Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 3/11)
Character Range: 3161986–3166219

b.                                                                                                                                                                                      The member stops being eligible for the allowance.

14A.1.17 Location allowance – member in Australia

1.   This section applies to a member who was receiving location allowance under Chapter 16 Part 2A immediately before they left the posting location.
2.   Subsection 3 applies to a member paid the accompanied rate of an allowance.
3.   The Director of Attaché and Overseas Management may decide any the following having regard to advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                               The rate of a specified allowance payable to the member is the unaccompanied rate.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                               The member ceases to be eligible for a specified allowance.
4.   Subsection 5 applies to a member paid the unaccompanied rate of an allowance.
5.   The Director of Attaché and Overseas Management may decide the member ceases to be eligible for a specified allowance having regard to advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
6.   A decision under subsection 3 or 5 applies until the earlier of the following.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                               The member returns to their posting location overseas.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                               The member stops being eligible for the allowance.

14A.1.17A Additional recreation leave for hardship locations – member in Australia

1.  This section applies to a member eligible to receive additional recreation leave under Chapter 16 Part 3A, Additional recreation leave.
2.  Additional recreation leave does not accrue from the day the member ceases to receive Location allowance.
3.  This section ceases to apply at the end of the member's evacuation period.

14A.1.18 Education assistance

1.  A member is eligible to be reimbursed the cost of up to 10 hours a week tuition for each school age dependant who continues to study the curriculum of the school at the posting location overseas until the earlier of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The evacuation period for the school age dependant ends.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The school age dependant is enrolled in a school in Australia.
2.  The maximum a member may be reimbursed under subsection 1 is AUD 112 an hour.
3.  For the purpose of subsection 1 a child stops studying the curriculum of the school at the posting location overseas if they are enrolled in a school in Australia.
    Note: A member continues to be eligible for any of the following benefits the member was eligible for before the evacuation if the child continues to study the overseas school's curriculum.
     a. Compulsory examination fees under section 15.6.9.
     b. Compulsory tuition fees under section 15.6.10.
     c. Excess school transport costs under section 15.6.12.
     d. Language and communication tuition under section 15.6.13.
     e. Remedial tuition under section 15.6.14.

14A.1.19 Additional benefits

   To avoid doubt, this Division does not stop a person from being eligible for the following benefits during the