Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p179
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 179/293)
Character Range: 2601536–2607075

private reasons during the period.                                The day the member leaves their housing benefit location.                                                             The day the member returns to their housing benefit location.
The day the member resumes the travel for Service reasons.

   Note: A member may be required to isolate before they return to their housing benefit location. Their travel period includes the isolation period.

9.5.10 Part-day travel period

1.   A member who meets all of the following conditions is eligible for part-day travelling allowance.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                          The member is required to travel outside their housing benefit location on Defence business.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                          The member holds the rank of Colonel or lower.
     c.                                                                                                                                                                          The member is absent from their housing benefit location for 10 hours or more.
     d.                                                                                                                                                                          The member is not absent from their housing benefit location overnight.
1A.  Despite subsection 1, a member who is eligible for part-day travelling allowance under section 13.3.15 for travel overseas is not eligible for payment under this section.
2.   The rate of allowance is $62.05 a day.
3.   A member must not use the Defence travel card to claim part-day travelling allowance.

9.5.11 Travel period – in connection with change in primary service location

1.  In this Part, a travel period for a member travelling in connection with a change in their primary service location is the period when all of the following apply to the member.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member changes from one primary service location in Australia to another.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member must travel to get to their new housing benefit location.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The travel extends overnight.
2.  The travel period for a member in a situation set out in an item in column A of the following table starts from the day in column B of the same item and ends on the day in column C of the same item.

Item                                                                        Column A                                                                                                                                                                                             Column B                                                                                                               Column C
                                                                            Member situation                                                                                                                                                                                     Start day                                                                                                              End day
1.                                                                          The member travels direct to the duty location by the most economical means.                                                                                                                         The day the member leaves their housing benefit location at the losing location.                                       The day the member arrives at the new housing benefit location.

2.                                                                          The member travels by another means that takes longer than the most economical means, for a Service reason.                                                                                          The day the member arrives at the new housing benefit location.
3.                                                                          The member travels by another means that takes longer than the most economical means, for a non-Service reason.                                                                                      The day the member would have arrived at the new housing benefit location, if they had travelled by the normal means.
4.                                                                          The member takes a break unnecessarily or for private reasons during the period.                                                                                                                     The day the member leaves their housing benefit location at the losing location.                                       The