Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:11:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 15/153)
Character Range: 997993–1001859

It also allows them to adjust to living back in Australia and to recover from the demands of that service.

5.8.3 Members this Part applies to

   This Part applies to a member who performs warlike service in an operational area.

5.8.4 War service leave credit

1.  A member may accrue war service leave credit for any day they perform warlike service in an operational area.
2.  Credit accrues at the rate of 18 days a year, on a pro rata basis. It is processed at the end of each fortnightly pay period, calculated using the method in subsection 3.
3.  The amount of war service leave credit for a fortnightly pay period is calculated using the following formula and rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places.

    Where:
    A                                                                                                                                                                           is the number of days the member spent in an operational area while on warlike service during a fortnightly pay period.
    B                                                                                                                                                                           is any of the following part days which count as a full day.
                                                                                                                                                                                a.                                                                                                                       Any part day at the beginning or the end of the period.
                                                                                                                                                                                b.                                                                                                                       Any part day when the member is absent from the operational area.

5.8.5 Granting leave

1.  The CDF may grant war service leave to a member for a period up to the period of the member's war service leave credit.
2.  The member may only be granted a part day of war service leave in combination with a part day of recreation leave.

5.8.6 War service leave and other leave

1.  If a member takes leave after warlike service, they must take war service leave before recreation leave.
2.  The member does not accrue any of the following leave types while on warlike service in an operational area.
    a.                                                                                                                                     Additional recreation leave in a remote location under section 5.4.17.
    b.                                                                                                                                     Additional recreation leave in a hardship location under Chapter 16 Part 3A.
    c.                                                                                                                                     Additional recreation leave for non-warlike service under Chapter 17 Part 7 Division 3.
3.  If eligible, the member may continue to accrue additional recreation leave under Part 4 Division 3 for sea, field or flying service.

5.8.7 Debiting leave credit

1.  At the end of a period of war service leave, a member's war service leave credit must be reduced by the number of days of leave granted. Weekends, public holidays and nonworking periods are not counted.
2.  If the member takes payment instead of leave under section 5.8.9, their war service leave credit reduces by the number of days they took pay for instead of leave.
3.  If a member has a part-day of war service leave credit, it can be combined with a part day of recreation leave credit in order to provide the member with a whole