Defence Determination 2010/5
I, BRIAN GARY PAULE, Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions, make this
Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Dated 3 February 2010
B G PAULE
Director General
Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions
People Strategies and Policy Group
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1
Citation
This Determination is Defence Determination 2010/5, Recreation leave and disturbance
allowance – amendment.
2
Commencement
This Determination commences on the day it is signed.
3
Amendment
Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service, as amended,1 is amended as set
out in this Determination.
4
Subclause 5.2.26.1 (Grant of recreation leave)
omit
basic
5
Subclause 6.1.15.2 (Amount of allowance), table item 1A
omit
2
6
Subclause 6.1.15.2 (Amount of allowance), table item 2
substitute
2.
Member without dependants or member with dependants
(unaccompanied)
Removal to a new location:
from living out to living out
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
a. from living out to living in, or 1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
b. from living in to living out
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
from living in to living in
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or 6th removal
7th or subsequent removal
Removal within the same location:
from living in to living in, between
[left blank]
different establishments, units or
bases
[left blank]
a. from living out to living in, or
b. from living in to living out
from living out to living out
[left blank]
Removal from overseas
1st or 2nd removal
3rd or 4th removal
5th or subsequent removal
Removal from storage to living-in
accommodation, after deployment of
more than 6 months.
Removal from storage to living-out
accommodation, after deployment of
more than 6 months.
504
672
840
1,008
252
336
420
504
126
168
210
252
126
126
252
101
202
302
[left blank]
126
[left blank]
252
NOTE
1.
Defence Determination 2005/15, as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note
to Defence Determinations 2010/1, 2, 3 and 4.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Defence Determination 2010/5
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 5 of the Principal
Determination sets out provisions dealing with leave, and Chapter 6 sets out provisions dealing with
relocations on posting in Australia for members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
The purpose of this Determination is to make the following changes.

Amend the provision for recreation leave.

Provide disturbance allowance rates for members with dependents (unaccompanied).
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 day it is made, as
provided by subsection 58B(4) of the Act.
Clause 3 specifies that the amendment is made to the Principal Determination, as amended.
Clause 4 amends subclause 5.2.26.1 of the Principal Determination to remove the word 'basic' in relation
to recreation leave. The word 'basic' relates to a specific sub-type of recreation leave and limits the
application of the provision to that form of leave. The amendment allows the clause to apply to all types of
recreation leave.
Clauses 5 and 6 amend the table in subclause 6.1.15.2 of the Principal Determination. Clause 5 removes
item 1A of the table which provides the rates of disturbance allowance for a member with dependents
(unaccompanied). Clause 6 amends item 2 of the table to include members with dependants
(unaccompanied) to enable them to receive the disturbance allowance rates available to members
without dependents. These changes provide the disturbance allowance rates to members with
dependents (unaccompanied) when they have a removal on posting.
Criteria are provided for the exercise of discretions under the Principal Determination, as amended by this
Determination. Adverse decisions are subject to merits review under the ADF redress of grievance
system, including an appeal to the Defence Force Ombudsman.
Authority: Section 58B of the
Defence Act 1903