Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 4/11)
Character Range: 3165931–3171346

costs under section 15.6.12.
     d. Language and communication tuition under section 15.6.13.
     e. Remedial tuition under section 15.6.14.

14A.1.19 Additional benefits

   To avoid doubt, this Division does not stop a person from being eligible for the following benefits during the evacuation period.
   a.                                                                                                                                 Excess health costs under Chapter 15 Part 5.
   b.                                                                                                                                 Loss or damage to possessions overseas under Chapter 14 Part 6 Division 3.
   c.                                                                                                                                 Extraordinary costs under Chapter 16 Part 7.

14A.1.19A Temporary duty in Australia

   A member is eligible for travel under Chapter 9 if all of following apply.
   a.                                                                           The member is required to undertake duty in another location on a temporary basis.
   b.                                                                           It is not reasonable to expect the member to commute to and from the location by either of the following.
                                                                                i.                                                                                                         Car.
                                                                                ii.                                                                                                        Metropolitan public transport.

Division 5: Member and dependants remaining overseas

14A.1.20 Purpose

   The purpose of this Division is to address ongoing issues for a member and their dependants if they remain in a posting location that is affected by COVID-19.

14A.1.21 Education assistance

1.   This section applies to a member accompanied by a dependant who is a child and all the following apply.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                             The child usually attends school in the member's posting location overseas.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                             The child is unable to attend school because the school is closed for the purpose of controlling the spread of COVID-19.
1A.  This section does not apply to a member whose child attends a government school in the USA.
2.   The member is eligible to be reimbursed the reasonable cost of up to 10 hours tuition per week for the dependant for each week, or part of a week, that the school is closed.

14A.1.22 Reduction in overseas allowances

1.  This section applies to a member if all of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The member is an accompanied member.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The member's dependant has received an evacuation flight under section 14A.1.4.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The member is receiving the accompanied rate of an allowance under one of the following.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       i.                                                                                        Chapter 15 Part 2A, Overseas living allowances.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ii.                                                                                       Chapter 16 Part 2A, Location allowance.
2.  The member ceases to be eligible for the accompanied rate of the allowance if the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management decides it is reasonable in the circumstances until the day the dependant returns to the posting location overseas.
3.  If subsection 2 applies, the member is eligible for the unaccompanied rate for the period the member does not receive the accompanied rate.

14A.1.23 Reunion travel

1.   This section applies to a member whose dependant was evacuated from the posting location overseas.
2.   The member is eligible for a return economy class flight between the posting locations to the nearest