Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:11:p106
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 106/153)
Character Range: 1417175–1422092

storing the vehicle for the length of the deployment in a storage facility approved by Defence Housing Australia.

6.5A.20 Storage of vehicles during isolation periods

1.  This section applies to a member who meets the following.
    a.                                                                                                       They are eligible for a removal of a vehicle under subsection 6.5A.8.2.
    b.                                                                                                       The member has arrived in their new housing benefit location or family benefit location.
    c.                                                                                                       The member is unable to take possession of the vehicles due to a requirement to isolate.
2.  The member is eligible for the storage of the vehicle until the last day of the requirement to isolate.

Part 6: Expenses when a posting is cancelled

6.6.1 Purpose

   When a member's posting is cancelled before they start duty in the new location, they may be reimbursed what they spent preparing for it.

6.6.2 When this Part applies

   This Part applies when all the following conditions are met.
   a.                                                            A member has received a posting authority.

                                                                 Note: A posting authority includes written notification of a short-term mission overseas.
   b.                                                            The posting authority is cancelled before they begin duty in the new posting.
   c.                                                            The cancellation was not caused by their personal circumstances.
   d.                                                            They spent money on goods and services as a direct result of the posting authority.
   e.                                                            They are not eligible for a refund from a third party of what they spent.

                                                                 Note: 'Third party' means the supplier of the goods or services, or the supplier who would normally provide a refund when a service is cancelled or goods are returned.
   f.                                                            They cannot use those goods or services on their next posting.

6.6.3 Amount of reimbursement

1.  A member who has had their posting cancelled is eligible for the reimbursement of some or all of their costs if they were eligible for under any of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                  Disturbance allowance — Part 1 Division 1.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                  Reimbursement for loss on sale of a vehicle — Part 2.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                  Housing assistance — Chapter 7.
    d.                                                                                                                                                                  Reimbursement for loss of a child's scholarship — Chapter 8 Part 4 Division 3.
    e.                                                                                                                                                                  Reimbursement for equipment costs — Chapter 13 Part 3 Division 2.
    f.                                                                                                                                                                  Transfer allowance — Chapter 14 Part 3 Division 3.
2.  A reimbursement under subsection 1 must not be more than what the member would have been eligible for under the benefit listed in subsection 1.
3.  The CDF may approve an amount for any costs considered reasonable and unavoidable in either of these circumstances.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                  The member was not eligible for an allowance.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                  The member was eligible for an allowance and the costs are more than the allowance would have paid.
4.  The CDF must consider all these criteria.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                  What the money