Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 8) 2025

This Determination amends the Defence Conditions of Service to change eligibility and mechanics for transition absence, storage when deployed, overseas posting listings (adds Lebanon and a benchmark school), reunion-travel benefits, and reimbursement of public‑transport and school‑transport costs. It sets numeric formulas (using DFAT exchange rates and benefit‑period caps), introduces specific decision‑makers for discretionary choices, and contains transitional/savings rules. It affects ADF members on long‑term overseas posting, members transitioning out, and their families by changing who can claim which benefits and how amounts are calculated.

This Determination, made under s 58B of the Defence Act 1903, amends Defence Determination 2016/19 (Conditions of service). The instrument (registered 3 June 2025, operative 5 June 2025 for the schedules) makes discrete, operational changes across personnel entitlements, travel and transport reimbursement formulas, housing definitions, storage entitlements for deployment, overseas posting entitlements and a large rewrite of the Division governing overseas reunion travel (Part 3, Chapter 15 Division 3). The instrument is entirely amendment-level; it does not create a new Act but replaces, inserts and repeals parts of the existing Determination listed in Schedules 1-6, and provides transitional and savings rules in Schedule 7.

Mechanically, the key changes are:

Transition absence: A new section 2.2.8 formalises eligibility and limits for transition absence (a cumulative 25 days, with up to 5 days for administrative activities), excludes Reserve members except those on continuous full-time service, and requires CDF satisfaction that service requirements can be met during absence (see new s 2.2.8).
Removal on deployment and storage: Inserts new eligibility triggers where a member "chooses to vacate" their own home for the duration of deployment; revises the definition of "own home" in different family accommodation circumstances; and replaces section 6.5.57 to limit storage eligibility where a member occupies a suitable own home in the housing benefit or family benefit location unless the CDF is satisfied specified non-portable items are the same (see Schedule 2, particularly new 6.5.57).
Post‑index location and benchmark school: Adds Lebanon, Beirut as a post-index location (Annex 12.3.B item 24C) and lists the American Community School, Beirut as a benchmark school for relevant education assistance provisions (Annex 15.6.A).
Overseas reunion travel: Repeals and substitutes Division 3 of Part 3 Chapter 15, recasting the framework for reunion travel benefits. The rewritten Division systematically defines eligible persons (dependent child, dependent tertiary student, recognised partner), establishes decision‑maker levels, sets reimbursement rules, clarifies what the benefit covers (economy air, rail, coach), addresses reunion travel to other overseas locations, public transport reimbursement, unavoidable stopovers (including per-diem mechanics), special chaperone rules for specified countries (USA, Canada, Marshall Islands), and the number of reunion benefits a member can claim in a reunion year (see new Division 3, particularly sections 15.3.10-15.3.17M and 15.3.17G).
Public transport and school transport cost formulas: Replaces s 15.3.7 and s 15.6.12 with updated thresholds (AUD 1,434.24 for public transport excess; AUD 403.20 for school transport excess), revised formulas using DFAT exchange rates, and capped day-counts for conversion (213 days for public transport, 157 days for school transport) (see Schedule 5).
Miscellaneous: Redefines "housing benefit location" (section 1.3.10), clarifies a variety of cross-references and standardises drafting expressions (extensive list of textual substitutions from "either/both" to "any/all" etc.), and inserts/clarifies storage entitlements where members are deployed for 6 months or longer and either choose or are directed to vacate accommodation (see Schedule 6).
Transitional and savings provisions: Schedule 7 preserves entitlements in some circumstances (savings for reunion travel for members already posted overseas), creates specific transitional entitlements for members posted to Lebanon between 14 February 2025 and commencement, and provides a targeted transitional reimbursement mechanism for public and school transport costs between 1 March 2025 and commencement (see Schedule 7).

The Determination therefore alters eligibility rules, decision-maker discretions, reimbursement formulas and caps, and adds a new overseas posting location and benchmark school. Where the instrument contains explicit explanatory text (for example a "Simplified outline" prefacing the new Division 3), those texts present the Determination's stated intent for those provisions (for example, that reunion travel benefits "help a member on a long-term posting overseas to maintain contact with their family"), and are treated here as claim material attributable to the instrument (see 15.3.10).

The instrument operates in the regulatory register of Defence personnel conditions. Its principal conceptual changes are in four domains: transition leave, removal/storage on deployment, overseas reunion travel, and financial conversion and thresholding for transport reimbursements. Interlocking definitions and decision‑maker roles are central to how the changes will be applied.

Transition absence (new s 2.2.8)

Eligibility: members with a "transition date", excluding Reserve members except those on continuous full-time service (2.2.8.1-2). The entitlement is a cumulative 25 days for Defence Force transition program activities, employment-related activities (career transition training or education courses related to post-transition employment or meaningful engagement), and transition-related administrative activities. Administrative activities are limited to 5 of the 25 days (2.2.8.2-3).
Decision control: the CDF must be satisfied service requirements can be met during the absence (2.2.8.3.a). Absence may be whole or half days; unused approved portions where activities finish early or are cancelled are not debited (2.2.8.3.b-d).

Removal on deployment and storage (Schedule 2)

"Own home" definition: Expanded to accommodate members with unaccompanied resident family and variations of family presence; separate definitions appear depending on context (6.5.38/6.5.53 insertions).
Storage eligibility: 6.5.57 replaced to state that a member occupying a suitable own home in the housing benefit or family benefit location is not eligible for storage unless the CDF is satisfied the items to be stored are the same as non-portable items in their own home,note also a specific note that a member who chooses to vacate their own home for deployment of 6 months or longer may be eligible under section 6.5.53.

Overseas reunion travel (new Division 3, Pt 3 Ch 15)

Structural rewrite: The Division now contains a "Simplified outline" (15.3.10) explaining purpose, and detailed subdivisions addressing general rules, the reunion travel benefit, members with/without eligible persons, dual-serving couples, chaperone rules, and special rules for unavoidable stopovers.
Definitions: Eligible person, dependent child, dependent tertiary student, recognised partner, chaperone and reunion year are now expressly defined (15.3.11-15.3.13).
Benefit mechanics: The benefit covers economy air travel (allowable travel cost under 12.3.3), rail and coach travel (15.3.16). Reimbursement is limited to the lesser of allowable travel cost and actual cost (15.3.17A). Public transport reimbursements, stopover allowance rules and per-diem limits are specified (15.3.17B-C).

Primary affected persons

Members with a transition date: s 2.2.8 creates an explicit entitlement and limit (25 days cumulative) for transition absence and excludes Reserve members except those on continuous full-time service (2.2.8.1-2). Members about to leave Defence must apply and coordinate with CDF approval for service continuity.
Members on long-term overseas posting: the comprehensive rewrite of Division 3 (15.3.10-15.3.17M) applies to members posted overseas, particularly those with family who do not travel with them; it defines reunion year and sets entitlements by family composition (15.3.11, 15.3.17G).
Members with eligible persons: recognised partners, dependent children, and dependent tertiary students (15.3.11-15.3.13, 15.3.12) are directly impacted because their status determines entitlement frequency and reimbursement.
Dual-serving couples: section 15.3.15 sets eligibility mechanics and nomination rules where both partners are serving and posted overseas.
Members who vacate accommodation while deployed: Schedule 2 and Schedule 6 change who can access storage benefits where members "choose to vacate" or are directed to vacate accommodation during deployment (Schedules 2 and 6, see new 6.5.57 and amended 6.5.54.1A item 3).

Secondary affected persons and administrative actors

Pay and Administration Centre - Victoria staff: several decision-making powers for overseas postings and reconciliation tasks are explicitly vested in persons not below WO2(E)/APS5 working in the Centre (15.3.12.3; 15.3.14.6; 15.3.17G.5; 15.3.17H.3). These staff will need updated procedures and training.
Director Defence Print and Travel Services: named as decision maker for unavoidable stopovers (15.3.17C.4.a).
Defence People Group and CDF: the CDF must be satisfied that service requirements can be met for transition absence (2.2.8.3.a) and for storage eligibility where a member occupies a suitable own home (new 6.5.57), creating executive-level gatekeeping.
Families of posted members: dependent children, tertiary dependents, recognised partners, and people approved to host boarding students (15.3.17J) are affected,entitlement frequency, travel class (economy) and reimbursement ceilings limit what travel can be funded.
Members with schooling needs: addition of American Community School, Beirut as a benchmark school (Annex 15.6.A) affects eligibility for education assistance and comparators used in excess school transport cost calculations.

This section summarises the explicit duties imposed on decision-makers and members, and the rights or entitlements created or modified by the Determination, with references to the specific provisions that confer them.

Member rights and entitlements

Transition absence: Members who have a transition date are entitled to up to 25 days cumulative transition absence for specified transition activities (Defence Force transition program activities; employment-related training that relates to post-transition career or meaningful engagement; transition-related administrative activities), with administrative activities capped at 5 days (2.2.8.2-3). Right is conditional on CDF satisfaction that service requirements can be met during absence (2.2.8.3.a).
Reunion travel benefits: Members posted long-term overseas have a defined set of reunion travel entitlements based on family composition and residency of eligible persons (15.3.17G). Entitlements are quantified in reunion benefits per reunion year (4, 2, 1, etc.), and members with no eligible persons are entitled to a single reunion travel benefit during the posting (15.3.17E).
Travel coverage scope: The reunion travel benefit covers economy class air travel (as allowable under section 12.3.3), rail and coach travel between posting location and eligible person’s location (15.3.16). Public transport costs incidental to reunion travel are reimbursable under 15.3.17B. Unavoidable stopovers may attract accommodation and meal/incidental allowances within limits (15.3.17C).
Reimbursement mechanics: Where members book travel and incur costs, reimbursement is limited to the lesser of the allowable travel cost and the actual cost incurred (15.3.17A); similar limitation applies if actual cost is greater than the comparable Australia-posting cost (15.3.17.3-4).
Public transport and school transport excess: Members may be reimbursed excess costs when annual thresholds are exceeded (AUD 1,434.24 for public transport; AUD 403.20 for school transport), calculated using specific formulas and DFAT exchange rates (15.3.7; 15.6.12).

Member duties and conditions

Applications and timing: Members must apply for reunion travel on an approved form; if a member travels on a reunion travel benefit they must be on an approved type of leave or absence for the travel period (15.3.14.1; 15.3.14.3). Reunion travel cannot be taken within 3 months of start or end of posting unless a specified decision maker approves as reasonable (15.3.14.5-6).

This Determination is a statutory instrument that amends the Defence Determination 2016/19. It sets entitlements, eligibility criteria and administrative procedures; it does not statutorily prescribe criminal penalties or administrative sanctions within its text beyond the ordinary mechanisms in the Defence Act and the Determination for enforcement of conditions of service. The instrument itself provides discrete enforcement and operational levers rather than penalty schedules.

Key enforcement and compliance mechanisms within the Determination

Administrative eligibility gating: The Determination limits or permits entitlements by reference to satisfaction tests and decision-maker approvals. For example, the CDF must be satisfied service requirements can be met for transition absence and for certain storage eligibility questions (s 2.2.8.3(a); new 6.5.57). Where the CDF or authorised decision‑maker refuses or conditions an entitlement, the practical enforcement is administrative (denial of benefit), rather than penal.
Decision‑maker thresholds and specified officers: The Determination names and limits who may decide certain matters (e.g., persons not below WO2(E)/APS5 in the Pay and Administration Centre - Victoria and Director Defence Print and Travel Services for stopovers). This creates hierarchical enforcement by administrative officers who control entitlement approvals and reimbursements (15.3.12.3; 15.3.14.6; 15.3.17C.4).
Reimbursement rules as compliance instruments: The Determination enforces financial limits by requiring reimbursements to be the lesser of allowable travel cost and the actual incurred cost (15.3.17A), and by setting thresholds under which no payment is made for public or school transport (15.3.7; 15.6.12). Members who book travel above allowable rates or who do not qualify will not be paid the excess; this is an enforcement function achieved by payroll/finance processes.
Application and form requirements: Members must apply using approved forms to use reunion travel benefits (15.3.14.1). Non-compliance with application processes is enforced by administrators withholding or denying the benefit.
Counting, offsets and reductions: The Determination enforces entitlement limits by counting reunion visits under different provisions as reducing an entitlement under 15.3.17G (15.3.17G.4), and by reducing transitional reimbursements by amounts already paid (Schedule 7 clauses 3.3 and 4.3). These are administrative offsets rather than penalties.

This Determination operates as a made instrument under s 58B of the Defence Act 1903, and amends Defence Determination 2016/19. Its operation interacts primarily with other provisions of the same Determination, and with broader Defence policy and administrative law. Key interaction points follow, attributed to specific textual cross-references in the instrument.

Internal cross-references within Defence Determination 2016/19

Re-use of existing definitions and sections: The new reunion travel provisions explicitly rely on definitions and allowable travel cost mechanics in other parts of the Determination. For example, 15.3.16.a refers to "allowable travel cost as provided under section 12.3.3." That makes the reunion travel benefit dependent on the mechanics of section 12.3.3 for calculation of allowable travel (15.3.16.a).
Dependant and recognised partner cross-links: The Determination cross-references sections providing definitions for dependent children (1.3.35), recognised partner when living in Australia (1.3.36), and dependant under overseas posting contexts (12.3.5.1). The new text imports those definitions by reference (15.3.11-13). Consequently, any amendments in those upstream definitions will affect reunion travel eligibility.
Housing benefit location interplay: The redefinition of "housing benefit location" in s 1.3.10 (Schedule 6) intersects with storage and removal provisions (Schedule 2 and Schedule 6 changes to 6.5.x). For instance, new 6.5.57 refers to occupation of suitable own home in the "housing benefit location or family benefit location" and defers to section 7.2.5 and paragraph 7.2.12.1.g in defining suitable own home. Thus, housing location rules interact with eligibility for storage benefits on deployment.

Statutory framework: Defence Act 1903

Instrument-making power: The Determination is made under s 58B of the Defence Act 1903; it does not amend the Act itself. If provisions in the Determination conflict with requirements of the Defence Act, the Act prevails,although the Determination is intended to be authorised by that section.
Conditions of Service architecture: The Defence Act and subordinate instruments set the structure for conditions of service,this Determination sits within that framework and amends the operational terms under which pay, travel and housing benefits are administered.

Administrative law and entitlement disputes

Judicial review: Decisions by the CDF or specified decision-makers (WO2(E)/APS5 in Pay and Administration Centre - Victoria; Director Defence Print and Travel Services) are administrative acts. A member aggrieved by the exercise of discretion could seek judicial review on standard public law grounds (illegality, irrationality, procedural unfairness). The Determination’s built-in considerations and decision-maker levels are relevant to reasonableness and procedural fairness analyses but the Determination does not create or limit judicial review rights.

This instrument is an amending Determination titled Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 8) 2025, made by Sarah Kate McGregor, Acting Director General, People Policy and Employment Conditions, under s 58B of the Defence Act 1903. It is dated 3 June 2025 and expressly amends Defence Determination 2016/19 by inserting, repealing and substituting multiple provisions across schedules. The instrument’s commencement table shows sections 1-4 (the instrument formalities) commence the day the instrument is registered, with Schedules 1-7 commencing 5 June 2025. The instrument includes a note that the commencement table relates only to the instrument as originally made and will not be amended for later amendments.

Key amendment actions by schedule

Schedule 1: Transition absence amendments , replaces s 2.2.8 with a new Transition absence provision specifying eligibility, caps and conditions (s 2.2.8 new text).
Schedule 2: Removal on deployment amendments , (a) inserts a new option where members occupying an own home who choose to vacate it for a deployment are treated in prescribed ways (inserted at 6.5.38.1.c.iii and 6.5.53.1.c.iii), (b) revises text to begin some subsections with "The" instead of conditional framing, (c) inserts definitions of "own home" in relevant sections, and (d) repeals and substitutes s 6.5.57 to clarify storage eligibility (replacement 6.5.57 Members with suitable own home).
Schedule 3: Post index location and benchmark school amendments , inserts Lebanon, Beirut as post index location item 24C in Annex 12.3.B and adds the American Community School, Beirut as benchmark school item 20A in Annex 15.6.A.
Schedule 4: Overseas reunion travel amendments , fully repeals and substitutes Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 15; the new Division contains a Simplified outline (15.3.10), definitions (15.3.11-13), application and process provisions (15.3.14-15.3.17M), and detailed sub-divisions for different family compositions and special cases (Subdivisions 1-6).
Schedule 5: Public transport and school transport costs amendments , repeals and substitutes s 15.3.7 (Public transport) and s 15.6.12 (Excess school transport costs) with new formulas and thresholds, including new definitions of benefit period.
Schedule 6: Miscellaneous amendments , (a) repeals and substitutes s 1.3.10 (Housing benefit location), (b) introduces an additional subparagraph in 1.3.12.1.a (iv) for long-term postings overseas with unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family, (c) replaces certain storage table items including a clause for storage where a member chooses to vacate or is directed to vacate while deployed for 6 months or longer, (d) removes certain subparagraphs in 7.6.34.2.f, and (e) updates an end-date in 7.8.5AA.1.c.ii to 30 Jun 2026 and extends posting cycles in 7.8.5AA.1.d, among many textual substitutions (an extensive list at Schedule 6 item 12 replacing many occurrences of drafting phrases).

The instrument itself does not cite, report or incorporate any litigation history. It is an amending administrative instrument and it contains no references to case law, judicial determinations, or tribunal decisions. Therefore, there is no litigation record within the text of the Determination to summarise.

Notwithstanding the absence of litigation cited in the instrument, several features of the amendments create potential grounds for future administrative or judicial review disputes:

Discretionary satisfaction tests: Clauses requiring that the CDF "be satisfied" (for transition absence service continuity, 2.2.8.3.a; and for storage eligibility where a member occupies a suitable own home, new 6.5.57) delegate evaluative judgments to senior officials. Administrative law challenges over whether the exercise of that discretion was lawful, rational, or procedurally fair could arise. The instrument does not set internal review pathways; members would likely pursue Defence internal grievance mechanisms first and judicial review (on public law grounds) if exhausted.
Definition disputes: New and cross-referenced definitions (dependent tertiary student, recognised partner, eligible person) determine entitlements. Cases can arise where a member disputes whether a person is a dependent tertiary student under the narrowly defined criteria (15.3.12) or whether a partner meets the recognised partner definition under cross-referenced sections. The text specifies that a decision-maker in the Pay and Administration Centre - Victoria (not below WO2(E)/APS5) may recognise dependent tertiary students under subsection 15.3.12.2; such administrative recognitions could be contested.
Interpretation of standardised drafting substitutions: The mass rewrite replacing "either/both" with "any/all" across numerous sections (Schedule 6 item 12) could change logical thresholds in ways that provoke dispute over whether requirements are conjunctive or disjunctive in particular contexts. Litigation focused on statutory interpretation could arise if contested decisions hinge on those altered textual logics.
Reimbursement and conversion formulas: The public and school transport formulas apply DFAT exchange rates and day-count caps. Disputes can arise about the correct exchange rate to apply, the correct day-count for a benefit period, or whether DFAT rates were correctly obtained or applied,practical points that could lead to administrative review and, if unresolved, further legal challenge.

This section flags specific textual or operational traps for practitioners, administrators and affected members that follow from the Determination’s text. Each "gotcha" is presented as a concrete mechanism or procedural risk linked to the relevant section.

CDF satisfaction gates entitlements (2.2.8.3.a; new 6.5.57)

Mechanism: Transition absence and certain storage entitlements require that the CDF be "satisfied" service requirements can be met or that items to be stored are the same as non-portable items in the member’s own home.
Practical risk: Centralised satisfaction tests can produce deferments or denials. Members should document operational impacts and alternative coverage plans before applying; administrators must record rationales to reduce later challenge risk.

"Choose to vacate" creates behavioural incentive with financial consequences (Schedules 2 and 6)

Mechanism: Storage eligibility and deployment-related storage are triggered where a member "chooses to vacate" their own home for the deployment.
Practical risk: Members may be able to secure storage by vacating a dwelling, but the Determination treats occupation of a "suitable own home in the housing benefit location" differently (6.5.57). Employers should ensure guidance to members on evidentiary requirements and ensure CDF/or authorised decision-maker reviews such choices to avoid ad hoc claims.

Rewriting of Division 3: counting rules reduce entitlements (15.3.17G; 15.3.17G.4)

Mechanism: Reunion visits taken under Subdivision 5 or section 14A.1.23 reduce the number of reunion travel benefits available under 15.3.17G.
Practical risk: Members and administrators must track how a travel claim is counted against annual quotas; failing to do so can lead to overclaiming or repayment obligations.

Multiple decision‑maker levels and geographic centralisation (15.3.12.3; 15.3.14.6; 15.3.17C.4)

Mechanism: Several provisions specify that decision-makers are persons not below WO2(E)/APS5 in the Pay and Administration Centre - Victoria or the Director Defence Print and Travel Services.
Practical risk: Centralised decision-making can cause processing delays and bottlenecks. Members should file applications early; administrative teams must coordinate with the Pay and Administration Centre to avoid missed travel windows and denied claims.

This section offers practical, source-grounded steps for members, unit administrators, and Pay & Travel administrators to implement the Determination’s requirements and to reduce risks identified in the "Gotchas" section. Each step cites the relevant provision where the duty, entitlement, or decision-maker requirement arises.

For members

Transition absence planning (s 2.2.8)

Action: If you have a transition date, calculate and reserve your transition absence days early. You have a cumulative total of 25 days (2.2.8.2), with up to 5 days for administrative activities (2.2.8.3.c).
Evidence: Prepare activity schedules and evidence that leave will be used for eligible activities (Defence Force transition program, employment-related training tied to post-transition career/meaningful engagement, or administrative activities) per s 2.2.8.2.
Approval timing: Seek CDF satisfaction early because absence is conditional on the CDF being satisfied that service requirements can be met (2.2.8.3.a). If an activity is cancelled or finishes early, unused portions are not debited (2.2.8.3.d).

Reunion travel applications and timing (15.3.14)

Action: Submit applications on the approved form prior to travel (15.3.14.1). Ensure you are on a recognised type of leave or absence during the travel (15.3.14.3).
Timing: Avoid booking reunion travel within 3 months of the start or end of posting unless the designated decision maker approves as reasonable (15.3.14.5-6). For dual-serving couples, coordinate nominations (15.3.15).

Booking and reimbursement prudence (15.3.16; 15.3.17A)

Action: Book economy travel and aim to fall within "allowable travel cost" frameworks (15.3.16.a; definition of allowable travel cost is in section 12.3.3 referenced by 15.3.16.a). Obtain quotes and pre-approval where feasible to avoid personal liability for higher actual costs.
Records: Retain all receipts and booking confirmations; reimbursement will be the lesser of allowable travel cost and actual cost (15.3.17A).

Public and school transport claims (15.3.7; 15.6.12)

Action: Maintain complete records of public transport and school transport expenses (tickets, school invoices). Understand your benefit period runs 1 March-end of February next year (15.3.7.3; 15.6.12.3).

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Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 8) 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 3 June 2025

Sarah Kate McGregor

Acting Director General People Policy and Employment Conditions Defence People Group

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Transition absence amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 2—Removal on deployment amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 3—Post index location and benchmark school amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 4—Overseas reunion travel amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 5—Public transport and school transport costs amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 6—Miscellaneous amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 7—Transitional provisions

1 Name

This instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 8) 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 7 5 June 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

This instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

4 Schedules

Each 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.

Schedule 1—Transition absence amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Section 2.2.8
	Repeal the section, substitute:

2.2.8 Transition absence

1. This section does not apply to a member of the Reserves, other than a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service.
1. Subject to subsection 3, a member who has a transition date is eligible for a cumulative total of 25 days of transition absence for any of the following activities.
a. Defence Force transition program activities.
b. Employment-related activities, career transition training or education courses that relate to one of the following.
i. The member’s post-transition employment career path.
ii. The member’s post‑transition meaningful engagement.
c. Transition-related administrative activities.
1. All of the following apply to a transition absence.
a. The CDF must be satisfied that service requirements can be met while the member is absent.
b. It can be taken as a full or a half day and must be within the cumulative total of 25 days.
c. If it is for a transition-related administrative activity under paragraph 2.c, it must not exceed the cumulative total of 5 days.
d. If the member has been granted a period of transition absence and one of the following occurs, any unused portion of the approved period of absence will not be debited from the member’s transition absence credits.
i. The activity finishes early.
ii. The activity is cancelled.

Schedule 2—Removal on deployment amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1 After subparagraph 6.5.38.1.c.ii
Insert:
iii. They are occupying an own home and they choose to vacate it for the duration of the deployment.
2 Subsection 6.5.38.2
Omit “If subsection 1 applies, the”, substitute “The”.
3 After subsection 6.5.38.2
Insert:
1. In this section, own home means one of the following.
a. If the member has no resident family or recognised other persons — a suitable own home.
b. If the member has unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family — a home that would be a suitable own home under section 7.2.5 had paragraph 7.2.12.1.g not applied. Note: Paragraph 7.2.12.1.g provides that a home that is in the member’s housing benefit location is not considered a suitable own home if the member has unaccompanied resident family.
4 After subparagraph 6.5.53.1.c.ii
Insert:
iii. They are occupying an own home and they choose to vacate it for the duration of the deployment.
5 After subsection 6.5.53.2
Insert:
1. In this section, own home means a home that would be a suitable own home under section 7.2.5 had paragraph 7.2.12.1.g not applied.Note: Paragraph 7.2.12.1.g provides that a home that is in the member’s housing benefit location is not considered a suitable own home if the member has unaccompanied resident family.
6 Section 6.5.57
Repeal the section, substitute:

6.5.57 Members with suitable own home

A member occupying a suitable own home in the housing benefit location or family benefit location is not eligible for storage unless the CDF is satisfied the items of furniture to be stored are the same as non-portable items in their own home.<br>Note: A member who has chosen to vacate their own home as a consequence of being deployed for 6 months or longer may be eligible for storage under section 6.5.53.

Schedule 3—Post index location and benchmark school amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Annex 12.3.B (after table item 24B)
	Insert:

24C.	LEBANON	Beirut

2	Annex 15.6.A (after table item 20)
	Insert:

20A.	Lebanon	–	American Community School, Beirut	American Community School, Beirut	American Community School, Beirut

Schedule 4—Overseas reunion travel amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Subsection 14A.1.23.3
	Omit the subsection, substitute:
	Note: A reunion visit taken under this section reduces the number of reunion visits a member is eligible for under section 15.3.17G.
2	Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 15
	Repeal the Division, substitute:

Division 3: Overseas reunion travel

Subdivision 1: General provisions

15.3.10 Simplified outline of this Division

When a member is posted to an overseas location all or some of their family may not travel with them to the location. The benefits provided in this Division help a member on a long-term posting overseas to maintain contact with their family by providing help with the cost of travel between the overseas location and where the family lives.

The benefits a member may receive for a reunion travel benefit are provided in Subdivision 2 and can include return flights and public transport for the people who are travelling. If there is an unavoidable stop during the reunion travel, the person travelling may also receive accommodation and costs for meals.

If a member does not have a partner or children they may be eligible to reunion travel under Subdivision 3 to help them maintain relationships with their family, friends and support networks in Australia.

If a member has a partner and children, the member and their family may be eligible to reunion travel under Subdivision 4 to help them maintain their relationships. The number of reunion travel benefits a member may be eligible for is based on their family makeup and where they live.

A member’s partner or child who lives with the member at the overseas location, or a child who attends boarding school in Australia, may use a reunion travel benefit to visit another person in Australia under Subdivision 5.

If a member’s child is travelling by themselves to visit the member, they may need to be accompanied by an adult. Travel costs for the chaperone are set out in Subdivision 6.

15.3.11 Definitions

In this Division, the following apply.
Allowable travel costs for a chaperone means one of the following.
a. If the dependent child is travelling to the member's posting location — all of the following.
i. Allowable travel costs from the posting location to meet the dependent child at the international airport where the child can no longer travel unaccompanied.
ii. Allowable travel costs from the international airport to chaperone the dependent child to the posting location.
b. If the dependent child is travelling to return home — all of the following.
i. Allowable travel costs from the posting location to chaperone the dependent child to the international airport from where the child will travel home unaccompanied.
ii. Allowable travel costs from the international airport back to the posting location.
Chaperone, for the purpose of accompanying a dependent child, means a person over 18 years old who is one of the following.
a. The member.
c. A person chosen by the member.
Dependent child means a child who meets one of the following.
a. If the child is living in Australia — they are a child under section 1.3.35.
b. If the child is living at the member’s overseas location — they are a dependant under subsection 12.3.5.1.
c. If the child is living at another overseas location — they are a dependant of a person who is a recognised partner subsection 15.3.13.2.
Dependent tertiary student has the same meaning given by section 15.3.12.
Eligible person means any of the following.
a. A dependent child.
b. A dependent tertiary student.
c. A recognised partner.
Recognised partner has the same meaning given by section 15.3.13.
Reunion year means the 12-month period commencing on the first day of the member’s long-term posting at the overseas location.

15.3.12 Dependent tertiary student

1. Dependent tertiary student means a person who meets all of the following.
a. They are less than 25 years of age.
b. They meet one of the following.
i. For a tertiary student studying in another overseas location — a person who meets the criteria under subsection 2.
ii. For a tertiary student studying in Australia — they an adult child or they are recognised family under section 1.3.1.
c. They are undertaking full-time studies at a tertiary institution.
d. They are living away from the member because of the member’s long-term posting overseas.
1. For the purpose of subparagraph 1.b.i, a person may be recognised as a dependent tertiary student if the decision maker is satisfied that the person meets all of the following.
a. The person would live with the member at the member’s posting location but is unable to because a dependant is not permitted at the posting location.
b. The person is studying in another overseas location to be located closer to the member.
c. Immediately before the long-term posting overseas, the person was living with the member.
d. The person has a level of dependency on the member.
Note: If a member has a person recognised as a dependent tertiary student under this subsection, the member is only eligible for reunion travel benefits for that person. No other overseas benefits will apply for that person.
1. For the purpose of subsection 2, decision maker means a person not below WO2(E)/APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

15.3.13 Recognised partner

1. Recognised partner means a person who is a recognised partner under one of the following.
a. If the person is living in Australia — section 1.3.36.
b. If the person is living at the member’s overseas posting location — subsection 12.3.5.1.
c. If the person is living in another overseas location — subsection 2.
1. For the purpose of paragraph 1.c, a person may be a recognised partner if they meet all of the following.
a. They are a member.
b. They are the partner of a member who is eligible for the reunion travel benefits under section 15.3.15.
c. They are on a long-term posting in another overseas location.Note: If both members are at the same posting location overseas, paragraph 1.b applies to the member who is not eligible for the reunion travel benefits under section 15.3.15.
d. They would live with the member if not for the separate long-term postings.

15.3.14 Taking a reunion travel benefit

1.	A member must apply to use a reunion travel benefit for themself or an eligible person using the approved form.
2.	If more than one eligible person travel at the same time, one reunion travel benefit under section 15.3.17G is used.
3.	If the member is travelling on a reunion travel benefit they must be on a type of leave or absence for the period of the reunion travel.
4.	A reunion travel benefit can be taken by the member or an eligible person.
5.	A member must not take a reunion travel benefit within 3 months of the start or end of their posting period overseas unless the decision maker is satisfied it is reasonable.
6.	For the purpose of subsection 5, decision maker means a person not below WO2(E)/APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

15.3.15 Dual serving couple

If a member is a part of a dual serving couple and both members are on a long-term posting overseas, only the following member is eligible for the number of reunion travel benefits under section 15.3.17G.
a. The member who has been nominated by both members to receive the benefit.
b. If a member has not been nominated, the member with the higher salary.
Note 1: Although only one member is eligible for the reunion travel benefits, both members can use the reunion travel benefits.Note 2: The members can be at the same posting location overseas or at another posting location overseas.Note 3: The member who is not eligible for the reunion travel benefits under this section is a recognised partner under section 15.3.13.

Subdivision 2: Reunion travel benefit

15.3.16 Reunion travel benefit

The reunion travel benefit includes all of the following between the member’s posting location overseas and the location of the eligible person.
a. Air travel that meets all of the following.
ii. It is at economy class.
ii. It is the allowable travel cost as provided under section 12.3.3.
b. Rail travel.
c. Coach travel.
Note: The member is not eligible for accommodation, meal or incidental costs during reunion travel.

15.3.17 Reunion travel benefit to another overseas location

1. This section applies to a member who has an eligible person who meets any of the following.
a. The eligible person lives in a location that is not in Australia or the posting location.
b. The eligible person lives in Australia and is unable to travel to the posting location because the eligible person is not permitted at the posting location.
1. The member is eligible for any of the following.
a. If the eligible person is traveling — a reunion travel benefit between the location under paragraph 1.a and the member’s overseas posting location. Note: Travel under this paragraph cannot be to an overseas posting location where eligible persons are not permitted.
b. If the member is traveling — a reunion travel benefit between their overseas posting location and a location in another country to reunite with the eligible person. Note: Only the allowable travel costs for the member to travel to the other country location will be covered.
1. The cost of a return reunion travel benefit provided under this section is the lesser of the following.
a. The allowable travel cost if the travel was between the member’s posting location and Australia.
b. The actual cost of the travel.
1. If the actual cost of travel is higher than cost under subsection 3, the member must pay any additional costs.

15.3.17A Reimbursement

If travel under this Division is booked by the member, the benefit is provided by reimbursement up the lesser of the following.
a. The allowable travel cost of return travel.
b. The cost of the return travel expenses incurred by the member.
Note: If the actual cost of return travel is higher than the allowable cost of return travel, the member is not eligible to be reimbursed any amount above the allowable travel cost.

15.3.17B Public transport costs

The member is eligible for the reimbursement of public transport costs for themself or an eligible person, including costs for taxis and like services, between any of the following locations.
a. The member’s home in their posting location overseas.
b. The airport, bus or train terminal.
c. If the member has an eligible person, the eligible person’s home.
d. If the member does not have any eligible persons, the accommodation where the member is staying in Australia.
Note: This does not include vehicle allowance for driving, the cost of a hire car, the cost of parking a vehicle or chauffeur services.

15.3.17C Unavoidable stopover

1. This section applies if the travel under section 15.3.16 is broken into 2 or more consecutive segments and all of the following apply.
a. The break between 2 segments requires an overnight stay in the stopover location.
b. The decision maker is satisfied that the stopover is unavoidable.
1. The member is eligible for the following for each unavoidable stopover.
a. One nights accommodation.
b. Subject to subsection 3, both of the following.
i. The cost of meals for each person travelling up to the amount specified for the member’s rank and the location of the stopover under Annex 13.3.A, as adjusted by section 13.3.9.
ii. The amount for incidentals for each person travelling up to the amount for the member’s rank and the location of the stopover under Annex 13.3.A, as adjusted by section 13.3.10.
1. If a dependent child is travelling and they are less than 12 years old, the amount for meals and incidentals is two-thirds of the amount payable under paragraph 2.b.
1. For the purpose of this section, decision maker means any of the following.
a. Director Defence Print and Travel Services.
b. A person not below WO2(E)APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

Subdivision 3: Reunion travel for a member with no eligible persons

15.3.17D Member this Subdivision applies to

	This Subdivision applies to a member on a long-term posting overseas who has no eligible persons.

15.3.17E Eligibility for reunion travel benefits

	A member is eligible for one reunion travel benefit during their posting period overseas.

Subdivision 4: Reunion travel for a member with eligible persons

15.3.17F Member this Subdivision applies to

	This Subdivision applies to a member on a long-term posting overseas who has eligible persons.

15.3.17G Eligibility for reunion travel benefits

1. A member is eligible for any of the following number of reunion travel benefits in a reunion year.
a. If all of the following apply — 4 reunion travel benefits.
i. The member and their recognised partner are at the posting location overseas.
ii. The member has a dependent child living in Australia or another overseas location.
iii. The member receives education assistance under Part 6 Division 3 or Division 4 for the dependent child.
b. If all of the following apply — 4 reunion travel benefits.
i. The member does not have a recognised partner.
ii. The member has a dependent child living in Australia.
c. If one of the following applies — 2 reunion travel benefits.
i. The member has a recognised partner living in Australia.
ii. The member has a recognised partner who is on a long-term posting overseas in another location.
iii. The member has a recognised partner and a dependent child living in Australia.
iv. The member has a dependent child living in the overseas posting location and a recognised partner living in Australia.
v. The member has a recognised partner on a long-term posting overseas in another location and a dependent child who lives with the member or the recognised partner.
d. The member has a dependent tertiary student — 1 reunion travel benefit.Note: The reunion travel benefit for a dependent tertiary student studying in another overseas location is limited under paragraph 15.3.17.2.a.
1. A member who has used all of their reunion travel benefits in a reunion year under paragraph 1.c or 1.d, the member is eligible for one of the following if the decision maker is satisfied it is reasonable.
a. If paragraph 1.c applies — up to 2 additional reunion travel benefits.
b. If paragraph 1.d applies — up to 3 additional reunion travel benefits.
1. When making a decision under subsection 2, the decision maker must take into consideration all of the following.
a. The number of reunion travel benefits already taken in the reunion year.
b. The relationship of the eligible person to the member.
c. The age and welfare of the eligible person.
d. The cost and duration of travel to the posting location.
e. Any other opportunity to reunite with the eligible person.
1. A reunion visit taken under Subdivision 5 or section 14A.1.23 reduces the number of reunion travel benefits the member is eligible for under this section by one.
1. For the purpose of subsection 2, decision maker means a person not below WO2(E)/APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

Subdivision 5: Reunion visit for an eligible person with other persons

15.3.17H Reunion visit with a person who is not an eligible person

1. A member is eligible for a reunion travel benefit for a recognised partner or a dependent child to reunite with a person who is not an eligible person if all the following apply.
a. The recognised partner or dependent child lives at the member’s posting location overseas.
b. The person who is not an eligible person lives in Australia.
c. The decision maker is satisfied that it is reasonable for the reunion travel benefit to be used by the recognised partner or a dependent child to visit the person who is not an eligible person.
1. When making a decision made under paragraph 1.c, the decision maker must consider all of the following.
a. The relationship of the people.
b. The degree to which the relationship has been maintained before and during the member's long‑term posting.
c. The extent of financial or other dependency of the people.
d. The circumstances relating to the recognised partner’s or dependent child’s removal to the posting location.
e. Any other opportunities that the people may have to be reunited.
f. The age and welfare of the people.
g. The circumstances relating to the travel.
h. The duration of the travel.
i. Any other factor relevant the travel by the recognised partner or dependent child.
Note: A reunion travel benefit taken under this section is counted as one of the benefits a member is eligible for under section 15.3.17G.
1. For the purpose of paragraph 1.c, decision maker means a person not below WO2(E)/APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

15.3.17J Reunion visit for a dependent child in boarding school in Australia

1. This section applies to a member who is eligible for a reunion travel benefit under section 15.3.17G for a dependent child if all of the following apply.
a. The dependent child is attending a boarding school in Australia.
b. The dependant does not travel to the member’s posting location.
c. The person the dependent child is visiting meets all of the following.
i. They have been approved by the member for the dependent child to visit them.
ii. They live in Australia.
1. The member is eligible for the reasonable costs of one the following.
a. Return door-to-door travel for the dependent child from the boarding school they are attending to a home in Australia of a person approved by the member.
b. Return door-to-door travel for the person approved by the member to accompany the dependent child in the following circumstances.
i. To meet the dependent child at the boarding school and to accompany then to the person’s home in Australia.
ii. To accompany the dependent child to the boarding school and to return to the person’s home in Australia.
1. If travel provided under this section is by air, the travel is to be economy class travel.
Note: A reunion travel benefit taken under this section is counted as one of benefits a member is eligible for under section 15.3.17G.

Subdivision 6: Chaperone to accompany a dependent child

15.3.17K Member this Subdivision applies to

	This Subdivision applies to a member on long-term posting overseas who has a dependent child who requires a chaperone to accompany them when travelling for a reunion visit.

15.3.17L Cost of a chaperone to accompany a dependent child – USA or Canada

A member is eligible for allowable travel costs for a chaperone to accompany a dependent child on the necessary legs of the journey if all of the following apply.
a. The member is on a long-term overseas posting in the USA or Canada.
b. The member is eligible for a reunion visit for a dependent child who is less than 15 years old.
c. The dependent child is not being accompanied by an adult.
d. The airlines will not ensure the dependent child's safe transfer between the international flight to or from Australia and one of the following unavoidable flights.
i. A domestic flight within the USA or Canada.
ii. An international flight between the USA and Canada.
Note: The chaperone may accompany more than one child at a time.

15.3.17M Costs for a chaperone to accompany a dependent child – Marshall Islands

1. A member is eligible for the allowable travel costs for a chaperone to accompany a dependent child on the necessary legs of the journey, if all the following apply.
a. The member is on a long-term overseas posting to the Marshall Islands.
b. The member is eligible for a reunion visit for a dependent child who is less than 18 years old.
c. Any of the following apply.
i. The dependent child is unable to travel without an adult on some legs of the journey.
ii. The dependent child is unable to stay in accommodation without an adult during an unavoidable stopover.
d. The dependent child is not being accompanied by an adult.
1. Allowable travel costs for a chaperone under this section includes the reasonable cost of accommodation for the required length of stay of an unavoidable stopover.
1. The member is eligible for accommodation costs in Hawaii if the chaperone arrives before the dependent child, and after the dependent child has returned home, due to the availability of flights. Note 1: The chaperone may accompany more than one child at a time.Note 2: Meals and incidental costs will not be paid under this section.

Schedule 5—Public transport and school transport costs amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Section 15.3.7
	Repeal the section, substitute:

15.3.7 Public transport

1. A member is eligible to be reimbursed the excess costs of public transport if they meet all of the following.
a. They use public transport to travel between their home and their normal place of duty.
b. Their public transport costs exceed AUD 1,434.24 within a benefit period.
1. Excess costs of public transport are calculated using the following formula.
Start formula excess costs of public transport equals open bracket A times B close bracket minus open bracket start fraction C over 213 end fraction times 1,434.24 close bracket end formula
Where:
A is the member's public transport costs at the location in local currency.
B is the exchange rate provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the payday before the benefit period.Note: This is used to convert the local currency in which the member incurred the public transport costs into Australian dollars.
C is the number of days the member worked in the overseas location during the benefit period, not exceeding 213 days.
Note: If the outcome is zero or less, the amount payable for excess costs of public transport is AUD 0.
1. In this section, the following definition applies.
Benefit period means a 12-month period commencing on 1 March of the relevant year.
2 Section 15.6.12
Repeal the section, substitute:

15.6.12 Excess school transport costs

1. A member is eligible to be reimbursed the excess costs of school transport if their child meets all of the following.
a. Their child uses one of the following to travel between their home and their school.
i. Public transport.
ii. Transport provided by the school that is not included in the compulsory tuition fees.
b. Their child’s school transport costs exceed AUD 403.20 within a benefit period.
1. Excess costs of school transport are calculated using the following formula.
Start formula excess costs of school transport equals open bracket A times B close bracket minus open bracket start fraction C over 157 end fraction times 403.20 close bracket end formula
Where:
A is the lesser of the following school transport costs at the location in local currency.
a. The costs that would be payable had the child attended a benchmark school.
b. The costs paid by the member for the child.
B is the exchange rate provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the payday before the benefit period.Note: This is used to convert the local currency in which the member incurred the school transport costs into Australian dollars.
C is the number of days the member’s child attended school in the overseas location during the benefit period, not exceeding 157 days.
Note: If the outcome is zero or less, the amount payable for excess costs of school transport is AUD 0.
1. In this section, the following definition applies.
Benefit period means a 12-month period commencing on 1 March of the relevant year.

Schedule 6—Miscellaneous amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Section 1.3.10
	Repeal the section, substitute:

1.3.10 Housing benefit location

Housing benefit location, in relation to a member, means one of the following.
a. If the member is serving within Australia — any of the following.
i. Any area that is within 30 km from the member’s primary service location that can be travelled by vehicle on a public road.
ii. Any area in which a member can travel by public transport in 150 minutes from the member’s primary service location and return for the purpose of commencing duty and returning home after ceasing duty.
iii. An extended housing benefit location under section 1.3.11.
iv. If a Service residence has been provisioned for the member’s primary service location in an area that does not meet subparagraph i, ii or iii, the location of the Service residence.
v. An area approved for a member participating in the flexible housing trial under section 7.1.15.
b. If a member is on a long-term posting overseas — the location that the member is provided housing for the purposes of their long-term posting overseas.
2 After subparagraph 1.3.12.1.a.iii
Insert:
iv. The member has unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family and is on a long-term posting overseas.
3 Paragraphs 3.2.7A.1.c to e
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
c. An allowance for service in Antarctica under Chapter 4 Part 4 Division 5.
4 Paragraph 6.1.17.1.a
Omit “either of the following conditions”, insert “any of the following”.
5 Subsection 6.5.46.4 (table items 2 and 3)
Omit “or a Toll decision maker”.
6 Paragraph 6.5.54.1.b
After “They”, insert “are”.
7 Subsection 6.5.54.1A (table item 3)
Repeal the table item, substitute:

3.	The member is deployed for 6 months or longer and one of the following apply.<br>a. The member chooses to vacate their accommodation.<br>b. The member is directed to vacate their living-in accommodation.	Storage of their furniture and effects until the member is rehoused after the deployment.<br> <br>Note: For storage of vehicles and towable items on deployment see section 6.5A.19.

8 Subparagraphs 7.6.34.2.f.i and ii.
Repeal the subparagraphs.
9 Subparagraph 7.8.5AA.1.c.ii
Repeal the subparagraph, substitute:
ii. 30 Jun 2026.
10 Paragraph 7.8.5AA.1.d
Omit “posting cycle” insert “or 2025-2056 posting cycles”.
11 Subparagraph 7.8.6.5.e
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
e. The member has unaccompanied resident family under section 1.3.26.
12 Amendment of listed provisions

Item	Provision	Omit	Substitute
1.	Section 12.1.1	the following (wherever occurring)	any of the following
2.	Subsection 12.3.2.1	all the following conditions	all of the following
3.	Subsection 12.3.3.1	the following	any of the following
4.	Subsection 12.3.3.2	The following	All of the following
5.	Subsection 12.3.14A.2	either	any
6.	Subsection 12.3.14A.3	according to the following	in accordance with the following
7.	Subsection 12.3.16.2	the following applies	all of the following apply
8.	Section 12.4.4	both of the following conditions	all of the following
9.	Section 12.4.5.	both of the following conditions	all of the following
10.	Subsection 12.4.6.1	the following	any of the following
11.	Paragraph 12.4.6.1.b	the following	any of the following
12.	Subsection 12.4.6.2	the following	any of the following
13.	Subsection 12.4.6.3	all the following factors	all of the following
14.	Section 12.4.8	both of the following conditions	all of the following
15.	Subsection 12.5.4.1	the following	all of the following
16.	Subsection 12.6.6.2	relevant	one
17.	Subsection 12.6.7.1	either of the following applies	any of the following apply
18.	Subsection 12.6.8.1	the following apply	all of the following apply
19.	Section 12.6.10	either of the following	one of the following applies
20.	Subsection 12.6.11.2	Both	All
21.	Section 12.6.12	the following	all of the following
22.	Section 12.7.3	the following	any of the following
23.	Subsection 12.7.4.1	the following	all of the following
24.	Subsection 12.7.4.3	all the following	all of the following
25.	Subsection 12.7.5.1	all the following	all of the following
26.	Subsection 12.7.6.3	The following	All of the following
27.	Subsection 12.7.7.1	all the following	all of the following
28.	Paragraph 12.7.7.1.c	the following	all of the following
29.	Section 13.1.2	the following	any of the following
30.	Paragraph 13.1.2.a	the following	any of the following
31.	Paragraph 13.2.5A.2.a	the following	all of the following
32.	Subsection 13.2.5B.2	the following	all of the following
33.	Subsection 13.2.8.2	all these criteria	all of the following
34.	Subsection 13.2.11.8	both these costs	all of the following
35.	Subsection 13.2.13.2	all the following	all of the following
36.	Section 13.3.5	either	any
37.	Subsection 13.3.8.1	conditions are met	apply
38.	Subsection 13.3.8.2	conditions are met	apply
39.	Subsection 13.3.10.1	in either of these situations	if any of the following apply
40.	Subsection 13.3.10.2	they meet any of these conditions	any of the following apply
41.	Subsection 13.3.11.2	all these conditions	all of the following
42.	Section 13.3.13	the following	all of the following
43.	Subsection 13.3.16.2	all these criteria	all of the following
44.	Subsection 13.3.19.3	all these criteria	all of the following
45.	Subsection 13.3.19.5	all these conditions	all of the following
46.	Subsection 13.4.3.1	these projects	the following projects
47.	Subsection 13.4.2	all these criteria	all of the following
48.	Section 13.4.4	the following	any of the following
49.	Subsection 13.4.5.1	Both these conditions	All of the following
50.	Subsection 13.4.5.2	these benefits	all of the following
51.	Subsection 13.4.5.3	all these criteria	all of the following
52.	Subsection 13.4.6.2	all these criteria	all of the following
53.	Subsection 13.4.8.1	all these criteria	all of the following
54.	Subsection 13.4.8.2	these costs	the following
55.	Subsection 13.4.8.3	either of these amounts	any of the following
56.	Subsection 14.2.4.8	all these criteria	all of the following
57.	Subsection 14.2.11.1	these conditions	all of the following
58.	Subsection 14.2.11.2	all these criteria	all of the following
59.	Subsection 14.2.11.3	these are the conditions of service	conditions of service means any of the following
60.	Section 14.2.13	the following	any of the following
61.	Subsection 14.2.14.1	the following	all of the following
62.	Subsection 14.3.5.2	all these criteria	all of the following
63.	Subsection 14.3.6.2	these costs	any of the following
64.	Subsection 14.3.6.3	these costs	any of the following
65.	Subsection 14.3.9.2	of these things	of the following
66.	Subsection 14.3.9.2	In these situations, a member may do any of these things.	If subsection 1 applies, the member may do any of the following.
67.	Subsection 14.3.11.1	the following	any of the following
68.	Subsection 14.3.11.3	all these criteria	all of the following
69.	Subsection 14.3.12.2	these items	the following items
70.	Subsection 14.3.12.3	these items	the following items
71.	Subsection 14.3.13.1	the following	all of the following
72.	Subsection 14.3.13.2	the following	all of the following
73.	Subsection 14.3.15.1	these conditions	of the following
74.	Subsection 14.3.15.3	these costs	the following costs
75.	Subsection 14.3.16.3	these amounts	the following costs
76.	Section 14.3.19	these two amounts	of the following
77.	Paragraph 14.3.22.1.b	these conditions	the following
78.	Subsection 14.3.22.2	both these criteria	all of the following
79.	Subsection 14.3.22.4	all the following applies	all of the following apply
80.	Subsection 14.3.25.1	location. These conditions apply	location if all of the following apply
81.	Subsection 14.3.25.2	location. These conditions apply	location if all of the following apply
82.	Subsection 14.3.25.3	effects. These conditions must be met	effects if all of the following apply
83.	Section 14.3.27	one of these removals	any of the following removals
84.	Subsection 14.4.2.2	these conditions	of the following
85.	Subsection 14.4.5.1	in these situations	if any of the following apply
86.	Subsection 14.4.5.3	both of the following conditions	all of the following
87.	Paragraph 14.4.6.2.a	the following	any of the following
88.	Subsection 14.4.7.3	either of these conditions	any of the following
89.	Subsection 14.4.7.4	one of these conditions	any of the following
90.	Subsection 14.4.7.7	all these criteria	all of the following
91.	Subsection 14.4.8.1	all the following	all of the following
92.	Subsection 14.4.8.2	Only the following	Any of the following
93.	Subsection 14.4.9.1	the following	all of the following
94.	Subsection 14.4.10.1	the following	any of the following
95.	Subsection 14.4.11.2	the following conditions	all of the following
96.	Subsection 14.4.11.3	all the following	all of the following
97.	Subsection 14.4.15.8	both	all
98.	Subsection 14.5.5.4	in these situations	if any of the following apply
99.	Section 14.6.4	in these situations	if any of the following apply
100.	Paragraph 14.6.7.1.b	both these conditions	all of the following
101.	Section 14.6.11	the following	all of the following
102.	Subsection 14.6.17	in these situations	if any of the following apply
103.	Section 14.4.18	one	any
104.	Subsection 14.5.3.2	these days	the following days
105.	Subsection 14.5.3.3	these criteria	of the following
106.	Subsection 14.5.5.4	these situations	any of the following situations
107.	Subsection 14.6.7.1	these costs	any of the following costs
108.	Paragraph 14.6.7.1.b	both these conditions	all of the following
109.	Subsection 14.6.10.2	all these criteria	all of the following
110.	Subsection 14.3.14.1	these costs	any of the following costs
111.	Paragraph 14.3.14.1.b	these criteria	of the following
112.	Subsection 14.6.17.2	these situations	any of the following situations
113.	Subsection 14.6.17.3	these criteria	of the following
114.	Section 14.6.19	both	all
115.	Subsection 14.6.20	these items	any of the following
116.	Subsection 14.6.21.1	one of these	any of the following
117.	Subsection 14.6.21.2	These three conditions must be met	All of the following must apply.
118.	Paragraph 14.6.21.2.a	either of the following situations	any of the following
119.	Subsection 14.6.21.4	all these criteria	all of the following
120.	Subsection 14.6.21.5	both these conditions	all of the following
121.	Subsection 14.6.22.1	the following amount	one of the following amounts
122.	Subsection 14.6.22.3	all these criteria	all of the following
123.	Subsection 14.6.23.2	all these criteria	all of the following
124.	Subsection 14A.1.4.2	the following	all of the following
125.	Subsection 14A.1.6A.3	The following	All of the following
126.	Subsection 14A.1.7.2A	all the following	all of the following
127.	Subsection 14A.1.10.1	either	any
128.	Section 14A.1.14	the following	all of the following
129.	Subsection 14A.1.16.3	any the following	any of the following
130.	Subsection 14A.1.17.3	any the following	any of the following
131.	Section 14A.1.19	the following	any of the following
132.	Paragraph 14A.1.19A.b	either	any
133.	Subsection 14A.1.21.1	all the following	all of the following
134.	Section 14A.2.3	the following	any of the following
135.	Subsection 15.1.10.2	the following	all of the following
136.	Subsection 15.2A.6.1	the following	any of the following
137.	Section 15.2A.10	both the following	all of the following
138.	Section 15.2A.13	the following	any of the following
139.	Subsection 15.2A.15.1 (definition of minimum amount)	the following	one of the following
140.	Subsection 15.2A.15.1 (definition of maximum amount)	the following	one of the following
141.	Subsection 15.2A.15.2	the following	one of the following
142.	Subsection 15.2A.15.3	the following	one of the following
143.	Section 15.2A.16	1,200. Both these conditions must be	1,200 if all of the following are
144.	Section 15.2A.22	either of the following applies	any of the following apply
145.	Subsection 15.2A.23.1	either	any
146.	Subsection 15.2A.23.2	the following	all of the following
147.	Subsection 15.2A.25.3	the following	all of the following
148.	Subsection 15.2A.27.2	either	any
149.	Section 15.2A.28	both	all
150.	Subsection 15.3.7.1	the following conditions	all of the following
160.	Subsection 15.3.21.3	these criteria	of the following
161.	Subsection 15.3.21.6	these	the following
162.	Subsection 15.3.21.7	these	any of the following
163.	Subsection 15.3.22.1	these conditions	of the following
164.	Subsection 15.3.25.3	under either of these conditions	if one of the following
165.	Subsection 15.3.27.1	the following	all of the following
166.	Subsection 15.3.27.2	both these conditions	all of the following
167.	Subsection 15.3.28.2	both these conditions	all of the following
168.	Section 15.3.32	either	any
169.	Subsection 15.3.33.1	all the following	all of the following
170.	Subsection 15.3.33.2	the following	all of the following
171.	Subsection 15.3.35.1	either	any
172.	Paragraph 15.3.35.1.a	Both	All of
173.	Subsection 15.3.35.2	The following	All of the following
174.	Subsection 15.3.35.3	the following	all of the following
175.	Subsection 15.3.35.4	either	one
176.	Section 15.3.36	the following conditions	all of the following
177.	Subsection 15.3.39.2	The following persons	Any of the following persons
178.	Subsection 15.4.3.1	either of these conditions	any of the following
179.	Paragraph 15.4.3.1.a	Both the following	All of the following
180.	Subsection 15.4.7.4	both	all
181.	Subsection 15.4.9.2	these conditions	all of the following
182.	Subsection 15.4.10	all the following	all of the following
183.	Section 15.4.11	the following	all of the following
184.	Subsection 15.4.15.2	the following	all of the following
185.	Subsection 15.4.18.2	the following	one of the following
186.	Subsection 15.4.18A.2	the following	one of the following
187.	Subsection 15.4.21.1	all these conditions	all of the following
188.	Subsection 15.4.23.1	the following	all of the following
189.	Subsection 15.4.24.3	these criteria	of the following
190.	Subsection 15.4.25.1	one of these situations	any of the following
191.	Subsection 15.4.25.3	these criteria	of the following
192.	Section 15.4.26	the following reasons	any of the following reasons
193.	Section 15.4.30	the following	all of the following
194.	Subsection 15.5.4.2	the following	any of the following
195.	Subsection 15.5.7A.1	reach the following minimum threshold	Reach one of the following minimum thresholds
196.	Subsection 15.5.8.2	these criteria	of the following
197.	Subsection 15.5.9.1	person. The following conditions	person if all of the following
198.	Subsection 15.5.10.1	the following conditions	all of the following
199.	Subsection 15.5.11.3	either of these	any of the following
200.	Subsection 15.5.12.1	both of these conditions	all of the following
201.	Paragraph 15.5.12.3.e	these conditions	of the following
202.	Subsection15.5.14.2	both these criteria	all of the following
203.	Subsection 15.5.14.3	these costs	any of the following
204.	Subsection 15.5.14.4	either	any
205.	Subsection 15.5.20.3	the following when	one of the following if
206.	Paragraph 15.6.10.1.b	both	all
207.	Section 15.6.17A	the following conditions	all of the following
208.	Paragraph 15.6.20.3.b	the following	all of the following
209.	Subparagraph 15.6.30.1.d.ii	either	one
210.	Subsection 15.7.2.1	the following	any of the following
211.	Subsection 15.7.2.2	the following	any of the following
212.	Subsection 15.8.5.1	the following	all of the following
213.	Section 16.1.1	either of these kinds	any of the following types
214.	Section 16.5.3	both these conditions	all of the following
215.	Section 16.5.4	either of these conditions	any of the following
216.	Subsection 16.5.6.2	these sources	the following
217.	Subsection 16.7.3.2	these criteria	of the following
218.	Subsection 17.7.5.1	both of the following conditions	all of the following
219.	Subsection 17.7.8.1	either	any
220.	Subsection 17.7.9.1	either	any
221.	Section 17.7.12	the following	any of the following
222.	Section 17.7.15	Both these conditions	All of the following
223.	Subsection 17.7.16.2	these criteria	of the following
224.	Subsection 17.7.22.2	both these requirements	all of the following
225.	Subsection 17.7.23.3	these limits	the following limits
226.	Subsection 17.7.24.2	both these criteria	all of the following
227.	Subsection 17.7.24.	one of these purposes	any of the following reasons

Schedule 7—Transitional and savings provisions

1 Definitions

	In this Schedule, the following apply.
	Defence Determination means Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service, as in force from time to time.

2 Transitional – Lebanon

1.	This clause applies to a member who was on long-term posting overseas to Lebanon between 14 February 2025 and the commencement of this Determination.
2.	The member is eligible for benefits provided by the Defence Determination that they would have been eligible for had the changes made by items 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 been in effect at the time of their posting to Lebanon.

3 Transitional – Public transport costs

1.	This clause applies to a member who was eligible for reimbursement of excess costs of public transport under section 15.3.7 of the Defence Determination between 1 March 2025 and the commencement of Schedule 5 of this Determination.
2.	The member is eligible for reimbursement at the rate set out in subsection 15.3.7.2 of the Defence Determination had the change made by item 1 of Schedule 5 of this Determination applied at the time.
3.	The rate under subclause 2 is reduced by any amount the member has already received for reimbursement under section 15.3.7 of the Defence Determination for the same period.

4 Transitional – School transport costs

1.	This clause applies to a member who was eligible for reimbursement of their child’s excess costs of school transport under section 15.6.12 of the Defence Determination between 1 March 2025 and the commencement of Schedule 5 of this Determination.
2.	The member is eligible for reimbursement at the rate set out in subsection 15.6.12.2 of the Defence Determination had the change made by item 2 of Schedule 5 of this Determination applied at the time.
3.	The rate under subclause 2 is reduced by any amount the member has already received for reimbursement under section 15.6.12 of the Defence Determination for the same period.

5 Savings – Reunion travel

1.	This clause applies to a member who was on a long-term posting overseas and would be eligible for reunion travel under Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 15 of the Defence Determination immediately before the commencement of this this Determination.
2.	Despite Schedule 4, the provisions that applied to the member immediately before the commencement of this Determination continue to apply for the period of the member’s posting.

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Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 8) 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 3 June 2025

Sarah Kate McGregor

Acting Director General People Policy and Employment Conditions Defence People Group

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Transition absence amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 2—Removal on deployment amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 3—Post index location and benchmark school amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 4—Overseas reunion travel amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 5—Public transport and school transport costs amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 6—Miscellaneous amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

Schedule 7—Transitional provisions

1 Name

This instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination (No. 8) 2025.

2 Commencement

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 7 5 June 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.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Transition absence amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Section 2.2.8
	Repeal the section, substitute:

2.2.8 Transition absence

1. This section does not apply to a member of the Reserves, other than a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service.
1. Subject to subsection 3, a member who has a transition date is eligible for a cumulative total of 25 days of transition absence for any of the following activities.
a. Defence Force transition program activities.
b. Employment-related activities, career transition training or education courses that relate to one of the following.
i. The member’s post-transition employment career path.
ii. The member’s post‑transition meaningful engagement.
c. Transition-related administrative activities.
1. All of the following apply to a transition absence.
a. The CDF must be satisfied that service requirements can be met while the member is absent.
b. It can be taken as a full or a half day and must be within the cumulative total of 25 days.
c. If it is for a transition-related administrative activity under paragraph 2.c, it must not exceed the cumulative total of 5 days.
d. If the member has been granted a period of transition absence and one of the following occurs, any unused portion of the approved period of absence will not be debited from the member’s transition absence credits.
i. The activity finishes early.
ii. The activity is cancelled.

Schedule 2—Removal on deployment amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1 After subparagraph 6.5.38.1.c.ii
Insert:
iii. They are occupying an own home and they choose to vacate it for the duration of the deployment.
2 Subsection 6.5.38.2
Omit “If subsection 1 applies, the”, substitute “The”.
3 After subsection 6.5.38.2
Insert:
1. In this section, own home means one of the following.
a. If the member has no resident family or recognised other persons — a suitable own home.
b. If the member has unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family — a home that would be a suitable own home under section 7.2.5 had paragraph 7.2.12.1.g not applied. Note: Paragraph 7.2.12.1.g provides that a home that is in the member’s housing benefit location is not considered a suitable own home if the member has unaccompanied resident family.
4 After subparagraph 6.5.53.1.c.ii
Insert:
iii. They are occupying an own home and they choose to vacate it for the duration of the deployment.
5 After subsection 6.5.53.2
Insert:
1. In this section, own home means a home that would be a suitable own home under section 7.2.5 had paragraph 7.2.12.1.g not applied.Note: Paragraph 7.2.12.1.g provides that a home that is in the member’s housing benefit location is not considered a suitable own home if the member has unaccompanied resident family.
6 Section 6.5.57
Repeal the section, substitute:

6.5.57 Members with suitable own home

Schedule 3—Post index location and benchmark school amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Annex 12.3.B (after table item 24B)
	Insert:

24C.	LEBANON	Beirut

2	Annex 15.6.A (after table item 20)
	Insert:

20A.	Lebanon	–	American Community School, Beirut	American Community School, Beirut	American Community School, Beirut

Schedule 4—Overseas reunion travel amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Subsection 14A.1.23.3
	Omit the subsection, substitute:
	Note: A reunion visit taken under this section reduces the number of reunion visits a member is eligible for under section 15.3.17G.
2	Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 15
	Repeal the Division, substitute:

Division 3: Overseas reunion travel

Subdivision 1: General provisions

15.3.10 Simplified outline of this Division

If a member’s child is travelling by themselves to visit the member, they may need to be accompanied by an adult. Travel costs for the chaperone are set out in Subdivision 6.

15.3.11 Definitions

In this Division, the following apply.
Allowable travel costs for a chaperone means one of the following.
a. If the dependent child is travelling to the member's posting location — all of the following.
i. Allowable travel costs from the posting location to meet the dependent child at the international airport where the child can no longer travel unaccompanied.
ii. Allowable travel costs from the international airport to chaperone the dependent child to the posting location.
b. If the dependent child is travelling to return home — all of the following.
i. Allowable travel costs from the posting location to chaperone the dependent child to the international airport from where the child will travel home unaccompanied.
ii. Allowable travel costs from the international airport back to the posting location.
Chaperone, for the purpose of accompanying a dependent child, means a person over 18 years old who is one of the following.
a. The member.
c. A person chosen by the member.
Dependent child means a child who meets one of the following.
a. If the child is living in Australia — they are a child under section 1.3.35.
b. If the child is living at the member’s overseas location — they are a dependant under subsection 12.3.5.1.
c. If the child is living at another overseas location — they are a dependant of a person who is a recognised partner subsection 15.3.13.2.
Dependent tertiary student has the same meaning given by section 15.3.12.
Eligible person means any of the following.
a. A dependent child.
b. A dependent tertiary student.
c. A recognised partner.
Recognised partner has the same meaning given by section 15.3.13.
Reunion year means the 12-month period commencing on the first day of the member’s long-term posting at the overseas location.

15.3.12 Dependent tertiary student

1. Dependent tertiary student means a person who meets all of the following.
a. They are less than 25 years of age.
b. They meet one of the following.
i. For a tertiary student studying in another overseas location — a person who meets the criteria under subsection 2.
ii. For a tertiary student studying in Australia — they an adult child or they are recognised family under section 1.3.1.
c. They are undertaking full-time studies at a tertiary institution.
d. They are living away from the member because of the member’s long-term posting overseas.
1. For the purpose of subparagraph 1.b.i, a person may be recognised as a dependent tertiary student if the decision maker is satisfied that the person meets all of the following.
a. The person would live with the member at the member’s posting location but is unable to because a dependant is not permitted at the posting location.
b. The person is studying in another overseas location to be located closer to the member.
c. Immediately before the long-term posting overseas, the person was living with the member.
d. The person has a level of dependency on the member.
Note: If a member has a person recognised as a dependent tertiary student under this subsection, the member is only eligible for reunion travel benefits for that person. No other overseas benefits will apply for that person.
1. For the purpose of subsection 2, decision maker means a person not below WO2(E)/APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

15.3.13 Recognised partner

1. Recognised partner means a person who is a recognised partner under one of the following.
a. If the person is living in Australia — section 1.3.36.
b. If the person is living at the member’s overseas posting location — subsection 12.3.5.1.
c. If the person is living in another overseas location — subsection 2.
1. For the purpose of paragraph 1.c, a person may be a recognised partner if they meet all of the following.
a. They are a member.
b. They are the partner of a member who is eligible for the reunion travel benefits under section 15.3.15.
c. They are on a long-term posting in another overseas location.Note: If both members are at the same posting location overseas, paragraph 1.b applies to the member who is not eligible for the reunion travel benefits under section 15.3.15.
d. They would live with the member if not for the separate long-term postings.

15.3.14 Taking a reunion travel benefit

1.	A member must apply to use a reunion travel benefit for themself or an eligible person using the approved form.
2.	If more than one eligible person travel at the same time, one reunion travel benefit under section 15.3.17G is used.
3.	If the member is travelling on a reunion travel benefit they must be on a type of leave or absence for the period of the reunion travel.
4.	A reunion travel benefit can be taken by the member or an eligible person.
5.	A member must not take a reunion travel benefit within 3 months of the start or end of their posting period overseas unless the decision maker is satisfied it is reasonable.
6.	For the purpose of subsection 5, decision maker means a person not below WO2(E)/APS 5 working in the Pay and Administration Centre – Victoria who is authorised to manage Defence pay and administration at overseas posts.

15.3.15 Dual serving couple

If a member is a part of a dual serving couple and both members are on a long-term posting overseas, only the following member is eligible for the number of reunion travel benefits under section 15.3.17G.
a. The member who has been nominated by both members to receive the benefit.
b. If a member has not been nominated, the member with the higher salary.
Note 1: Although only one member is eligible for the reunion travel benefits, both members can use the reunion travel benefits.Note 2: The members can be at the same posting location overseas or at another posting location overseas.Note 3: The member who is not eligible for the reunion travel benefits under this section is a recognised partner under section 15.3.13.

Subdivision 2: Reunion travel benefit

15.3.16 Reunion travel benefit

The reunion travel benefit includes all of the following between the member’s posting location overseas and the location of the eligible person.
a. Air travel that meets all of the following.
ii. It is at economy class.
ii. It is the allowable travel cost as provided under section 12.3.3.
b. Rail travel.
c. Coach travel.
Note: The member is not eligible for accommodation, meal or incidental costs during reunion travel.

15.3.17 Reunion travel benefit to another overseas location

1. This section applies to a member who has an eligible person who meets any of the following.
a. The eligible person lives in a location that is not in Australia or the posting location.
b. The eligible person lives in Australia and is unable to travel to the posting location because the eligible person is not permitted at the posting location.
1. The member is eligible for any of the following.
a. If the eligible person is traveling — a reunion travel benefit between the location under paragraph 1.a and the member’s overseas posting location. Note: Travel under this paragraph cannot be to an overseas posting location where eligible persons are not permitte

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