Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:front:0:p175
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
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Character Range: 851154–855463

advance method — up to 10 days.
    Note: The maximum amount is not reduced for a member on a flexible service determination.
2.  A member cannot purchase more than 20 days' recreation leave credits in a financial year.
3.  Recreation leave credits must be purchased in whole days.

    Note:  Eight hours is the equivalent of one day of leave.

Subdivision 3: Pay-as-you-go method

5.4.25 Credit of purchased recreation leave credits

1.  If recreation leave credits have been purchased under the pay-as-you-go method, the member's recreation leave credit balance is increased by the amount calculated using the following formula on the day the payment for the leave is deducted from the member's fortnightly salary.

    Where:
    A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is the total recreation leave credits in days that were approved to be purchased.
    B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is the number of pay periods the member elected to pay for the purchased recreation leave credits over.
    Note:  The calculation for the amount of each payment is provided in Subdivision 5.

5.4.26 Cancellation to the amount of purchased recreation leave credits

1.  An arrangement to purchase recreation leave credits by the pay-as-you-go method is cancelled if any of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                                               The member has requested to cancel the arrangement.
    b.                                                                                                                               The member is on warlike service.
    c.                                                                                                                               The member is on non-warlike service.
    d.                                                                                                                               The member is on foreign service, as defined by section 23AG (7) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, which could reasonably be expected be exempt from tax under sub-section 23AG of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
    e.                                                                                                                               The member is not entitled to salary under section A.1.4 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries.
2.  If an arrangement to purchase recreation leave credits under the pay-as-you-go method is cancelled, all of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                                               The member ceases to accrue purchased recreation leave credits.
    b.                                                                                                                               The member ceases to pay the payment under Subdivision 5.

Subdivision 4: Credit in advance method

5.4.26A Credit of purchased recreation leave credits

   If recreation leave credits have been purchased under the credit in advance method, the member's recreation leave credit balance is increased by the number of days the member purchased on the day the first payment is deducted from the member's fortnightly salary.

   Note:  The calculation for the amount of each payment is provided in Subdivision 5.

5.4.26B Recovery of purchased recreation leave credits

   If the member is no longer receiving salary, the unpaid payment balance will be recovered as a debt.

   Note:  If a debt needs to be recovered under this section, section 1.5.4A will apply.

Subdivision 5: Payment for purchased recreation leave credits

5.4.26C Payment
   The member's fortnightly salary is reduced by the amount calculated using the following formula for the payment