Defence Determination 2006/13
I, TERENCE JOHN MCCULLAGH, Acting Director General Personnel Policy and Employment
Conditions, Defence Personnel Executive, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence
Act 1903.
Dated 29 March 2006
T J MCCULLAGH
Acting Director General
Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions
Defence Personnel Executive
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1
Citation
This Determination is Defence Determination 2006/13, Disturbance allowance amendment.
2
Commencement
This Determination commences on date of signature.
3
Amendment
Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service, as amended,1 is amended as set
out in this Determination.
4
Clause 6.1.15 (Amount of allowance)
substitute
1.
In this clause, temporary accommodation includes commercial or living-in accommodation
that the member occupies for less than six weeks.
2.
This table shows how much disturbance allowance a member is entitled to. The amount
depends on their circumstances and how many times they have been removed.
Item
1.
Circumstances of member
Member with dependants
Removal to a new location
Removal within the same location
Removal from overseas
2.
Member without dependants
Removal to a new location:
from living out to living out
a.
b.
from living out to living in, or
from living in to living out
from living in to living in
Number of the current removal
(defined at Clause 6.1.16)
Amount
$
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
–
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or subsequent removal
906
1,208
1,510
1,812
453
181
362
544
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
453
604
755
906
227
302
378
453
113
151
188
227
Removal within the same location:
from living in to living in, between
different establishments, units or
bases
a. from living out to living in, or
b. from living in to living out
from living out to living out
Removal from overseas
3.
–
113
–
113
–
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or subsequent removal
227
91
181
272
A removal to or from living out is taken to be a single removal under subclause 2, regardless
of whether temporary accommodation is used during the removal.
Example: A member without dependants living out is posted from Sydney to Brisbane. The
member occupies temporary living in accommodation for a period less than six weeks while
they secure live out accommodation in the new posting location. The member is entitled to
be paid at the relevant living out to living out rate in the table in subclause 2.
5
Subclause 6.1.17.1 (Removal with dependants following later)
omit
clause 6.1.15.
insert
subclause 6.1.15.2.
6
Clause 6.1.18 (Removal on enlistment)
omit
clause 6.1.15.
insert
subclause 6.1.15.2.
NOTE
1.
Defence Determination 2005/15, as amended to date. For previous amendments see
Defence Determinations 2006/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Certain provisions of
the Determination have been modified by Determination No. 5 of 2005 and No. 1 of 2006,
made under section 58H of the Defence Act 1903.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Defence Determination 2006/13
This Determination amends Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service (the
Principal Determination), made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903 (the Act).
Chapter 6 of the Principal Determination sets out provisions dealing with relocations on
posting in Australia for members of the Australian Defence Force.
The purpose of this Determination is to clarify what a member is entitled to be paid for
disturbance allowance if commercial or living-in accommodation is used during relocation.
Clause 1 of this Determination sets out the manner in which this Determination may be cited.
Clause 2 of this Determination provides that the Determination commences on the date of
signature.
Clause 3 specifies that the amendment is made to the Principal Determination, as amended.
Clause 4 amends clause 6.1.15 of the Principal Determination. The use of temporary
accommodation during relocation has been further explained to ensure a member can access
the full entitlement of disturbance allowance for a removal from one home to another, even if
they spend time in living-in accommodation while they wait for the new home to become
available. The changes also make clear that there is no doubling of the entitlement when a
removal involves a period spent in temporary accommodation. Disturbance allowance rates
have not been changed.
Clauses 5 and 6 amend the cross references to disturbance allowance to reflect the
restructure of clause 6.1.15.
Authority: Section 58B of the
Defence Act 1903