Defence Determination 2017/36, Location allowances and references to Defence Enterprise Agreement – amendment (Cth)

Defence Determination 2017/36, Location allowances and references to Defence Enterprise Agreement –amendments

I, PHILLIP JOHN HOGLIN, Acting Assistant Secretary People Policy and Employment Conditions, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 16 October 2017

P J HOGLIN

Acting Assistant Secretary
People Policy and Employment Conditions

Defence People Group

1	Name
1.	This Determination is Defence Determination 2017/36, Location allowances and references to Defence Enterprise Agreement – amendment.
2.	This Determination may also be cited as Defence Determination 2017/36.
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
The whole of this instrument	30 November 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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	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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Defence Enterprise Agreement – Amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1

Section 1.1.3 (Abbreviations), table

Omit the abbreviation "DECA" and the corresponding meaning.

2

Subsection 1.6.1.3 (payment of entitlements in special circumstances), example

Omit "DECA section H2, Relocation assistance", substitute "Defence Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 section H2, Relocating with Defence.

Example: A member is eligible for disturbance allowance under Chapter 6 Part 1 Division 1. Their spouse, an adult dependant of the member, is an APS employee in Defence. The member's eligibility for the allowance is reduced by any amount the adult dependant gets for similar purposes under Defence Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 section H2, Relocating with Defence."

Schedule 2—Location allowances – Amendments

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Section 4.4.9 (Rate of allowance – member living in), table
Omit the table, substitute:

Item	If the member is living in at a location graded…	then their yearly rate of allowance is ($)…
1.	A	940
2.	B	2,685
3.	C	3,360
4.	D	4,705
5.	E	5,380

2	Subsection 4.4.10.1 (Rate of allowance – member living out), table
Omit the table, substitute:

Item	If the member is a member…	and they are living out at a location graded…	then their yearly rate of allowance is… ($)
1.	with dependants, and items 2 or 4 do not apply	A	2,690
		B	7,675
		C	9,600
		D	13,445
		E	15,365
2.	with dependants, and one or more of those dependants meet, both these conditions. a.    The dependant is an ADF member or an APS employee in Defence. b.   The dependant is paid ADF district allowance or district allowance under the Defence Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 as in force on 16 August 2017.	A	1,345
		B	3,840
		C	4,800
		D	6,725
		E	7,685
3.	with dependants (unaccompanied)	A	1,345
		B	3,840
		C	4,800
		D	6,725
		E	7,685

Item	If the member is a member…	and they are living out at a location graded…	then their yearly rate of allowance is… ($)
4.	without dependants	A	1,345
		B	3,840
		C	4,800
		D	6,725
		E	7,685

3	Subsection 4.4.19.2 (Benefit), table
Omit the table, substitute:

Item	If the member...	then their yearly rate of allowance is... ($)
1.	has at least one dependant living at the establishment	2,690
2.	is a member of any other kind	1,345

4	Section 4.4.24 (Rate of allowance)
Omit "5,490", substitute "5,700".
5	Subsection 4.4.31 (Rate of allowance), table
Omit the table, substitute:

Item	If subsection…	then their yearly rate of allowance is ($)…
1.	4.4.30.a applies to the member	13,172
2.	4.4.30.b applies to the member	7,257