Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p180
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 180/293)
Character Range: 2606607–2611516

new housing benefit location, if they had travelled by the normal means.
4.                                                                          The member takes a break unnecessarily or for private reasons during the period.                                                                                                                     The day the member leaves their housing benefit location at the losing location.                                       The day the member returns to their housing benefit location.
The day the member resumes the travel for Service reasons.                  The day the member arrives at the new housing benefit location.
5.                                                                          The member travels by another means that takes longer than the normal means, because they go on leave between the former housing benefit location (the "losing location") and the gaining location.  The day the member leaves their housing benefit location at the losing location.                                       The day the member returns to their housing benefit location.
The day the member resumes the travel to the new housing benefit location.  The day the member arrives at the new housing benefit location.

3.  If a member is required to isolate on arrival in their housing benefit location in a place other than their residence, the member's travel period does not end until the isolation period has ended.

9.5.12 Travel period – ceasing continuous full-time service

1.  This section applies to a member who meets all these conditions.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                      They are preparing to cease, or have just ceased, a period of continuous full-time service.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                      They are not ceasing the continuous full-time service on disciplinary grounds.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                      They are not ceasing the continuous full-time service because they have caused themselves to be medically unfit for duty.
2.  In this section, a member's travel period is the period when all these conditions apply to the member.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member is travelling from their last primary service location, or the location where their service ended to another location in Australia. In this section, the destination is called the final location.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The member is not travelling in a vehicle that they own or hire.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                      The travel extends overnight.
3.  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 their final location by the most economical means.        The member leaves one of these places.       The day the member arrives at their final location.
                                                                                                                                          a. Their last housing benefit location.
                                                                                                                                          b. The location where their duty ended.
2.                                                 The member takes a break unnecessarily or for private reasons during the period.       The member leaves one of these places.       The day the member returns