Defence Determination 2017/40, Deployment allowance – amendment (Cth)

Defence Determination 2017/40, Deployment 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 14 December 2017

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—Deployment allowance - amendment   3

Defence Determination 2016/19. Conditions of service   3

Schedule 2—Transitional provisions   4

Defence Determination 2016/19. Conditions of service   4

1  Name

This instrument is Defence Determination 2017/40, Deployment allowance – amendment.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after signature.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Deployment allowance – amendment

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Subsection 17.7.6.1 (Rate of allowance) table
Omit the table, substitute:

Item	Operation	Specified area	Daily rate of allowance AUD
1.	ACCORDION	Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates	87.15
2.	ASLAN	South Sudan	159.98
3.	AUGURY	Afghanistan	159.98
		Jordan United Arab Emirates	87.15
4.	HIGHROAD	Afghanistan	159.98
5.	LITTEN	Libyan territorial waters	135.92
6.	MANITOU	The seas and superjacent airspace of: a.  the Arabian Sea; b.  the Gulf of Aden; c.  the Gulf of Aqaba; d.  the Gulf of Oman; e.  the Gulf of Suez; f.   the Persian Gulf; g.  the Red Sea; and h.  the Indian Ocean north of Latitude 15 degrees South and west of Longitude 70 degrees East. This includes the ports adjacent and the area within a 10 kilometre radius of each port.	87.15
7.	MAZURKA	Egypt between the east bank of the Suez Canal and the international boundary between Egypt and Israel established by the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel signed in Washington on 26 March 1979, and an adjoining area extending 5km into Israel.	135.92

Item	Operation	Specified area	Daily rate of allowance AUD
8.	OKRA	Iraq and Syria	159.98
		Any of the following. a.  Albania; b.  the Kingdom of Bahrain; c.  Bosnia and Herzegovina; d.  Bulgaria; e.  Croatia; f.   Cyprus; g.  Czech Republic; h.  Estonia; i.   Hungary; j.   the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; k.  Kuwait; l.   Montenegro; m. the Persian Gulf; n.  Poland; o.  the State of Qatar; p.  Romania; q.  the United Arab Emirates; and r.   the land territory of Turkey east of longitude 35° East.	87.15
9.	PALADIN	Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon	87.15
		Syria	159.98
10.	Any other operation in accordance with subsection 17.7.5.2	Not applicable.	A rate approved by the Minister for Defence that is between 50.37 and 239.97.

Schedule 2—Transitional provisions

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Rate of allowance – Operation AUGURY
1.	This section applies to a member deployed on Operation AUGURY who was performing duty in the specified area under table item 3 of section 1 in Schedule 1 of this Determination between 28 April 2016 and the commencement of this Determination.
2.	A member is eligible for payment of deployment allowance for each day of duty in the specified area of Afghanistan between 28 April 2016 and the commencement of this Determination that is the difference between the following amounts.
a.	The relevant rate in the following table.
b.	Less the amount of deployment allowance that the member received for the same period of duty in the area specified immediately prior to the commencement of this Determination.

Item	From...	to...	the daily rate is...
1.	28 April 2016	2 November 2016	AUD 153.77
2.	3 November 2016	1 November 2017	AUD 156.84
3.	2 November 2017	the commencement of this Determination	AUD 159.98

3.	A member is eligible for payment of deployment allowance at the relevant rate for the dates specified in the following table for each day of duty the member meets both of the following conditions.
a.	The member performed duty in the United Arab Emirates on Operation AUGURY between 28 April 2016 and the commencement of this Determination.
b.	The member did not receive deployment allowance for duty performed in the United Arab Emirates prior to the commencement of this Determination.

Item	From...	to...	the daily rate is...
1.	28 April 2016	2 November 2016	AUD 83.77
2.	3 November 2016	1 November 2017	AUD 85.45
3.	2 November 2017	the commencement of this Determination	AUD 87.15

2	Rate of allowance – Operation LITTEN
1.	This section applies to a member deployed on Operation LITTEN who was performing duty in the specified area in table item 5 of section 1 in Schedule 1 of this Determination on any day in the following periods.
a.	Between 31 August 2016 and 21 October 2016.
b.	Between 4 November 2016 and the commencement of this Determination.
2.	A member is eligible for payment of deployment allowance at the rate specified in the following table for each day of duty performed in the Libyan territorial waters for Operation LITTEN between 28 April 2016 and the commencement of this Determination.

Item	From...	to...	the daily rate is...
1.	31 August 2016	21 October 2016	AUD 130.64
2.	4 November 2016	1 November 2017	AUD 133.26
3.	2 November 2017	the commencement of this Determination	AUD 135.92

3	Rate of allowance – Operation MANITOU
1.	This section applies to a member deployed on Operation MANITOU who meets both the following conditions.
a.	The member performed duty in the specified area in table item 6 of section 1 in Schedule 1 of this Determination at any time between 14 November 2016 and the commencement of this Determination.
b.	The member did not receive deployment allowance for duty performed in the area specified immediately prior to the commencement of this Determination.
2.	The member is eligible for payment of deployment allowance at the rate specified in the following table for each day of duty the member met the conditions set out in subsection 1.

Item	From...	to...	the daily rate is...
1.	14 November 2016	1 November 2017	AUD 85.45
2.	2 November 2017	the commencement of this Determination	AUD 87.15