Defence Determination 2018/1, Hardship and location allowance – amendment
I, PHILLIP JOHN HOGLIN, Acting Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Dated 9 January 2018
P J HOGLIN
Acting Assistant Secretary
People Policy and Employment Conditions
Defence People Group
Contents
1 Name...............................................2
2 Commencement.........................................2
3 Authority.............................................2
4 Schedules.............................................2
Schedule 1—Hardship and location allowance 3
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service 3
Schedule 2—Transitional provision 4
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service 4
1 Name
This instrument is the Defence Determination 2018/1, Hardship and location allowance – amendment.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 11 January 2018.
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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Hardship and location allowance
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
1 | Annex 16.A (Hardship post conditions of service – member posted before 1 July 2017) |
| After table item 24, insert: |
24A. | Malaysia – Lumut | 36 | Capital city (1) | Capital city (1) | 12 | Regional centre only | 9 | D |
2 | Annex 16.B (Hardship post conditions of service – member posted on or after 1 July 2017) |
| After table item 29, insert: |
29A. | Malaysia – Lumut | 36 | Capital city (1) | Capital city (1) | 12 | Regional centre only | D |
Schedule 2—Transitional provision
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
1 | Hardship and location allowance – transitional provision |
1. | This section applies to a member who meets all of the following conditions. |
| a. | The member was on short-term duty in a hardship location before 1 July 2017. |
| b. | The member remained in the hardship location on or after 1 July 2017. |
2. | The period that the member spent in the hardship location before 1 July 2017 is to count towards the 28 day qualifying period under section 16.2A.4 of the Principal Determination for the payment of location allowance. |
3. | If the member completed the 28 day qualifying period under section 16.2A.4 using the period set out in subsection 2, the member is eligible for the payment of the following allowances for each day of duty. |
| a. | Hardship allowance for the period spent in the hardship location before 1 July 2017, less the amount of hardship allowance that the member received for the same period of duty in the area specified. |
| b. | Location allowance for the period spent in the hardship location on or after 1 July 2017 less the amount of location allowance that the member received for the same period of duty in the area specified. |