Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 2/74)
Character Range: 3514470–3518964

C of the same item.

Item  Column A                 Column B                          Column C
      Hardship location grade  Rate for an unaccompanied member  Rate for an accompanied member
                               (AUD per year)                    (AUD per year)
1.    A                        Nil                               Nil
2.    B                        Nil                               Nil
3.    C                        18,537                            27,806
4.    D                        24,716                            37,074
5.    E                        30,895                            46,342
6.    F                        37,074                            55,611

2.  Location allowance is this paid fortnightly on a pro rata basis using the calculation provided under section 3.2.7.

16.2A.6 Location allowance eligibility ends

   Eligibility for location allowance ends on the earlier of the following days.
   a.                                                                                                                                                              The later of the following days.
                                                                                                                                                                   i.                                                        The day the member ceases to be posted or deployed to a qualifying location.
                                                                                                                                                                   ii.                                                       The day the member stops performing short-term duty in a qualifying location.
   b.                                                                                                                                                              The day the location is no longer a qualifying location.
   Note: Eligibility for the allowance does not cease for a member who performs duty at a new hardship location immediately after the previous hardship location.

16.2A.7 Duty in another hardship location

1.  This section applies to a member who receives location allowance immediately prior to beginning short-term duty ('the member's previous location') in another hardship location.
2.  If the short-term duty location has a higher hardship location grade than the member's previous hardship location — the location allowance is payable at the rate for the grade of the location of the short-term duty.
3.  If the short-term duty location has a lower hardship location grade than the member's previous hardship location — the location allowance is payable at the rate for the grade of the member's previous hardship location.

 Part 3A: Additional recreation leave

16.3A.1 Purpose

   The purpose of additional recreation leave is to enable members at hardship locations to do two things.
   a.                                                                                                       Obtain relief from the environment.
   b.                                                                                                       Access suitable shopping and medical facilities.

16.3A.2 Member this Part applies to

   This Part applies to a member posted to a hardship location.

16.3A.3 Additional recreation leave

1.  A member performing duty at a hardship location may be entitled to additional recreation leave.
2.  A member is eligible to accrue one of the following number of additional recreation leave credits within a 12-month period.
    a.                                                                                                                           If the member is posted to Afghanistan or Iraq — 15 credits.
    b.                                                                                                                           If the member is posted to a location that has a hardship grade in column A of the following table — the number of credits in column B of the same item.

Item  Column A                 Column B
      Hardship location grade  Additional recreation leave credits
1.    C                        8
2.    D                        9
3.    E                        10
4.    F                        10

            Note: Hardship location grades A and B do not attract additional recreation leave.
3.          The member accrues additional recreation