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Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment (COVID-19 response) Determination 2020 (No. 6)
Details: F2020L00278
- F2020L00278
This instrument amends the Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service to enable the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), particularly in relation to a member and their family posted overseas by providing a bespoke set of conditions for ADF members in, or who have been evacuated from, high risk locations. The conditions set out in this determination generally reflect those provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs, who has led the Whole of Government response in relation to Australian Government officials posted overseas.
F2020L00278
Schedule 1—Domestic conditions amendments 2
Schedule 2—Overseas conditions amendment 6
Schedule 3—Overseas allowances amendment 19
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service 19
Schedule 4—Overseas reunion visits amendment 22
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service 22
This instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment (COVID-19 response) Determination 2020 (No. 6).
This instrument commences the day of registration.
Schedule 1—Domestic conditions amendments
Section 1.3.29A (Initial minimum period of service)
Section 1.3.66 (Removal)
Section 5.2.5 (Cancellation of leave is a restricted destination)
5.2.6 Destinations becoming a restricted destination on 18 March 2020
The purpose of this section is to respond to the global ‘do not travel’ advice level issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 18 March 2020.
Section 5.2.5 does not apply to a member in a destination that was not a restricted destination immediately before 18 March 2020.
If a member enters a restricted destination other than for the purpose of returning to Australia, including through any third country, on or after the 18 March 2020, the member’s leave is cancelled.
Paragraph 5.4.35.2.b (Re-credit of recreation leave)
They are required to isolate themself on return to Australia.
Section 5.11.10 (Conditions on grant of absence)
5.11.11 Purpose
The purpose of this Division is to enable a member to take a short absence from duty if they are required to isolate themself on advice from the Department of Health for purposes relating to the control of an infectious disease.
5.11.12 Definitions
For the purpose of this Division, for a member on one of the following, an isolation period also includes a period described in section 14A.2.2.
A long-term posting overseas.
Note: The definition of isolation period in section 1.3.29B applies to a member in Australia.
5.11.13 Member this Division applies to
This Division applies to a member required to do either of the following.
Isolate themself in response to an infectious disease.
Supervise a dependant who is a child who is required to isolate themself.
5.11.14 Short absence from duty – isolation
Subject to subsection 2, a member is eligible for a short absence from duty for their isolation period.
If a member is required to perform duty at the place they are completing an isolation period, the member is not eligible for a short absence from duty for that period.
5.11.15 Short absence from duty – supervision
Subject to subsection 2, a member is eligible for a short absence from duty if they are required to supervise a dependant who is required to complete an isolation period.
If the member has a partner or spouse who is eligible for the same benefit or a similar benefit for the same purpose, the member is not eligible for short absence from duty under this section at the same time the spouse or partner is receiving the same benefit or a similar benefit.
The purpose of this Division is to enable a member to take a short absence from duty to supervise their child because their school or child care provider has been closed in response to COVID-19.
5.11.18 Short absence from duty – school closure
The dependant’s school, kindergarten or child care provider is closed because of COVID-19.
An approved period is one of the following, but must not be longer than the duration of the closure.
A period approved by the member’s Commanding Officer that is less than a cumulative total of 28 days.
Schedule 2—Overseas conditions amendment
Section 14.6.4 (Member this Division applies to)
14.6.4A Member this Division does not apply to
This Division does not apply to a person who is eligible to receive benefits under Chapter 14A Part 1.
Section 14.6.23 (CDF decision on loss)
14A.1.1 Purpose
This Part provides benefits to a member and their dependant who are in an overseas location for work and are evacuated, or have a dependant evacuated, from that location on a voluntary or involuntary basis because of COVID-19.
14A.1.2 Definitions
Evacuation period means the period commencing on the day a person arrives in Australia on a flight provided under section 14A.1.4 and ending on the earlier of the following.
The day the person leaves Australia on a flight provided under section 14A.1.5.
If the person is a member, the day a member’s long-term posting overseas or short-term duty overseas ends.
If the person is a dependant, the earlier of the following.
The day the long-term posting overseas or short-term duty overseas of the member in relation to whom they have been recognised as a dependant ends.
The day the dependant advises they are not going to return to the posting location or place of duty of the member in relation to whom they have been recognised as a dependant.
If the person is a dependant who is a minor, the day the member advises the person is not going to return to the posting location or place of duty of the member in relation to whom they have been recognised as a dependant.
A day set by the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management.
Family group means a group of persons consisting of any of the following.
Isolation period means the period that a person is required to remain in isolation as set by the Department of Health.
Permitted to evacuate means evacuation on a voluntary basis.
Required to isolate themself — A person is required to isolate themself on return to Australia for quarantine purposes if they are in a class of persons required by the Department of Health to isolate themself.
Required to evacuate means evacuation on an involuntary basis.
Subject to subsection 3, a person is eligible for economy class flights from their location to the airport nearest one of the following locations.
If the person is required to evacuate — the location in Australia where accommodation will be provided under section 14A.1.10.
If the person is permitted to evacuate — the capital city nearest where they will live in Australia.
2. Flights include connecting domestic flights.
Subject to subsection 3, a person who received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 is eligible for economy class flights from the airport nearest one of the following locations to the posting location overseas or location of short-term duty overseas.
If they are occupying their own home — the location of their home.
If they are occupying accommodation provided under section 14A.1.10 — that location.
14A.1.7 Self-isolation – accommodation
This section applies to a person who has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 and are required to isolate themself on their return to Australia.
The person is eligible for hotel accommodation from the day they return to Australia until the end of the isolation period.
If the person is one part of one of the following combinations of persons in the same family group, the accommodation provided under subsection 1 must be shared by the persons if it is reasonable to do so.
A member and dependant.
More than one dependant of a member.
14A.1.8 Self-isolation – meal supplement allowance
This section applies to a person who is eligible for accommodation under section 14A.1.7.
Subject to subsection 3, a person is eligible for a meal supplement allowance for each day of the isolation period.
Meal supplement allowance is not payable for a day on which a person receives 3 or more meals without a fee being charged to the person.
The rate of meal supplement allowance is one of the following.
If the person is 13 years old or older — $42.50 per day.
If the person is younger than 13 years old — $21.25 per day.
14A.1.9 Person this Division applies to
This Division applies to a person who was required to evacuate.
14A.1.10 Accommodation in Australia
This section applies to a person from the later of the following until the end of their evacuation period.
The day they return to Australia.
The day they complete their isolation period.
Subject to subsection 4, a person who is a member and does not have a dependant is eligible to occupy one of the following.
If living-in accommodation is available in one of the following locations, living-in accommodation.
On the Defence establishment where they will be expected to work during the evacuation period.
On a Defence establishment that is within a 30 km radius from the location in Australia from where they will be expected to work during the evacuation period.
If living-in accommodation is not available in a location in paragraph a, reasonable temporary accommodation that is within a 30 km radius from the location in Australia from where they will be expected to work during the evacuation period.
Subject to subsections 4 and 5, a person is eligible for reasonable temporary accommodation in one of the following locations for the duration of the evacuation period.
If the person is a member who has a dependant, a location in Australia that is within a 30 km radius from where they will be expected to work during the evacuation period.
If the person is a dependant of a member, one of the following locations.
A location in Australia that is within a 30 km radius from where the member will be expected to work if the member is, or were to be, evacuated.
If the person does not have an own home in Australia that is available to occupy, a location approved by the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management.
A person is not eligible for accommodation under this section if they have an own home that they are able to occupy.
If two or more dependants are from the same family group, the family group must live in the same location.
14A.1.11 Meal supplement allowance
This section applies to a person who occupies accommodation provided under section 14A.1.10.
Subject to subsection 3, a person is eligible for a meal supplement allowance for each day from the end of their isolation period until the later of the following.
The day that is 28 days after the day the person returned to Australia.
A later day specified by the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management.
14A.1.12 Larder establishment payment
This section applies to a person who meets one of the following.
They were receiving meal supplement allowance under section 14A.1.11.
They are not eligible for accommodation under section 14A.1.10 because they are living in their own home.
A person is eligible for a larder establishment payment if all of the following apply.
They stop being eligible for meal supplement allowance under section 14A.1.11.
The Director of Attaché and Overseas Management decides it is not unreasonable in the circumstances.
The rate of the larder establishment payment is one of the following.
If the person is 13 years old or older — $297.00.
If the person is younger than 13 years old — $149.00.
A person is only eligible for a larder establishment payment once.
14A.1.13 Incidentals payment
A person is eligible for an incidentals payment.
The rate of the incidentals payment is one of the following.
If the person is 13 years old or older — $597.00.
If the person is younger than 13 years — $298.00.
A person is only eligible for an incidentals payment once.
14A.1.14 Storage in the overseas location
A person who has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 is eligible for the storage of the following at their overseas location.
If the member is on a long-term posting overseas, all of the following.
Personal effects that cannot be reasonably secured in the accommodation occupied by the person in the posting location overseas or reasonably returned to Australia with the person.
If a member is on short-term duty overseas, personal effects that cannot reasonably returned to Australia with the person.
14A.1.15 Pets remaining in a overseas location
The member is on a long-term posting overseas.
The member has been required to evacuate the posting location.
The member has a pet in the posting location overseas.
There is no person who could reasonably take care of the pet in the posting location for the duration of the evacuation period.
The member is eligible for the reimbursement of reasonable costs for the housing and day‑to‑day care of the pet.
The benefit provided in subsection 2 does not include costs associated with veterinary treatment or care of the pet.
14A.1.16 Cessation of overseas living allowances
This section applies to a member who has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 and is receiving any allowance under one of the following.
Chapter 15 Part 2, Overseas living allowances – member posted before 1 July 2017.
Chapter 15 Part 2A, Overseas living allowances – member posted on or after 1 July 2017.
Payment of any allowance under Chapter 15 Part 2 or Chapter 15 Part 2A ceases on the day set by the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management until the member returns to their posting location overseas.
Note: If the member remains in their posting location overseas, but their dependant has returned to Australia, their overseas living allowances may be affected by section 14A.1.22.
14A.1.17 Cessation of hardship and location allowance
This section applies to a member who has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 and was eligible for one of the following allowances immediately before the evacuation flight.
Hardship allowance under Chapter 16 Part 2.
Location allowance under Chapter 16 Part 2A.
Payment of hardship allowance or location allowance ceases on the date set by the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management until the member returns to their posting location overseas.
14A.1.18 Education assistance
A member is eligible to be reimbursed the cost of up to 10 hours a week tuition for each school age dependant who has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 and continues to study the curriculum of the school at the posting location overseas until the earlier of the following.
The evacuation period for the school age dependant ends.
The school age dependant is enrolled in a school in Australia.
The maximum a member may be reimbursed under subsection 1 is $106 an hour.
For the purpose of subsection 1 a child stops studying the curriculum of the school at the posting location overseas if they are enrolled in a school in Australia.
Note: A member continues to be eligible for the following benefits if a dependant is a child who received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4 and continues to study the curriculum of the school at the posting location overseas.
Child leaves Australia to study at posting location under section 15.6.10.
School transport costs under section 15.6.11.
Compulsory education fee under section 15.6.12.
Foreign language tuition under section 15.6.13.
Remedial tuition under section 15.6.14.
14A.1.19 Additional benefits
To avoid doubt, this Division does not stop a person from being eligible for the following benefits during the evacuation period.
Excess health costs under Chapter 15 Part 5.
Loss or damage to possessions overseas under Chapter 14 Part 6 Division 3.
Extraordinary costs under Chapter 16 Part 7.
14A.1.20 Purpose
The purpose of this Division is to address ongoing issues for a member and their dependants if they remain in a posting location that is affected by COVID-19.
14A.1.21 Education assistance
This section applies to a member accompanied by a dependant who is a child and all the following apply.
The child usually attends school in the member’s posting location overseas.
The child is unable to attend school because the school is closed for the purpose of controlling the spread of COVID-19.
The member is eligible to be reimbursed the reasonable cost of up to 10 hours tuition per week for the dependant for each week, or part of a week, that the school is closed.
14A.1.22 Reduction in overseas allowances
This section applies to a member if all of the following apply.
The member is an accompanied member.
The member’s dependant has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4.
The member is receiving the accompanied rate of an allowance under one of the following.
Chapter 16 Part 2, Hardship allowance – member posted before 1 July 2017.
Chapter 16 Part 2A, Location allowance – member posted on or after 1 July 2017.
The member ceases to be eligible for the accompanied rate of the allowance if the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management decides it is reasonable in the circumstances until the day the dependant returns to the posting location overseas.
If subsection 2 applies, the member is eligible for the unaccompanied rate for the period the member does not receive the accompanied rate.
14A.1.23 Reunion travel
This section applies to a member whose dependants were required to evacuate from the posting location overseas.
1. Reunion travel is not available to a member whose dependant voluntarily evacuated the posting location.
2. Reunion travel under this section is independent from overseas reunion visits provided in Chapter 15 Part 3 Division 3.
The member is eligible for a return economy class flight between the posting locations to the nearest airport to their dependant if all of the following apply.
The dependant’s evacuation flight was at least 3 months before the day the member’s reunion flight to Australia departs.
The member's last return reunion flight to the posting location overseas was at least 3 months before the day the member’s reunion flight to Australia departs.
The member has recreation leave credits available for the duration of the reunion visit.
The member has been granted leave for the duration of the reunion visit.
Note: The member may be eligible for short absence leave under Chapter 5 Part 11 Division 3 if they are required to isolate themself on return to Australia.
Note: A member’s ability to access reunion travel under this section may be limited by international travel restrictions.
A reunion visit taken under this section reduces the number of reunion visits a member is eligible for under section 15.3.12 by 1.
Required to isolate themself — A person is required to isolate themself if they are in a class of persons required by the law or direction of the health authorities that applies in the person’s location or the posting location or the place of duty they are to return to.
14A.3.1 Purpose
The purpose of this Part is to provide additional benefits to a person who was evacuated from China between 29 January 2020 and 10 February 2020.
14A.3.2 Person this Part applies to
This Part applies to a member or a dependant of a member who was evacuated from China between 29 January 2020 and 10 February 2020.
14A.3.3 Authorisation
A person who was evacuated from China between 29 January 2020 and 10 February 2020 is taken to be authorised for the purpose of section 14.6.4.
Note: Chapter 14 Part 6 Division 1 applies to a person who is authorised under section 14.6.4.
14A.3.4 Meal supplement allowance
Subject to subsection 2, a person evacuated under Chapter 14 Part 6 Division 1 is eligible for meal supplement allowance for each day from the day they return to Australia until the commencement of Part 1.
If the person is less than 13 years old — $21.25 per day.
14A.3.5 Incidentals payment
If the person is less than 13 years old — $298.00.
14A.3.6 Additional flights
A person who is a child and was evacuated from China to Australia on 29 January 2020 is eligible for an economy class flight from Brisbane airport to Canberra airport.
Subject to subsection 3, a member who is a parent of the child under subsection 1 is eligible for one return economy class flight between Brisbane airport and Canberra airport to accompany the child during the flight to Canberra under subsection 1.
If the member has more than one child who is eligible for a flight under subsection 1, the member is only eligible for one flight under subsection 2.
14A.3.7 Transition to Part 1 benefits
The following sections apply to a person to whom this Part applies as though they had received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4.
Section 14A.1.6 Excess baggage to the extent that it applies to end of evacuation flights under section 14A.1.5.
Section 14A.1.11 Meal supplement allowance.
Section 14A.1.12 Larder establishment payment.
Section 14A.1.16 Cessation of overseas living allowance.
Section 14A.1.17 Cessation of hardship and location allowance.
Section 14A.1.18 Education assistance.
Section 14A.1.19 Additional benefits.
Section 14A.1.21 Education assistance.
Section 14A.1.22 Reduction in overseas living allowance.
Section 14A.1.23 Reunion visits.
The following sections cease to apply to a person to whom this Part applies.
Section 14.6.7, Accommodation and meals during evacuation to the extent that it relates to settling in allowance.
Section 14.6.8 Conditions of service during evacuation.
Section 14.6.9 Overseas living allowances.
Section 14.6.10 Purchase of clothes during evacuation.
Section 14.6.13 Education assistance during evacuation.
Section 14.6.14 Reunion visits during evacuation.
Section 14.6.15 Loss or damage to possessions.
Section 14.6.16 Extraordinary costs incurred at the posting location.
Schedule 3—Overseas allowances amendment
Section 15.1.1 (Purpose)
Subsection 15.2.31.3 (Absence from posting location)
Subsections 2 and 3 do not apply to a member who would have been absent from the posting location for less than four weeks if one of the following applies and the member left the posting location on or after 20 March 2020.
A member who ceased to be eligible for an allowance under subsections 2 or 3 is eligible for the allowance from the day they were required to isolate themself if all of the following apply and the member left the posting location on or after 20 March 2020.
Subsection 15.2A.23.2 (Temporary absence from the posting location – accompanied member)
Subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to a member who would have been absent from the posting location for less than 28 days if one of the following applies and the member left the posting location on or after 20 March 2020.
Subsection 15.2A.23.3 (Temporary absence from the posting location – accompanied member)
Omit “on the day the member returns to the posting location”, substitute “on the earlier of the following.
If the member left the posting location before 20 March 2020 and their transport back to the posting location is disrupted because of travel restrictions or limited travel opportunities in response to an infectious disease — the day they would have returned to the posting location had the travel restriction or limited travel opportunities not existed.”
Subsection 15.2A.24.1 (Temporary absence from the posting location – unaccompanied member)
Subsection 1 does not apply to a member who would have been absent from the posting location for less than 28 days if one of the following applies and the member left the posting location on or after 20 March 2020.
Subsection 15.2A.24.2 (Temporary absence from the posting location – unaccompanied member)
Omit “on the day the member returns to the posting location”, substitute “on the earlier of the following if the member left the posting location before 20 March 2020.
If the member left the posting location before 20 March 2020 and their transport back to the posting location has been disrupted because of travel restrictions or limited travel opportunities in response to an infectious disease — the day they would have returned to the posting location had the travel restriction or limited travel opportunities not existed.”
Section 16.1.2 (Definitions), table
After the entry for “Relief leave centre”, insert:
Required to isolate themself
A person is required to isolate themself if they are in a class of persons required by the law or direction of the health authorities that applies in the person’s location or the posting location.
Subsection 16.2.4.2 (Payment of hardship allowance)
The member’s transport back to the posting location has been disrupted because of travel restrictions or limited travel opportunities in response to an infectious disease.
Subsection 16.2A.4.2 (Payment of location allowance)
Schedule 4—Overseas reunion visits amendment
Section 15.3.13 (Time period for reunions)
15.3.13 Time period for reunions
A member is not permitted to take a reunion visit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Note: Member may be eligible for travel benefits for their dependant in Australia under section 15.3.17A.
Section 15.3.17 (Reverse dependant overseas reunion travel to a non-dependant)