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At that time, they were eligible for the allowance at the full rate under section 4.4.9 table item 2.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                 Their resident family continue to live in the location that the allowance was payable for.

Division 3: Port Wakefield allowance

4.4.17 Purpose

   Port Wakefield allowance compensates a member for the isolation, harsh climate and cost of living involved in serving at the Port Wakefield establishment.

4.4.19 Benefit

1.   Subject to subsection 1A, a member is eligible for Port Wakefield allowance if the member is posted to the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield and must live there.
1A.  Port Wakefield allowance is not payable during a nonworking period that exceeds 28 days under a member's flexible service determination.
2.   The rate of allowance is one of the following.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                      If the member has at least one of their resident family living at the establishment — $3,340.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                      In any other case — $1,670.
3.   Port Wakefield allowance is paid from the date the member takes up residence at the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield and ends when they leave it.

4.4.20 Member not eligible

   A member serving at the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield on temporary duty is not eligible for the allowance.

4.4.21 Absence from the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield

   The conditions for absence from a remote location under Division 2 apply to a member's absence from the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield.

Division 4: Scherger allowance

4.4.22 Purpose

   Scherger allowance recognises hardship at RAAF Scherger caused by the generally poor state of the unsealed road to Weipa.

4.4.23 Member who is eligible

   A member is eligible for Scherger allowance if they meet all of the following.
   a.                                                                              They are posted in a caretaker role to RAAF Scherger for at least 12 months.
   b.                                                                              They are required for operational reasons to live on the base.
   c.                                                                              They live on the base for the period of the posting.

4.4.23A Member not eligible

   A member on a flexible service determination is not eligible for the allowance for any continuous nonworking period of more than 28 days.

4.4.24 Rate of allowance

   The rate of Scherger allowance is $7,425 a year.

Division 5: Allowances for services in Antarctica

Subdivision 1: General provisions

4.4.25 Definitions

   In this Division the following apply.
   ADF amount means the sum of the amounts of salary and maritime disability allowance that the member would be eligible for if the duty was for an ADF posting.
   Antarctica means the area south of the Antarctic Convergence, and includes Macquarie Island.
   Antarctic Convergence has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, as set out