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Defence Determination, Conditions of service (Reserve allowance – transitional provisions) Determination 2020 (No. 27)

I, FIONA LOUISE McSPEERIN, Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 7 December 2020

Fiona Louise McSpeerin

Assistant Secretary
People Policy and Employment Conditions
Defence People Group

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

Schedule 1—Transitional provisions – Reserve allowances

Schedule 2—Revocation

 

1  Name

This instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service (Reserve allowance – transitional provisions) Determination 2020 (No. 27).

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after registration.

3  Authority

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

Schedule 1Transitional provisions – Reserve allowances

1.    Definitions

 

In this Schedule the following apply.

 

a.

Determination 2020 (No. 13) means Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 13), as made on 7 July 2020.

 

b.

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

2.    Reserve capability completion bonus

1.

This section applies to a member who meets all of the following.

 

a.

They would have been eligible for a payment under Chapter 3 Part 5 Division 2B of the Determination between 27 November 2019 and the commencement of Schedule 2 of Determination 2020 (No. 13) had Defence Determination 2020 (No. 13) been in force at the time.

 

b.

They became eligible payment for a under Chapter 3 Part 5 Division 2B of the Determination immediately after the commencement of Determination 2020 (No. 13).

2.

For the purpose of subsection 3.5.14I.4 of the Determination, the member is taken to have received the payment on the day they would have been eligible for it had Schedule 2 of Determination 2020 (No. 13) applied.

3.    Health support allowance – Members on Reserve service

1.

This section applies to a member who meets all of the following.

 

a.

They were not eligible for a payment under section 4.9.17 of the Determination in the financial year commencing 1 July 2019.

 

b.

They would have been eligible for a payment under section 4.9.17 of the Determination in the financial year commencing 1 July 2019 had Schedule 2 of Determination 2020 (No. 13) applied.

2.

This section does not apply to a person who received a payment under section 3 of Schedule 8 to Defence Determination 2020 (No. 13).

3.

The member is eligible for a payment of $600.

Schedule 2Revocation

1.    Revocation

 

This section revokes Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 13), as made on 7 July 2020.