Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p178
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 178/293)
Character Range: 2596796–2601876

Annex 9.5.A Part 3.
   Other country centre means a location in Australia that is not one of the following locations.
   a.                                                                                                                                          A capital city.
   b.                                                                                                                                          A high‑cost country centre.
   c.                                                                                                                                          A medium‑cost country centre.
   Private vehicle means one of the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                          For travel on removal by a member, their resident family or recognised other person — a motor vehicle owned by the member, their resident family or recognised other person that is to be removed.
   b.                                                                                                                                          For other travel by a member — a motor vehicle they own, hire or borrow.
   Rank means the rank a member was promoted to under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Defence Regulation and does not include any of the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                          The rank the member is directed to act in under paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Defence Regulation.
   b.                                                                                                                                          The rank of a position in which a member is performing higher duties.

9.5.9 Travel period – business travel

1.  For this Part, a travel period for a member on business travel is the period when all these conditions apply to the member.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member has been directed to travel to a location in Australia to perform duty.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The location for duty is not the member's primary service location.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member is absent overnight from their normal place of residence to do the duty.

2.  The travel period for a member in a situation set out in an item in column A of the following table starts from the day in column B of the same item and ends on the day in column C of the same item.

Item                                                        Column A                                                                                                        Column B                                                                                                              Column C
                                                            Member situation                                                                                                Start day                                                                                                             End day
1.                                                          The member travels direct to the duty location by the most economical means.                                    The day the member leaves their housing benefit location                                                              The day the member returns to their housing benefit location
2.                                                          The member travels by another means that takes longer than the most economical means for a Service reason.      The day the member returns to their housing benefit location
3.                                                          The member travels by another means that takes longer than the most economical means for a non-Service reason.  The day the member would have left their housing benefit location if they had travelled by the most economical means  The day the member would have returned to their housing benefit location, if they had travelled by the most economical means.
4.                                                          The member takes a break unnecessarily or for private reasons during the period.                                The day the member leaves their housing benefit location.                                                             The day the member returns to their housing benefit location.
The day the member resumes the travel for Service reasons.

   Note: A member may be required