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3  Chapter 15 Part 1 (General Provisions)
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Part 1: General provisions

Division 1: Purpose, application and definitions

15.1.1    Purpose
   This Chapter sets out conditions of service for members living and working on a long-term posting overseas. It covers the period from when a member has settled in and is living in permanent accommodation at the posting until the end of the posting period.

15.1.2    Member this Chapter does not apply to
   This Chapter does not apply to a member if any of the following conditions apply.
   a.                                                                                 They are not entitled to salary.
   b.                                                                                 They are on a scholarship, bursary or endowment for studying overseas from an organisation other than the Commonwealth.
   c.                                                                                 They are on short term duty overseas.

15.1.3    Definitions
   In this Chapter the following apply.
   Benchmark school has the meaning given by section 15.1.3A.
   Beneficiary, in respect of a member, means one of the following persons.
   a.                                                                                                                                                                               A dependant of the member.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                               The member's legal personal representative.
   Close relative has the meaning given by section 15.1.4.
   Compulsory tuition fees has the meaning given by section 15.1.5.
   COVID-19 control measure means a measure, however described, taken to limit the spread of COVID-19 issued by a government, or government authority.
   Official vehicle has the meaning given by section 15.1.6.
   Posting location for the purpose of benchmark and approved summer schools, has the meaning given by section 15.1.7.
   Private use means using an official vehicle for non-work related purposes and includes travel to and from the member's private residence to the normal place of duty.
   Rent group, for a member who meets the requirements in an item in one of the following columns of the table in Annex 15.4.A, means the rent group in column D of the same item.
   a.                                                                                                                                                                               If the member is in the Navy — column A.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                               If the member is in the Army — column B.
   c.                                                                                                                                                                               If the member is in the Air Force — column C.
   Utilities has the meaning given by section 15.1.8.

15.1.3A    Benchmark school
   Benchmark school means one of the following.
   a.                                            For a posting location in an item of column A of Annex 15.6.A, one of the following.
                                                 i.                                                                                                                                                                                      If the child is in pre-school — the school in column B of the same item.
                                                 ii.                                                                                                                                                                                     If the child is in primary school — the school in column C of the same item.
                                                 iii.                                                                                                                                                                                    If the child is in secondary school — the school in column D of the same item.
   b.                                            If no suitable school is available at the posting location and the child uses correspondence school for education, a correspondence school operated by an Australian government body.

15.1.4    Close relative
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