{"id":"F2025L00839","name":"Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 11) 2025","slug":"defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442892,"registerId":"F2025L00839-fast-fetch-1775957810860","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 (No. 11) 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n\n ![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nDefence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 11) 2025\n\nI, BRIGADIER KIRK LLOYD, Director General, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\nDated 9 July 2025\n\nBRIG Kirk Lloyd\n\nDirector General  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—Premature birth leave amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 2—Miscellaneous amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 3—Transitional provisions\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\nThis instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 11) 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. Sections 1 to 4 The day the instrument is registered.\n- 2. Schedule 1 Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 of Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 10) 2025.\n- 3. Schedules 2 and 3 17 July 2025\n\n\nNote:  This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n \n\n2. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\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\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Premature birth leave amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Paragraph 1.2.8.1.b |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Omit “11 September”, substitute “10 September”. |\n| 2 | Paragraph 5.6.21.1.c (note) |\n|  | Omit “paragraph 5.6A.5.2.a”, substitute “section 5.6A.5”. |\n| 3 | Paragraph 5.6A.6.b |\n|  | Omit “subsection 5.6A.11.3”, substitute “subsection 5.6A.12.1”. |\n\n\n \n\nSchedule 2—Miscellaneous amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Section 7.4.29 |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Omit $295.33”, substitute “$315.12”. |\n| 2 | Section 15.6.6D (definition of yearly benefit) |\n|  | Omit “AUD $11,496.00”, substitute “AUD 12,353”. |\n| 3 | Section 15.6.6D (definition of yearly benefit) |\n|  | Omit “AUD $17,293.00”, substitute “AUD 18,177”. |\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 3—Transitional provisions\n\n###### 1  Definition\n\n|  | In this Schedule, the following apply. |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Defence Determination means Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service, as in force from time to time. |\n\n\n###### 2  Early childhood education assistance – transitional\n\n| 1. | This clause applies to a member who makes a claim for early childhood education incurred between 3 July 2025 and the commencement of Schedule 2 of this Determination. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The yearly benefit, as defined in section 15.6.6D, is calculated as though the amendments made by items 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 of this Determination were in force at the time. |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: updating Defence Force conditions of service. The amendments are routine administrative updates (rate increases and technical corrections) that do not expand the scheme's coverage or introduce new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (3 schedules, 8 amendment items total)","Simple amendment structure (omit/substitute)","Only 1 defined term in Schedule 3","No nested conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward transitional provision (single clause with simple date range)","Cross-references are simple section/paragraph citations, not complex chains"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a minor administrative update to ADF pay and conditions: it corrects a drafting date and cross-references for premature birth leave, raises district allowance and early childhood education assistance rates (including higher caps for remote-serving members), and ensures claims made 3–17 July 2025 receive the new higher childcare rates. It affects ADF members—especially those in remote postings or with young children—and updates entitlements to reflect cost pressures and fix drafting errors."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument makes targeted textual corrections and increases certain monetary thresholds within the existing Defence Conditions of Service; it does not expand or narrow the categories of entitlement. One procedural change applies the new yearly‑benefit figures retroactively to early childhood education claims between 3 July 2025 and the later commencement date, affecting how those claims are calculated but not the underlying eligibility criteria (see Schedule 2 items 2–3 and Schedule 3 clause 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Commencement sequencing depends on another instrument (Commencement table: Schedule 1 starts immediately after commencement of Schedule 2 of Defence Determination Amendment (No.10) 2025; Schedules 2 and 3 commence 17 July 2025) — creates administrative timing dependency.","Technical textual corrections in Schedule 1 (substitutions of a date and cross‑reference replacements: paragraph 1.2.8.1.b; paragraph 5.6.21.1.c note; paragraph 5.6A.6.b) require careful updating of internal references.","Monetary updates in Schedule 2 (Section 7.4.29: $295.33 → $315.12; Section 15.6.6D definition of yearly benefit: AUD $11,496.00 → AUD 12,353 and AUD $17,293.00 → AUD 18,177) affect benefit calculations and payroll/claims systems.","Transitional retroactivity in Schedule 3 clause 2 directs that early childhood education claims incurred 3 July 2025 up to the later commencement be calculated as if the new yearly‑benefit figures (Schedule 2 items 2–3, section 15.6.6D) were already in force — imposes retrospective calculation and potential reprocessing.","Small scale: amendments are limited in number and targeted to existing clauses rather than introducing new entitlement categories or broad policy changes.","Administrative impact: requires Defence People Group to update guidance, IT claim calculators and training to ensure consistent application across affected periods (implicit compliance burden)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination makes technical corrections, lifts a few monetary rates, and adjusts internal references in the Defence Conditions of Service. It affects ADF members who claim specific payments or leave entitlements (including premature-birth-related provisions and early‑childhood education benefits) and the Defence administrators who calculate and pay those amounts.\n\nMechanically, it changes dates and cross‑references, increases three monetary figures used in benefit and reimbursement calculations, and requires one category of early‑childhood education claims (between 3 July 2025 and a later commencement) to be calculated using the new yearly‑benefit figures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025","history":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-no-11-2025/documents"}}