{"id":"F2020L00984","name":"Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 15)","slug":"defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440558,"registerId":"F2020L00984-fast-fetch-1775956144448","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 15)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n ![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nDefence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 15)\n\nI, FIONA LOUISE McSPEERIN, Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\nDated 31 July 2020\n\nF L McSPEERIN\n\nAssistant Secretary  People Policy and Employment Conditions  Defence People Group\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Salary non-reduction amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 2—Approved summer school amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 3—Transitional provision\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\nThis instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 15).\n\n2  Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences 6 August 2020.\n\n3  Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\n4  Schedules\n\nEach instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\nSchedule 1—Salary non-reduction amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n \n\n| 1 | Paragraph 3.2.50.f (Member this Division applies to) |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Omit the paragraph. |\n| 2 | Paragraph 3.2.51.d (Member this Division does not apply to), note |\n|  | Omit note. |\n| 3 | Annex 3.2.B (Salary non-reduction – members with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 or lower) |\n|  | Omit the Annex, substitute: |\n\n\n#### Annex 3.2.B: Salary non-reduction – members with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 or lower\n\n##### Part 1: Members with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1\n\n- Item Column APay Grade Column BEmployment category and conditions (if any) Column CStart date Column DEnd date\n- ARMY\n- 1. Pay Grade 4 Musician Grade 2 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 2. Pay Grade 5 Musician Grade 3 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 3. Pay Grade 5 Pipe Major 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 4. Pay Grade 6 Manager Surveillance Target Acquisition (Reserves) 27 December 2018 31 December 2020\n- 5. Pay Grade 6 Musician Grade 3 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 6. Pay Grade 7 Manager Surveillance Target Acquisition (Reserves) 27 December 2018 31 December 2020\n- 7. Pay Grade 8 Manager Surveillance Target Acquisition (Reserves) 27 December 2018 31 December 2020\n- 8. Pay Grade 8 Musician Grade 3 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- AIR FORCE\n- 9. Pay Grade 5 Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 5. The day of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer.\n- 10. Pay Grade 5 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications and Information Systems Controller employment category on pay grade 5 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster the Network Technician employment category.\n- 11. Pay Grade 6 Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 6. The day of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer.\n- 12. Pay Grade 6 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications and Information Systems Controller employment category on pay grade 6 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.\n- 13. Pay Grade 6 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 6 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.\n- 14. Pay Grade 7 Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 7. The day of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer.\n- 15. Pay Grade 7 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 7 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.\n- 16. Pay Grade 8 Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 8. The day of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer.\n- 17. Pay Grade 8 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 8 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.\n\n\n##### Part 2: Members with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2 or lower\n\n- Item Column APay grade Column BEmployment category and conditions (if any) Column CStart date Column DEnd date\n- NAVY\n- 1. Pay grade 3 Maritime Logistics Personnel Operations – Grade 2 8 March 2018 7 March 2021\n- 2. Pay grade 8 Electronic Warfare Submarines – SM Skill Grade 2 24 January 2019 23 January 2021\n- ARMY\n- 3. Pay grade 2 Operator Radar Grade 1 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 4. Pay grade 3 Musician Grade 1 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 5. Pay grade 3 Operator Radar Grade 2 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 6. Pay grade 3 Operator Radar Grade 3 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 7. Pay grade 3 Operator Radar Grade 5 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 8. Pay grade 3 Piper Drummer and Bugler Grade 1 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 9. Pay grade 4 Carpenter Grade 2 28 November 2019 27 November 2024\n- 10. Pay grade 4 Electrician Grade 2 28 November 2019 27 November 2024\n- 11. Pay grade 4 Geomatic Technician Grade 2 1 July 2018 30 June 2021\n- 12. Pay grade 4 Musician Grade 2 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 13. Pay grade 4 Operator Radar Grade 4 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 14. Pay grade 4 Operator Radar Grade 7 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 15. Pay grade 4 Piper Drummer and Bugler Grade 2 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 16. Pay grade 4 Plumber 28 November 2019 27 November 2024\n- 17. Pay grade 5 Drum Major 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 18. Pay grade 5 Geomatic Technician Grade 4 1 July 2018 30 June 2021\n- 19. Pay grade 5 Musician Grade 3 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 20. Pay grade 5 Operator Radar Grade 6 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 21. Pay grade 5 Operator Radar Grade 8 (Reserve) 1 January 2016 31 December 2020\n- 22. Pay grade 5 Pipe Major 7 March 2019 7 March 2024\n- 23. Pay grade 6 Geomatic Technician Grade 6 1 July 2018 30 June 2021\n- 24. Pay grade 6 Manager Operations Ground Based Air Defence on 16 November 2016 at the rank of Sergeant 27 December 2018 17 November 2020\n- 25. Pay grade 6 Manager Operations Offensive Grade 2 on 16 November 2016 at the rank of Sergeant 27 December 2018 17 November 2020\n- 26. Pay grade 6 Manager Surveillance Target Acquisition on 16 November 2016 at the rank of Sergeant (Permanent Forces) 27 December 2018 17 November 2020\n- 27. Pay grade 6 Manager Surveillance Target Acquisition (Reserves) 27 December 2018 31 December 2020\n- AIR FORCE\n- 28. Pay grade 2 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 2 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster the Network Technician employment category.\n- 29 Pay grade 3 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications and Information Systems Controller employment category on pay grade 3 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster the Network Technician employment category.\n- 30 Pay grade 3 Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 3 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.\n\n\n\n\n\n| 31. | Pay grade 4 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications and Information Systems Controller employment category on pay grade 4 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 32. | Pay grade 4 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 4 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| 33. | Pay grade 5 | Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 5. | The day of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. | The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. |\n| 34. | Pay grade 5 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications and Information Systems Controller employment category on pay grade 5 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| 35. | Pay grade 5 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 5 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| 36. | Pay grade 6 | Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 6. | The day of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. | The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. |\n| 37. | Pay grade 6 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications and Information Systems Controller employment category on pay grade 6 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to theNetwork Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| 38 | Pay grade 6 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 6 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| 39. | Pay grade 7 | Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 5.<br> | The day of remuster to another Airmen Aircrew mustering. | The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. |\n| 40. | Pay grade 7 | Network Technician employment category remustered from a Communications Electronic employment category on pay grade 7 between 25 June 2020 to 24 June 2025. | The day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category. | The day five years after the day of remuster to the Network Technician employment category.<br> |\n| 41. | Pay grade 8 | Airmen Aircrew mustering, other than Flight Engineer, remustered from Airmen Aircrew mustering pay grade 8. | The day of remuster to another Airmen Aircrew mustering | The day five years from the date of remuster to an Airmen Aircrew mustering other than Flight Engineer. |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSchedule 2—Approved summer school amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Annex 15.6.B (Approved summer schools), table item 9 |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Omit the table item, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| 9. | Japan | ABC International School, Tokyo<br>EtonHouse International School, Tokyo<br>International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo<br>Montessori School of Tokyo, Tokyo<br>STEAM Lab +E<br>Tokyo International School, Tokyo<br>Willowbrook International School, Tokyo |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n \n\n \n\nSchedule 3—Transitional provision\n\n \n\n| 1 | Approved summer schools |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | A member who enrolled a child who is a dependant in the ABC International School, Tokyo between 9 July 2020 and the commencement of this Determination is eligible for reimbursement under section 15.6.15 of the Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Determination, as though Schedule 1 of this Determination applied from the date of enrolment. 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Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Determination narrows and updates which roles and remustered categories receive salary non‑reduction protection (by replacing Annex 3.2.B with a revised schedule of listed pay grades, employment categories and time windows), alters the approved list of summer schools for Tokyo, and adds a transitional reimbursement rule for members who enrolled dependants at ABC International School, Tokyo within a specific window. These changes modify eligibility and temporal scope of entitlements in the parent Conditions of Service instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Amendments are table-driven: many discrete line-item changes to Annex 3.2.B require matching pay‑grade, employment category and precise start/end dates.","Temporal conditions and expiry dates for non‑reduction protections create time‑limited entitlements (start and end dates per item).","Eligibility tied to remuster events and defined remuster windows (Air Force Network Technician and Airmen Aircrew items), requiring event‑based calculations.","Cross-reference dependence on the parent Defence Determination 2016/19 (sections, annexes, and section 15.6.15) increases interpretive reliance on the original instrument.","Service‑specific categories (Navy, Army, Air Force) and rank distinctions (Warrant Officer Class 1/2, lower ranks) add branching rules for applicability.","Transitional provision creates retrospective reimbursement eligibility for a defined enrolment period, requiring administrative verification of enrolment dates.","Formatting and substitution of entire annexes increases risk of omission or inconsistency with legacy versions during implementation."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this instrument amends the Defence Conditions of Service by updating the salary non‑reduction tables for specified ranks and pay grades, revising the list of approved summer schools in Tokyo, and adding a transitional reimbursement rule for a specific enrolment window. It affects ADF members listed in the amended annexes (Warrant Officer and lower ranks, specific pay grades and remustered Air Force categories) and families claiming approved-school reimbursement. It matters because it preserves certain pay protections for specified roles and changes which Tokyo schools and enrolments are reimbursable."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment remains tightly scoped to its original purpose—updating salary protection tables and approved school lists. The additions are incremental (new remustering categories for Network Technicians, additional Tokyo schools) rather than an expansion into new policy areas. The mechanism of listing specific employment categories with date-bound protections is consistent with the parent Determination's established framework."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive tabular data with 41 separate items across Navy, Army and Air Force, each with distinct date ranges and eligibility conditions","Multiple overlapping temporal conditions (fixed dates like '7 March 2019' mixed with relative periods like 'five years from remuster')","Technical military terminology requiring knowledge of ADF rank structures (Warrant Officer Class 1 vs Class 2), musterings, and employment categories","Cross-referencing to parent instrument Defence Determination 2016/19 without reproducing those provisions","Transitional provision with retrospective effect requiring calculation of specific date windows (9 July 2020 to commencement date)"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule change protects pay for certain ADF members who remuster into technical or specialist roles (notably some Air Force technicians and aircrew, Army tradespeople and musicians, and Navy specialists), guaranteeing their previous salary for a set period (often up to five years) to avoid disincentivising needed transfers. \n\nIt also adds several Tokyo summer schools to the approved list for education assistance and allows backdated reimbursement for eligible families who enrolled at ABC International School in July 2020."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15","history":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2020-no-15/documents"}}