Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 2) 2026

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Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 2) 2026

I, BRIGADIER KIRK LLOYD, Director General, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 10 February 2026

BRIG Kirk Lloyd

Director General People Policy and Employment Conditions Defence People Group

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Purpose

5  Application

6  Definitions

7  Reimbursement of privately arranged removal costs

8  Repeal

 

 

1  Name

This instrument is the Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 2) 2026.

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. The whole of this Instrument. The day after the instrument is registered.

 

 Note: this table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

 The purpose of this Determination is to provide a member with unique circumstances with reimbursement of relocation costs to commence a period of continuous full-time service.

5  Application

This Determination applies to the member holding the employee identification number 8523031.

6  Definitions

In this Determination, the following apply.

Commonwealth removalist has the same meaning given by section 1.3.1 of the Defence Determination.

Defence Determination means the Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service, as in force from time to time.

7  Reimbursement of privately arranged removal costs

The member is eligible to be reimbursed the lesser of the following for a privately arranged removal of their furniture and effects between Sydney and Townsville.

1.        The cost of a removal had the furniture and effects been removed by the Commonwealth removalist under Part 5 of Chapter 6 of the Defence Determination.
2.        The actual cost that the member paid for the privately arranged removal.

8  Repeal

This Determination is repealed on 31 December 2026.