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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2025

I, SARAH KATE MCGREGOR, Acting Director General, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 8 April 2025

Sarah McGregor

Acting Director General People Policy and Employment Conditions Defence People Group

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Housing amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 2—Post index location, benchmark schools and hardship location amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 3—Miscellaneous (directly conferred powers) amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 4—Miscellaneous amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 5—Transitional provisions

1 Name

This instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2025.

2 Commencement

1. 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.

Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4. The day the instrument is registered.
1. Schedule 1 to 5. 10 April 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

2. 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.

3 Authority

1	Subsection 7.6.23.3 (table item 1, column titled Appointment residence)
	Omit “Ashgrove”, substitute “Enoggera”.
2	Subsection 7.6.23.3 (table item 2)
	Repeal the table item, substitute:

3	Paragraph 7.8.46.1.c
	Repeal the paragraph.

1	Annex 12.3.B (after table item 33)
	Insert:

2	Annex 12.3.B (after table item 50)
	Insert:

3	Annex 15.6.A (after table item 27)
	Insert:

4	Annex 16.B (after table item 10)
	Insert:

5	Annex 16.B (after table item 48)
	Insert:

6	Annex 16.B (after table item 49B)
	Insert:

7	Annex 16.B (after table item 50)
	Insert:

8	Annex 16.B (after table item 57)
	Insert:

Item	Provision	Omit	Substitute
1.	Section 6.1A.2 (definition Essential household item	all the following	all of the following
2.	Section 6.1A.2 (definition Family court	the following	any of the following
3.	Section 6.1.4	if they are in either of the following situations	if one of the following applies
4.	Paragraph 6.1.4.a	both the following conditions	all of the following
5.	Paragraph 6.1.4.b	all the following conditions	all of the following
6.	Section 6.1.10	both the following	all of the following
7.	Subsection 6.1.13.1	either of these conditions	any of the following
8.	Paragraph 6.1.13.1.b	where either of these conditions	where any of the following
9.	Subsection 6.1.15.2	if the following conditions	if all of the following
10.	Subsection 6.1.17.1	all these criteria are	all of the following are
11.	Section 6.1.18	either
12.	Subsection 6.1.27.1	the following criteria	all of the following
13.	Subsection 6.1.27.3	the following	all of the following
14.	Section 6.5.6	the following apply	one of the following applies
15.	Subsection 6.5.12.2	either	any
16.	Subsection 6.5.12A.2	Both of these conditions	All of the following
17.	Subsection 6.5.12A.3	of these two amounts	of the following
18.	Subsection 6.5.13.1	all of these criteria	all of the following
19.	Subsection 6.5.13.2	either	any
20.	Subsection 6.5.13.3	both of these criteria	all of the following
21.	Subsection 6.5.14.4	both	all
22.	Subsection 6.5.15.1	either of these reasons	any of the following
23.	Subsection 6.5.15.2	either of these	any of the following
24.	Subsection 6.5.16.3	the following	any of the following
25.	Subsection 6.5.19A.3	to the following	to all of the following
26.	Subsection 6.5.19A.4	both of the following locations	all of the following
27.	Subsection 6.5.28.2	either of the following conditions	any of the following
28.	Paragraph 6.5.28.2.b	both the following	all of the following
29.	Paragraph 6.5.52.1.b (table item 3, column titled then the member is eligible for the storage of…)	both	all
30.	Paragraph 6.5.52.1.b (table item 5, column titled then the member is eligible for the storage of…))	both the following	all of the following
31.	Subsection 6.5.52.3	the following	all of the following
32.	Section 6.5.58	in either of these circumstances	if any of the following apply
33.	Subsection 6.5.59.1	these dates	the following dates
34.	Subsection 6.5.60.1	both of these criteria	all of the following
35.	Subsection 6.5.60.3	these two dates	the following dates
36.	Subsection 6.5.62.3	both of these criteria	all of the following
37.	Subsection 6.5.62.6	both of these criteria	all of the following
38.	Section 6.5.63	either (wherever occurring)	any
39.	Subsection 6.5.66.1	either of these circumstances applies to them	any of the following apply
40.	Subsection 6.5.68.2	both of the following conditions	all of the following
41.	Paragraph 6.5.86.3.c	the following	all of the following
42.	Subsection 6.5A.3.1	the following	all of the following
43.	Section 6.5A.6	either
44.	Subsection 6.5A.14.1	the following	all of the following
45.	Subsection 6.5A.17.1	the following	all of the following
46.	Subsection 6.5A.20.1	the following	all of the following
47.	Subsection 6.6.3.3	either of these	any of the following
48.	Section 7.1.14 (definition of rent)	both the following	all of the following
49.	Paragraph 7.1.23.3.b	the following	any of the following
50.	Subsection 7.2.11.4	the following factors	all of the following
51.	Paragraph 7.2.12.1.f	Both	All
52.	Subsection 7.2.15.3	all the following	all of the following
53.	Subsection 7.3.15.2	the following	any of the following
54.	Subsection 7.3.23.3	the following	all of the following
55.	Subsection 7.3.27.2	both	all
56.	Subsection 7.3.31.5 (definition of Professional fees and disbursements)	both	all
57.	Paragraph 7.4.8.1.e	either
58.	Paragraph 7.4.9.2.a	either	any
59.	Section 7.4.10.1	all the following conditions	all of the following
60.	Subsection 7.4.13.2	either	any
61.	Subsection 7.4.13.3	the following	all of the following
62.	Subsection 7.4.13.5	The following	All of the following
63.	Subsection 7.4.14.2	the following	any of the following
64.	Paragraph 7.4.27A.3	the following periods	one of the following periods
65.	Paragraph 7.4.27A.3.b	either	one
66.	Subsection 7.4.27A.4	either	one
67.	Subsection 7.4.27B.2	of the following conditions	of the following
68.	Paragraph 7.4.27B.2.b	either	one
69.	Subsection 7.4.27B.4	either	one
70.	Subsection 7.4.27C.1	both of the following criteria	all of the following
71.	Subsection 7.4.27C.1.a	either of the following sections	one of the following
72.	Subsection 7.4.30.2 (table item 2, column B)	Both	All
73.	Subsection 7.4.30.2 (table item 5, column B)	Both	All
74.	Subsection 7.4.31.2	The following	All of the following
75.	Section 7.4.33 (table items 1 and 2)	either or both	any
76.	Subsection 7.4.36.2	both these conditions	all of the following
77.	Subsection 7.4.42.3	The following	Any of the following
78.	Subsection 7.4.47.2	This table shows the following	The table below provides all of the following
79.	Paragraph 7.4.48.1.b	the following	all of the following
80.	Section 7.4.A.2	the following things	all of the following
81.	Subsection 7.4.A.6.4	either of the following actions	any of the following
82.	Subsection 7.4.A.8.2	the following specific conditions	all of the following
83.	Subsection 7.4.A.16.2	the following	any of the following
84.	Subsection 7.4.A.16.4	the following	all of the following
85.	Subsection 7.4.A.18.3	The following arrangements	All of the following
86.	Subsection 7.4.A.25.1	the following	all of the following
87.	Section 7.5.7	both of the following conditions	all of the following
88.	Subsection 7.5.19.1	both these conditions	all of the following
89.	Subsection 7.5.22.2	the following	all of the following
90.	Subsection 7.5.22.2A	the following	any of the following
91.	Subsection 7.5.22.3	both the following criteria	all of the following
92.	Subsection 7.5.23.2	all these criteria	all of the following
93.	Subsection 7.5.24.2	either	one
94.	Subsection 7.5.24.3	either	one
95.	Section 7.6.3 (definition of Surplus Service residence)	both the following	all of the following
96.	Subsection 7.6.4.1	all these conditions	all of the following
97.	Paragraph 7.6.4.1.a	either of these	one of the following
98.	Subsection 7.6.6.2	these criteria	all of the following
99.	Subsection 7.6.27.1	either	any
100.	Subsection 7.6.27.3	either	any
101.	Subsection 7.6.33.4	either
102.	Subsection 7.6.33.5	the following	all of the following
103.	Subsection 7.6.33.6	all the following	all of the following
104.	Subsection 7.6.34.2	any of these reasons	any of the following
105.	Paragraph 7.6.34.2.c	all the following	all of the following
106.	Subsection 7.6.37.4	residence. This rent is set in either of these ways	residence, as set by one of the following
107.	Subsection 7.6.38.1	all the following conditions	all of the following
108.	Subsection 7.6.39.1	both the following conditions	all of the following
109.	Section 7.6.40	the following	any of the following
110.	Subsection 7.6.41.1 (table item 5, column A)	both	all
111.	Subsection 7.6.41.1 (table item 6, column C)	Both	All
112.	Subsection 7.6.41.2	both	all
113.	Section 7.6.42 (table item 1, column B)	either or both of the following events	any of the following.
114.	Section 7.6.42 (table item 2, column B)	either or both of the following events	any of the following
115.	Subsection 7.6.48.1	both of these conditions	all of the following
116.	Subsection 7.6.48.4	both the following arrangements	all of the following
117.	Subsection 7.6.50.2	the following	any of the following
118.	Paragraph 7.6.55A.1.b	Either	Any
119.	Paragraph 7.6.55A.3.b	are either	is one
120.	Subsection 7.6.55A.5	either	one
121.	Paragraph 7.6.55B.2.b	are either	is one
122.	Subsection 7.6.55B.4	the following	one of the following
123.	Subsection 7.6.55C.1	both of the following criteria	all of the following
124.	Paragraph 7.6.55C.1.a	either of the following sections	one of the following
125.	Subsection 7.6.58.1	who does both the following	if all of the following apply
126.	Paragraph 7.6.63.2.b	the following criteria	all of the following
127.	Section 7.7.4	both these conditions	all of the following
128.	Subsection 7.7.5.2	either	any
129.	Subsection 7.7.13.1 (table item 3, column B)	in either of the following references	under one of the following
130.	Section 7.7.13.1A.	the following criteria	all of the following
131.	Paragraph 7.7.14.2.b (table item 3, column B)	either	one
132.	Paragraph 7.7.14.2.b (table item 4, column B)	either	one
133.	Paragraph 7.7.14A.3.b	are either	is one
134.	Subsection 7.7.14A.4	either	one
135.	Subsection 7.7.14B.2	the following conditions	the following
136.	Paragraph 7.7.14B.2.b	either	one
137.	Subsection 7.7.14B.4	either	one
138.	Subsection 7.7.14C.1	both of the following criteria	all of the following
139.	Paragraph 7.7.14C.1.a	either of the following sections	one of the following
140.	Subsection 7.7.16.4	either
141.	Subsection 7.7.22.3	either	one
142.	Subsection 7.8.5B.2	The following	All of the following
143.	Subsection 7.8.6.4	for either of these reasons	if any of the following apply
144.	Paragraph 7.8.11A.c	both	all
145.	Section 7.8.18 (table item 1, column B)	either or both of the following events	any of the following
146.	Section 7.8.18 (table item 2, column B)	either or both of the following events	any of the following
147.	Paragraph 7.8.18A.3.b	are either	is one
148.	Subsection 7.8.18A.4	either	one
149.	Paragraph 7.8.18B.2.b	are either	is one
150.	Subsection 7.8.18B.4	either	one
151.	Subsection 7.8.18C.1	both of the following criteria	all of the following
152.	Paragraph 7.8.18C.1.a	either of the following sections	one of the following
153.	Subsection 7.8.20.1	both these conditions	all of the following
154.	Subsection 7.8.22.2	either	any
155.	Subsection 7.8.23.1	either	any
156.	Subsection 7.8.26.1	both of these conditions	all of the following
157.	Subsection 7.8.27.4	either
158.	Subsection 7.8.35A.1	both the following conditions	all of the following
159.	Subsection 7.8.38.3	take both these steps	do all of the following
160.	Subsection 7.8.47.2	the following	any of the following
161.	Subsection 7.9.6.4	both the follow conditions	all of the following
162.	Subsection 7.10.4.1	the following	any of the following
163.	Annex 7.D Part 1	either	one
164.	Annex 7.D Part 2	either	one
165.	Section 7.11.2	either	one

Item

Provision

Omit

Substitute

Section 6.1A.2 (definition Essential household item

all the following

all of the following

Section 6.1A.2 (definition Family court

the following

any of the following

Section 6.1.4

if they are in either of the following situations

if one of the following applies

Paragraph 6.1.4.a

both the following conditions

all of the following

Paragraph 6.1.4.b

all the following conditions

all of the following

Section 6.1.10

both the following

all of the following

Subsection 6.1.13.1

either of these conditions

any of the following

Paragraph 6.1.13.1.b

where either of these conditions

where any of the following

Subsection 6.1.15.2

if the following conditions

if all of the following

10.

Subsection 6.1.17.1

all these criteria are

all of the following are

11.

Section 6.1.18

either

12.

Subsection 6.1.27.1

the following criteria

all of the following

13.

Subsection 6.1.27.3

the following

all of the following

14.

Section 6.5.6

the following apply

one of the following applies

15.

Subsection 6.5.12.2

either

any

16.

Subsection 6.5.12A.2

Both of these conditions

All of the following

17.

Subsection 6.5.12A.3

of these two amounts

of the following

18.

Subsection 6.5.13.1

all of these criteria

all of the following

19.

Subsection 6.5.13.2

either

any

20.

Subsection 6.5.13.3

both of these criteria

all of the following

21.

Subsection 6.5.14.4

both

all

22.

Subsection 6.5.15.1

either of these reasons

any of the following

23.

Subsection 6.5.15.2

either of these

any of the following

24.

Subsection 6.5.16.3

the following

any of the following

25.

Subsection 6.5.19A.3

to the following

to all of the following

26.

Subsection 6.5.19A.4

both of the following locations

all of the following

27.

Subsection 6.5.28.2

either of the following conditions

any of the following

28.

Paragraph 6.5.28.2.b

both the following

all of the following

29.

Paragraph 6.5.52.1.b (table item 3, column titled then the member is eligible for the storage of…)

both

all

30.

Paragraph 6.5.52.1.b (table item 5, column titled then the member is eligible for the storage of…))

both the following

all of the following

31.

Subsection 6.5.52.3

the following

all of the following

32.

Section 6.5.58

in either of these circumstances

if any of the following apply

33.

Subsection 6.5.59.1

these dates

the following dates

34.

Subsection 6.5.60.1

both of these criteria

all of the following

35.

Subsection 6.5.60.3

these two dates

the following dates

36.

Subsection 6.5.62.3

both of these criteria

all of the following

37.

Subsection 6.5.62.6

both of these criteria

all of the following

38.

Section 6.5.63

either (wherever occurring)

any

39.

Subsection 6.5.66.1

either of these circumstances applies to them

any of the following apply

40.

Subsection 6.5.68.2

both of the following conditions

all of the following

41.

Paragraph 6.5.86.3.c

the following

all of the following

42.

Subsection 6.5A.3.1

the following

all of the following

43.

Section 6.5A.6

either

44.

Subsection 6.5A.14.1

the following

all of the following

45.

Subsection 6.5A.17.1

the following

all of the following

46.

Subsection 6.5A.20.1

the following

all of the following

47.

Subsection 6.6.3.3

either of these

any of the following

48.

Section 7.1.14 (definition of rent)

both the following

all of the following

49.

Paragraph 7.1.23.3.b

the following

any of the following

50.

Subsection 7.2.11.4

the following factors

all of the following

51.

Paragraph 7.2.12.1.f

Both

All

52.

Subsection 7.2.15.3

all the following

all of the following

53.

Subsection 7.3.15.2

the following

any of the following

54.

Subsection 7.3.23.3

the following

all of the following

55.

Subsection 7.3.27.2

both

all

56.

Subsection 7.3.31.5 (definition of Professional fees and disbursements)

both

all

57.

Paragraph 7.4.8.1.e

either

58.

Paragraph 7.4.9.2.a

either

any

59.

Section 7.4.10.1

all the following conditions

all of the following

60.

Subsection 7.4.13.2

either

any

61.

Subsection 7.4.13.3

the following

all of the following

62.

Subsection 7.4.13.5

The following

All of the following

63.

Subsection 7.4.14.2

the following

any of the following

64.

Paragraph 7.4.27A.3

the following periods

one of the following periods

65.

Paragraph 7.4.27A.3.b

either

one

66.

Subsection 7.4.27A.4

either

one

67.

Subsection 7.4.27B.2

of the following conditions

of the following

68.

Paragraph 7.4.27B.2.b

either

one

69.

Subsection 7.4.27B.4

either

one

70.

Subsection 7.4.27C.1

both of the following criteria

all of the following

71.

Subsection 7.4.27C.1.a

either of the following sections

one of the following

72.

Subsection 7.4.30.2 (table item 2, column B)

Both

All

73.

Subsection 7.4.30.2 (table item 5, column B)

Both

All

74.

Subsection 7.4.31.2

The following

All of the following

75.

Section 7.4.33 (table items 1 and 2)

either or both

any

76.

Subsection 7.4.36.2

both these conditions

all of the following

77.

Subsection 7.4.42.3

The following

Any of the following

78.

Subsection 7.4.47.2

This table shows the following

The table below provides all of the following

79.

Paragraph 7.4.48.1.b

the following

all of the following

80.

Section 7.4.A.2

the following things

all of the following

81.

Subsection 7.4.A.6.4

either of the following actions

any of the following

82.

Subsection 7.4.A.8.2

the following specific conditions

all of the following

83.

Subsection 7.4.A.16.2

the following

any of the following

84.

Subsection 7.4.A.16.4

the following

all of the following

85.

Subsection 7.4.A.18.3

The following arrangements

All of the following

86.

Subsection 7.4.A.25.1

the following

all of the following

87.

Section 7.5.7

both of the following conditions

all of the following

88.

Subsection 7.5.19.1

both these conditions

all of the following

89.

Subsection 7.5.22.2

the following

all of the following

90.

Subsection 7.5.22.2A

the following

any of the following

91.

Subsection 7.5.22.3

both the following criteria

all of the following

92.

Subsection 7.5.23.2

all these criteria

all of the following

93.

Subsection 7.5.24.2

either

one

94.

Subsection 7.5.24.3

either

one

95.

Section 7.6.3 (definition of Surplus Service residence)

both the following

all of the following

96.

Subsection 7.6.4.1

all these conditions

all of the following

97.

Paragraph 7.6.4.1.a

either of these

one of the following

98.

Subsection 7.6.6.2

these criteria

all of the following

99.

Subsection 7.6.27.1

either

any

100.

Subsection 7.6.27.3

either

any

101.

Subsection 7.6.33.4

either

102.

Subsection 7.6.33.5

the following

all of the following

103.

Subsection 7.6.33.6

all the following

all of the following

104.

Subsection 7.6.34.2

any of these reasons

any of the following

105.

Paragraph 7.6.34.2.c

all the following

all of the following

106.

Subsection 7.6.37.4

residence. This rent is set in either of these ways

residence, as set by one of the following

107.

Subsection 7.6.38.1

all the following conditions

all of the following

108.

Subsection 7.6.39.1

both the following conditions

all of the following

109.

Section 7.6.40

the following

any of the following

110.

Subsection 7.6.41.1 (table item 5, column A)

both

all

111.

Subsection 7.6.41.1 (table item 6, column C)

Both

All

112.

Subsection 7.6.41.2

both

all

113.

Section 7.6.42 (table item 1, column B)

either or both of the following events

any of the following.

114.

Section 7.6.42 (table item 2, column B)

either or both of the following events

any of the following

115.

Subsection 7.6.48.1

both of these conditions

all of the following

116.

Subsection 7.6.48.4

both the following arrangements

all of the following

117.

Subsection 7.6.50.2

the following

any of the following

118.

Paragraph 7.6.55A.1.b

Either

Any

119.

Paragraph 7.6.55A.3.b

are either

is one

120.

Subsection 7.6.55A.5

either

one

121.

Paragraph 7.6.55B.2.b

are either

is one

122.

Subsection 7.6.55B.4

the following

one of the following

123.

Subsection 7.6.55C.1

both of the following criteria

all of the following

124.

Paragraph 7.6.55C.1.a

either of the following sections

one of the following

125.

Subsection 7.6.58.1

who does both the following

if all of the following apply

126.

Paragraph 7.6.63.2.b

the following criteria

all of the following

127.

Section 7.7.4

both these conditions

all of the following

128.

Subsection 7.7.5.2

either

any

129.

Subsection 7.7.13.1 (table item 3, column B)

in either of the following references

under one of the following

130.

Section 7.7.13.1A.

the following criteria

all of the following

131.

Paragraph 7.7.14.2.b (table item 3, column B)

either

one

132.

Paragraph 7.7.14.2.b (table item 4, column B)

either

one

133.

Paragraph 7.7.14A.3.b

are either

is one

134.

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