Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:front:0:p171
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 831566–836742

for medical purposes

   Travel costs may be provided in the following circumstances, to assist with medical needs.
   a.                                                                                          If a member must travel to an appointment relating to a medical or dental condition for which treatment is provided under section 49 of the Defence Regulation, they may be eligible for their travel costs.

                                                                                               Note: The costs are payable as if the trip was duty travel and any means of travel recommended by a health professional were the most economical means of travel.
   b.                                                                                          If a member leaves hospital to recover or waits to return to hospital, they may be provided with travel costs under section 9.2.25 if a Defence health professional considers that the travel is necessary to assist the member's recovery.
   c.                                                                                          The CDF may approve other travel costs if satisfied that the senior medical advisor in the member's region recommends the travel as in the best interests of the member's recovery.

Part 4: Recreation leave

Division 1: General provisions

5.4.3 Purpose

   Recreation leave allows a member time to rest for a substantial period each year or to attend to personal matters. A period of leave should help them remain efficient and effective in their duties.

5.4.4 Members this Part applies to

1.  This Part applies to a member on continuous full-time service, and includes the CDF.
2.  Despite subsection 1, in any period when a person holds one of the following statutory offices, only the rules about leave in Divisions 7 and 8 apply.
    a.                                                                                                                                                      The Vice Chief of the Defence Force.
    b.                                                                                                                                                      A Service Chief.

5.4.5 Members this Part does not apply to

   This Part does not apply to a member who meets any of these criteria.
   a.                                                                     They are undertaking a term of medical residency or a postgraduate internship at a hospital.
   b.                                                                     They are on Reserve service.
   c.                                                                     They are on non-effective service.

5.4.6 Definitions

   In this Part the following apply.
   Field service means service during which the member is required to undertake duty and live in the field including during any of the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                                               Peacetime training
   b.                                                                                                                                                               Periods of warlike service
   c.                                                                                                                                                               Periods of non-warlike service
   d.                                                                                                                                                               Field exercises
   e.                                                                                                                                                               Field operations
   f.                                                                                                                                                               Activities similar to the above
   Flight duties means duties performed aboard a Service aircraft for the purposes of an operation on which the aircraft is engaged that are not parachute duties.
   Non-effective service means a period of more than 24 hours when one of the following applies.
   a.                                                                                                                                                               The member is on unpaid leave.

   b.                                                                                                                                                               The member is absent without leave.

   c.                                                                                                                                                               The member is suspended from duty, on detention, in prison or in custody immediately before a conviction.

   d.                                                                                                                                                               The member is on detention or in prison after a