Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p256
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 256/293)
Character Range: 2954280–2958309

Annex 13.3.A for the location.
Incidentals for each day of the period.  The rate set out in Part 2 of Annex 13.3.A for the location.

2.  A member who has been given an allowance for accommodation, meals or incidentals for a period and location by a non-Commonwealth organisation is not eligible for an allowance under this Part to pay costs for the same period and location.

    Note:  Subsection 13.3.12 provides for the topping-up of costs if another organisation pays some but not all of the travel costs that the member would be eligible for under this Part.
4.  For this Part, a member attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in the UK is eligible for benefits at the rank of Brigadier.

13.3.7 Allowance to pay for travel costs

1.  A member is eligible for an allowance to pay for their travel cost if they are on short-term duty or peacetime deployment overseas.
2.  For the purpose of subsection 1, the rate of allowance for accommodation, meals and incidentals is what they would otherwise have been eligible for under this Part.

13.3.8 Limits on benefits

1.  A member is not eligible for meal costs for a meal period if any of the following conditions are met.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A meal is provided to the member at no cost.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A meal is included in a fare paid for travel during the period of duty.
2.  A member is not eligible for accommodation costs on a night that any of the following conditions are met.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The member's travel continues overnight without a break for accommodation.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The member occupies accommodation provided on a non-commercial basis.
3.  A member who travels within Australia as part of their journey to an overseas location for short-term duty or peacetime deployment is not eligible travel costs under this Part to pay the domestic travel costs.

    Note: Domestic travel costs are set out in Chapter 9 Part 5.
4.  The maximum meal amount for a member who meets all of the following is two-thirds the amount which they would otherwise be eligible for under section 13.3.6.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 They are living out at a location for 5 days or longer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Note: The member's days of arrival and departure do not count towards the 5 days.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Their accommodation provides cooking facilities and utensils that are of a standard that would allow them to prepare their own meals.

13.3.9 Reduced rates for meals on day of arrival or departure

1.  The rate for meals on the day a member arrives or departs depends on what time they arrive or depart.
2.  The rate for meals on the day of arrival with an arrival time in column A of