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2   Section 14A.2.6 (Meal supplement allowance)
    After the section, insert:

Part 3: COVID-19 restriction benefits

14A.3.1    Purpose
   This Part provides additional travel benefits to certain members and their dependants who have been on a long-term posting overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been not eligible for, or unable to use, travel benefits.

14A.3.2    Travel restriction payment
1.  This section applies to a member who is on a long-term posting overseas that will end before 30 June 2022.
2.  The member is eligible for one travel restriction payment for each person if all of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                             The member's posting has not been ended early at the request of the member.
    b.                                                                                                             The decision maker is satisfied the person had no reasonable option to be able to use an assisted leave travel benefit under Chapter 16 Part 4 during the member's posting.
3.  The rate of the travel restriction payment is one of the following amounts for each person.
    a.                                                                                                             If the member is posted to a location in the Pacific or South East Asia — AUD 750.
    b.                                                                                                             If the member is posted to a location in the North Asia, South Asia or Central Asia — AUD 1,000.
    c.                                                                                                             If the member is posted to a location in the Middle East, North America or Europe — AUD 1,500.
    d.                                                                                                             If the member is posted to a location in Central America or South America — AUD 2,000.
    e.                                                                                                             If the member is posted to a location in Africa — AUD 2500.
4.  The travel restriction payment is not payable to the member until their long-term posting overseas has ended.
5.  In this section, the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                             Decision maker means one of the following.
                                                                                                                   i.                                                                                                                                                                           If the member is the senior ADF member at post, or their dependants — the Director of Attaché and Overseas Management.
                                                                                                                   ii.                                                                                                                                                                          Any other member — the senior ADF member at post.
    b.                                                                                                             Not been able use any of the following benefits includes as for reasons as a consequence of operational reasons, COVID-19 restrictions, and the reduction in flights.
                                                                                                                   Note: A requirement to quarantine in a destination or on return to the posting location does not prevent a person from being able to use a benefit.
    c.                                                                                                             Person means the member or their dependant who lives at the member's posting location overseas.