Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 2) 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 24 February 2025

Sarah McGregor

Acting Director General
People Policy and Employment Conditions

Defence People Group

1 Name

This instrument is the Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 2) 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. 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Note: this table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 payment to a member to reconcile housing contributions as a result of unique personal circumstances and Service requirements.

5 Definitions

In this Determination, the following apply.

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

Housing contribution period means the period between 1 December 2024 and 2 February 2025.

6 Application

This Determination applies to the member holding the employee identification number 8235645.

7 Payment

The member is eligible for the amount calculated using the following formula for each day in the housing contribution period.

$Start formula payment amount equals start fraction A minus B over 14 end fraction end formula$

Where:

A is the fortnightly housing contribution made by the member under Chapter 7 of the Defence Determination.

B is the contribution amount provided by table item 1 of subsection 7.4.27.2 of the Defence Determination.

8 Revocation

This Determination is revoked on 31 March 2026.