Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 14/74)
Character Range: 3575375–3580464

to them while they are in the other area.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                                     If the member has not yet arrived in their specified area, deployment allowance is not payable for time spent in the other area.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Note: The member only receives deployment allowance when they meet the criteria under paragraph 17.7.5.1.a.
   c.                                                                                                                                                                                     If the member has left their specified area for the last time, deployment allowance is not payable in the other area as they have met the conditions under paragraph 17.7.7.b.

17.7.11 Review of rates

1.  Deployment allowance rates may be reviewed on any of these occasions.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Every 6 months.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          If forces are rotated.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          If there is a change in the assessed threat level.
    d.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          If the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal determines a general salary increase for the ADF.
2.  A member receiving deployment allowance must be made aware by their Commanding Officer that the rate initially determined may be amended and so could increase or decrease during their deployment, as a result of review.
3.  In the section, threat level means the level of operational threat and environmental hazard.

17.7.12 Allowances that may be payable

   A member getting deployment allowance may be eligible for additional allowances in the following situations.

Item  Allowance             Additional information
1.    Separation allowance  If applicable, separation allowance may be payable.
2.    Travel costs          Travel costs are only payable to a member on any day the member has to pay for their own accommodation or meals while on deployment.

Division 2: Civil practice support allowance

17.7.13 Purpose

   The purpose of civil practice support allowance is to help medical officers in the Reserves with the costs of maintaining their civil medical practices. It applies while medical officers are on short periods of continuous full-time service with a deployment.

17.7.14 Member this Division applies to

   This Division applies to a medical officer in the Reserves who volunteers and is force assigned on a deployment.

17.7.15 Rate of allowance

   The rate of civil practice support allowance for the period of service is AUD 1,600 a week. Both these conditions must be met.
   a.                                                                                                                              The CDF certifies that the member is on a specialist medical roster in support of a deployment or peacetime operation.
   b.                                                                                                                              The member has a functioning civil medical practice.

17.7.16 Period of service

1.  A period of service is a period of continuous full-time service. The period is for not less than 2 weeks in an operational area on a deployment.
2.  The allowance is not payable for less than 2 weeks in any period of service unless the CDF approves payment for a lesser period. The CDF must consider all these criteria.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The nature and period of the service.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member's experience,