Defence Determination, Conditions of Service Amendment (Benchmark schools and approved summer schools) Determination 2018 (No. 33)
I, JAY ANDREW CLARKE, Acting Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Dated 9 August 2018
J A CLARKE
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—Education assistance 3
Defence Determination, Conditions of service 2016/19 3
Schedule 2—Benchmark schools 4
Defence Determination, Conditions of service 2016/19 4
Schedule 3—Approved summer schools 5
Defence Determination, Conditions of service 2016/19 5
Schedule 4—Transitional provision 8
This instrument is Defence Determination, Conditions of Service Amendment (Benchmark schools and approved summer schools) Determination 2018 (No.33).
This instrument commences on 9 August 2018.
This instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Education assistance
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
1 | Section 15.6.4 (Definitions) |
| After "Compulsory tuition fees", insert: |
Posting location | For the purpose of benchmark and approved summer schools the member's posting location is taken to be one of the following. | |
a. | If the member has been directed to live in Manhattan under section 15.1.6 — the posting location is Manhattan. | |
b. | If the member is posted to a city, or an establishment within a city, that is listed — the posting location is that city. | |
c. | If the member is posted to a city or establishment that is not listed but the country where the city or establishment is located is listed — the posting location is the country or 'country – other'. | |
d. | If the member is posted to a city, establishment or country that is not listed — there is no benefit for the location. |
Schedule 2—Benchmark schools
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
1 | Annex 15.6.A (Benchmark schools), item 8 |
| Omit item 8, substitute: |
8. | France |
|
|
|
– Cherbourg | – | Ermitage International School of France | Ermitage International School of France | |
– Paris | International School, Paris | International School, Paris | International School, Paris | |
– other | EPIM School, Aix-en-Provence | EPIM School, Aix-en-Provence | EPIM School, Aix-en-Provence |
2 | Annex 15.6.A (Benchmark schools), item 9 |
| Omit item 9, substitute: |
9. | Germany |
|
|
|
– Bremen | The International School of Bremen | The International School of Bremen | The International School of Bremen | |
– Hamburg | The International School of Hamburg | The International School of Hamburg | The International School of Hamburg | |
– other | Brandenburg Berlin International School | Brandenburg Berlin International School | Brandenburg Berlin International School |
3 | Annex 15.6.A (Benchmark schools), item 17 |
| Omit "elsewhere", substitute "other". |
4 | Annex 15.6.A (Benchmark schools), item 36 |
| Omit "elsewhere", substitute "other". |
Schedule 3—Approved summer schools
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
1 | Section 15.6.15 (Summer school costs) |
| Omit section, insert: |
1. | A member is eligible for the reimbursement of an amount equal to the amount charged by a provider for a child who is a dependant to attend an approved summer school, or summer camp, listed under Annex 15.6.B for the posting location. Exception: This section does not apply to summer camps in the USA, see Division 3 section 15.6.18. | |
2. | The benefit under this section is limited to either of the following periods. | |
| a. | For approved summer schools in France — three weeks per year. |
| b. | For approved summer schools, or summer camps, in all other locations — four weeks per year. |
3. | A member is not eligible to be reimbursed any of the following costs associated with summer school, or summer camp, incurred by the member, spouse, partner or child. | |
| a. | Costs associated with stopovers, transport or travel. |
| b. | Costs for accommodation, meals and incidentals during travel to or from the school. |
| c. | Optional activities that incur extra costs. |
2 | Annex 15.6.B (Approved summer schools), table |
| Remove the table, substitute: |
Item | Posting location | Approved summer school |
1. | Belgium | International School Brussels |
2. | Cambodia | Northbridge International School of Cambodia The Canadian International School The International School of Phnom Penh |
3. | China | Atelier Art School Canadian International School of Beijing Imagine China Sports Beijing That's Mandarin |
4. | East Timor | Quality Schools International – Dili (excluding the daily program) |
5. | France - Cherbourg |
École Des Roches, Paris |
- other | American School, Paris École Privées Internationales de Marseille (EPIM School), International School, Paris Centre International Privé pour l'Education ét la Culture (CIPEC), France International Bilingual School of Provence (IBS), France | |
6. | Italy | American Overseas School of Rome, Rome |
7. | India | American Embassy School, New Delhi |
8. | Indonesia | Bandung International School Bambino International Pre-school Jakarta International School |
9. | Japan | EtonHouse International School, Tokyo Sacred Heart International School, Tokyo Tokyo International School Willowbrook International School, Tokyo |
10. | Jordan | My Gym Summer School |
11. | Korea | British International Kindergarten, Seoul Seoul Club Summer Program, Seoul Seoul Foreign School, Seoul |
12. | Malaysia | International School, Kuala Lumpur |
Item | Posting location | Approved summer school |
13. | Philippines | British School, Manila International School, Manila |
14. | Spain: - La Coruna/Ferrol |
Colegio Eiris Colegio Obradoiro Enforex |
- Madrid | American School of Madrid Centro Educativo Internacional El Jarama Enforex Day Camp Summer Program (See: Subsection 15.6.16.3) | |
- other | Enforex Day Camp Summer Program (See: Subsection 15.6.16.3) | |
15. | Thailand | NIST International School Noddy Playgroup St Andrews International School |
Schedule 4—Transitional provision
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
1 | Summer schools – transitional provision | ||
1. | This section applies to a member who, prior to the commencement of this Determination, meets both of the following conditions. | ||
| a. | The member was posted to either of the following. | |
|
| i. | A posting location in Cambodia, China or Philippines. |
|
| ii. | Cherbourg, France. |
| b. | On or after 29 May 2018 the member had a child who was a dependant and attended a summer school that is listed for the posting location in the following table. |
Item | If the member is posted to... | then the approved summer school for the posting location is... |
1. | Cambodia | Northbridge International School of Cambodia The Canadian International School The International School of Phnom Penh |
2. | China | Atelier Art School Canadian International School of Beijing Imagine China Sports Beijing That's Mandarin |
3. | Philippines | British School, Manila International School, Manila |
4. | Cherbourg, France | École Des Roches, Paris |
2. | A member is eligible for an amount equal to the amount charged by the provider for the child's attendance at an approved summer school listed in the table at subsection 1. | |
3. | A member is not eligible to be paid any of the following costs associated with summer school incurred by the member, spouse, partner or child. | |
| a. | Costs associated with stopovers, transport or travel. |
| b. | Costs for accommodation, meals and incidentals during travel to or from the school. |
| c. | Optional activities that incur extra costs. |