boarding costs) of relocation
assistance are set out in the following table.
Item
The annual maximum reimbursement is...
Compulsory tuition fees
1. The cost of compulsory tuition fees to a maximum of
$25,265
Accommodation
2. If in boarding school or a commercial establishment, the
cost of board to maximum of $23,211
3. If accommodated privately, the cost of board to a maximum
of $15,290
Example: A lodger boarding in a private home.
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less an annual
employee contribution
of...
$331.
$2,938.
($2,516 if the first year of
boarding)
Determination
I determine that the conditions of employment relating to overseas education assistance are
to be varied in accordance with clauses 12 and 13 of Defence Determination 2015/17,
Education assistance – amendment, as published in the Defence Pay and Conditions
Manual Overseas Conditions of Service volume.
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Commencement
DECA Determination No. 17 of 2015 is effective from 10 September 2015.
Dated 3 August 2015
J W GEERING
Director General People Policy and Employment Conditions
Defence People Group
Determination under the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement 2012 – 2014, No. 17 of 2015, Education
assistance – amendment