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Defence Determination 2016/19 (Suspension of Special Location Allowance) (Middle East Region) Instrument (No. 1) 2026

I, BRIGADIER KIRK LLOYD, Director General, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the this notifiable instrument under paragraph 16.8.3.4.a of the Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service.

Dated 30 April 2026

BRIG Kirk Lloyd

Director General
People Policy and Employment Conditions
Defence People Group

 

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Suspension of special location allowance

4  Repeal

 

 

This instrument is the Defence Determination 2016/19 (Suspension of Special Location Allowance) (Middle East Region) Instrument (No. 1) 2026.

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.

On the day of registration.

 

 

 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

The payment of special location allowance under section 16.8.3 of Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service, is suspended from 6 May 2026 for all of the following locations.

a. Israel.

b. Jordan.

c. Kuwait.

d. Lebanon.

e. Qatar.

f. Saudi Arabia.

g. United Arab Emirates.

This instrument is repealed 7 July 2026.