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the approved form to apply for health support allowance.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The member must be insured under a health insurance policy that meets all of the following requirements.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               i.                                                                                                         The policy is with a private health insurer under the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ii.                                                                                                        The policy has the highest level of hospital cover that the health insurer provides.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               iii.                                                                                                       The policy includes optical and dental cover.
3.  The allowance is paid at the rate that applies to the member's situation.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The member has received a payment under section 4.9.17 for the same financial year — $1,900 a year.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The member has not received a payment under section 4.9.17 for the same financial year — $2,500 a year.
4.  The member is eligible to receive the allowance once in a 12‑month period commencing the day the member became eligible for the allowance.
5.  A member must repay a part of the allowance they received under paragraph 3.a or b if they cease to be insured at any time between the following days, unless the CDF decides it is reasonable for the member to not repay the allowance.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The day they became eligible to receive the bonus.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The day ending 12 months after receiving the bonus.
6.  The amount the member must repay under subsection 5 is calculated using the following formula.

    Where:
    A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          is the number of days in the following period.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               a.                                                                                                         Starting when the member stops being insured under a health insurance policy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               b.                                                                                                         Ending 1 year after the member became eligible for their last health support allowance payment.
    B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          is the amount of the member's last payment under this Division.
7.  An amount that must be repaid under this section is a debt to the Commonwealth.

4.9.17 Health support allowance – Members on Reserve service

1.  A member of the Reserves is eligible for a payment of $600.00 if they meet all of the following in a financial year.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                            They provide a minimum of 20 days' service made up of any combination of the following.
                                                                                                                                                                                  i.                                                                                          A day on which the member provides Reserve service.
                                                                                                                                                                                  ii.                                                                                         A day on which the member is on continuous full-time service performed as a requirement of a call out order under Division 3 of Part III of the Act.
                                                                                                                                                                                  iii.                                                                                        A day in a pattern of Reserve service that the member was unable to provide because of restriction or limitation imposed by or under a law of a State of Territory, however described.
                                                                                                                                                                                  iv.                                                                                         A day in a pattern of Reserve service the member would have provided if it had not been cancelled for the purposes of controlling an infectious disease.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                            They have not