Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p200
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 200/293)
Character Range: 2703897–2710143

between any of these places.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Their residence in their housing benefit location.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Their primary service location.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The place where their duty is to be performed.
    Note: The allowance may be reduced by the return cost of public transport from home to work in some cases.

9.6.12 Recall from leave

1.  A member recalled to duty from recreation leave or long service leave is on duty between the following days.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                            The day they depart from the leave location.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                            The day they return to the duty location.
2.  If the member is authorised to use a private vehicle for the journeys in subsection 1, they are eligible for vehicle allowance.
3.  The member may have costs on those journeys they would not otherwise have paid. In this case, they may be reimbursed up to what they would have been paid if they had travelled on duty by the normal means.

    Note: Payment is subject to the limits in Division 5 section 9.6.28, Limit to benefit.

9.6.13 Benefit – travel on duty

1.  For authorised travel on duty, a member is eligible for these amounts.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                            Vehicle allowance at the rate worked out under Division 5 section 9.6.25.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                            Any increase that applies under Division 5 section 9.6.26.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                            Additional costs, if the use of the vehicle results in greater efficiency or a saving to Defence.
2.  The member's benefit under subsection 1 must be reduced if all of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                            The travel does not require an overnight absence.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                            The total distance travelled is more than the return journey from one of the following by the normal means of travel.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  i.                                                                                                                     If the member is on continuous full-time service — the member's primary service location.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ii.                                                                                                                    If the member is providing Reserve service — the member's service location for the day.
3.  The benefit must be reduced by the amount that the travel between the member's residence in their housing benefit location and primary service location would have cost by public transport.

Division 4: Authorised travel on other journeys

9.6.18 Purpose

   This Division sets out a member's benefits when they travel by private vehicle in any of these circumstances.
   a.                                                                                                             During a public transport stoppage.
   b.                                                                                                             On recall to duty outside their normal working hours.
   c.                                                                                                             For recreation leave travel to a specified destination.
   d.                                                                                                             For travel on recognition of their relationship.

9.6.19 Public transport stoppages

1.   This section applies to a member who is required to use a private vehicle to travel between their residence and one of the following locations on a day there is a public transport stoppage.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                             If the member is on continuous full-time service — the member's primary service