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is to explain the principles for administration of salaries set by the DFRT.

3.2.5 Time for payment of salary for a member on continuous full‑time service

   Subject to section A.1.4 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries, the salary of a member starts on the day on which they begin continuous full-time service and ends at midnight on whichever of the following days is relevant to their situation.
   a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         For an officer — on the day on which the member resigns or their service ends because of involuntary separation.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         For Warrant Officer Class 1 and an other rank member — on the day on which the member's service ends because of involuntary separation.
   c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         For a member who is seconded for service with another Government department or civil employment — on the day before the member starts the secondment.
   d.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         For a member who transfers to the Reserves — on the day immediately before the transfer.

3.2.6 Method of payment of salary for a member on continuous full-time service

1.  Salary may be paid to members every 14 days (a fortnight).
2.  Payment of salary and allowances to a member is made by electronic funds transfer into a financial institution advised by the member.

3.2.7 Administration of allowances

1.  This section applies to allowances payable under this Determination to a member not on a flexible service determination.

    Note: Administration of allowances payable to members on a flexible service determination are set out under section 3.2.7A.
2.  The daily rate of rent allowance is one‑fourteenth of the rate calculated in section 7.8.19.
3.  The fortnightly rate of an annual rate of an allowance under this Determination is calculated using the following formula.

    Where:
    A                                                                                                                            is the annual rate of allowance.

3.2.7AA Salary for a member on a flexible service determinations

1.  This section applies to a member on a flexible service determination.
2.  For the purpose of calculating a member's fortnightly salary and Officer Aviation Remuneration Structure Allowance, the value of a day of a nonworking period is the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         For the first 4 days of a nonworking period in a fortnight — $0.00.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         For any other day of a nonworking period in a fortnight, the amount calculated using the following formula.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Where:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A                                                                                                            is the member's annual salary or rate of Officer Aviation Remuneration Structure Allowance.
    Note: Under DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, a member is not paid for a nonworking period. A member's fortnightly salary is reduced by the value of the nonworking period for each day that in their nonworking period in the fortnight.

3.2.7AB Allowances for a member on a flexible service determinations

1.  This section applies to a member on a