Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:11:p142
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 142/153)
Character Range: 1598873–1604016

Members eligible for free meals on board while on duty may be eligible to take those meals in a mess ashore when the ship's or submarine's galley is not operating.

7.4.40 Member this Division applies to

   This Division applies to a member posted to a seagoing ship or a nuship. It sets out their accommodation and meal benefits.

7.4.42 Licence to live on a ship

1.  Members who may live on board a seagoing ship are taken to have a licence to live on the ship.
3.  The following arrangements do not apply to a licence to live on a ship.

Item  Condition                                                                                                               Reference
1.    Condition reports                                                                                                       Section 7.4.13
2.    Suitable living-in accommodation                                                                                        Division 3
3.    Licence to live in                                                                                                      Annex 7.4.A
      Note:  The conditions that apply to a licence to live on a ship are those that relate to normal shipboard discipline.

7.4.43 Accommodation on board for seagoing member

1.   A member who meets any of the following may live on board when posted to a seagoing ship and the ship is in the ship's home port.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                               A member who has no resident family or recognised other persons.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                               A member who meets all of the following.
                                                                                                                                                                                      i.                                                                They have unaccompanied resident family.
                                                                                                                                                                                      ii.                                                               They have no accompanied resident family.
1A.  Despite paragraph 1.a, this section does not apply to a member who has no resident family or recognised other persons if they have a suitable own home in the ship's home port.
2.   Subsection 1 does not apply if the CDF has decided the ship is uninhabitable.

7.4.44 Accommodation ashore for seagoing member

1.   A member who meets any of the following and is posted to a seagoing ship may apply to be granted a licence to occupy living-in accommodation at the ship's home port.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                          A member who has no resident family or recognised other persons.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                          A member who meets all of the following.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 i.                                                                                                                          They have unaccompanied resident family.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ii.                                                                                                                         They have no accompanied resident family.
1A.  Despite paragraph 1.a, this section does not apply to a member who has no resident family or recognised other persons if they have a suitable own home in the ship's home port.
2.   Subject to subsection 4, if the member is not required to occupy living-in accommodation, then they may choose to live out.
3.   Subject to subsection 4, if no living-in accommodation is available under section 7.4.11 the member is eligible for rent allowance.
4.   A member whose on-board accommodation becomes uninhabitable may be eligible for temporary shore-based accommodation in this order for up to 6 months. This depends on availability of the accommodation.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                          Meals and licence to live in ashore, if granted under paragraph