Defence Determination, Conditions of Service Amendment (Recreation Leave) Determination 2018 (No. 27) (Cth)

Defence Determination, Conditions of Service Amendment (Recreation Leave) Determination 2018 (No. 27)

I, ELIZABETH ANNE SISLEY, Acting Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 26 June 2018

E A SISLEY

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—Amendments   3

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service   3

1  Name

This instrument is Defence Determination, Conditions of Service Amendment (Recreation Leave) Determination 2018 (No. 27).

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after registration.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1	Subsection 5.4.31.3 (Conditions of granting of leave)
After the subsection, insert:
4.	A senior officer who transitioned may be granted no more than a total of two weeks of recreation leave during their transition period.
2	Subsection 5.4.36.3 (Salary for recreation leave)
After the subsection, insert:
4.	In addition to subsection 1, a senior officer who transitioned is to be paid an amount calculated using the following formula for each day of recreation leave paid.
Where:
A		is the daily rate of salary that applied to the senior officer immediately before becoming a senior officer who transitioned.
B		is the daily rate of salary that applies to the senior officer during the transition period.
3	Section 5.4.44A (Payment to senior officer who transitioned for leave credit)
Omit the section, substitute:
1.	This section applies to a senior officer to whom both of the following apply.
a.	The senior officer has become a senior officer who transitioned.
b.	The senior officer has elected to be paid their accrued leave credit and purchased recreation leave credit under paragraph 5.4.43.1.a.
2.	The senior officer is to be paid an amount calculated using the following formula.
Where:
A		is the sum of accrued leave credits and purchased recreation leave credits  (in days) held by the senior officer at the end of their appointment, multiplied by the daily rate of salary and allowances that were payable to the senior officer on the last day of their appointment.
B		is the amount of recreation leave credits (in days) accrued during the senior officer's transition period, multiplied by the daily rate of salary and allowances that were payable to the senior officer on their last day in the Permanent Forces.
C		is the amount of accrued leave credits (in days) the senior officer used during their transition period, multiplied by the daily rate of salary and allowances that were payable to the senior officer immediately before becoming a senior officer who transitioned.

3. For the purpose of this section, daily rate of salary and allowances means the sum of the daily rate of the applicable salary and the daily rate of allowances payable to the member on the specified day.