Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:2:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 7/51)
Character Range: 3256883–3262421

Overseas Administration Team to be reimbursed for travel by the member or partner to visit their dependant, instead of taking the benefit to a reunion visit under section 15.3.12.
3.  Each time that the member is reimbursed under this section, the total number of reunion visits that the member may be reimbursed for under section 15.3.12 is reduced by one for each dependant who is visited at the reverse reunion location.
4.  The maximum amount that a member can be reimbursed for a reverse reunion visit under this section is the allowable travel cost for the member or partner, travelling by the most direct route from the member's posting location to where the dependant normally lives and return.

15.3.17 Reverse dependant overseas reunion travel to a non-dependant

1.  A member is eligible for travel costs for a dependant to reunite with other people if all the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                         The dependant lives at the member's posting location.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                         The CDF is satisfied that it is a reasonable use of Commonwealth money.
2.  The CDF must consider all these criteria.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                         The relationship of the people.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                         The degree to which the relationship has been maintained before and during the member's long‑term posting.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                         The extent of financial or other dependency of the people.
    d.                                                                                                                                                                         The circumstances relating to the dependant's removal to the posting location.
    e.                                                                                                                                                                         Any other opportunities that the people may have to be reunited.
    f.                                                                                                                                                                         The age and welfare of the people.
    g.                                                                                                                                                                         The circumstances relating to the travel.
    h.                                                                                                                                                                         The cost, timing and duration of the travel.
    i.                                                                                                                                                                         Any other factor relevant to reimbursement for the travel by the dependant.
3.  For the purpose of subsection 1, travel costs are the reunion travel costs that would be incurred under this Division if the travel were between the following locations.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                         The member's posting location.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                         The location where the member lived in Australia before their long-term posting overseas.

15.3.17A Reunion visits with guardians in Australia

1.  This section applies to a member who is eligible for an overseas reunion under section 15.3.12 for a dependant and one of the following applies.
    a.                                                                                                                                                The member chooses not to have the dependant travel to the posting location.
    b.                                                                                                                                                The dependant is unable to travel to the posting location due to COVID-19 travel restrictions that apply to the child.

                                                                                                                                                      Note: Travel restrictions may be imposed by the Australian Government or a foreign government.
2.  The member is eligible for the reasonable costs of the following if a dependant of the member is attending a boarding school in Australia.
    a.                                                                                                                                                Return door-to-door travel for the dependant from the boarding school where the dependant is attending to the home in Australia