Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00807:section:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00807
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 17597–20097

16  Return of member, family and household effects etc. to place of enlistment
 (1) Where an officer has been transferred to a Reserve under section 7, an enlisted member has been discharged from the Defence Force under section 8 or the continuous full‑time service of a member has been terminated under section 9, the Chief of the Defence Force shall, if he so requests, arrange for him to travel, at the expense of the Defence Force, from the place where he is serving when he is so transferred or discharged, or his continuous full‑time service is terminated, to the place at which he resided immediately before he became a member or to such other place as is agreed upon between him and the Chief of the Defence Force.
 (2) Where:
 (a) at the time a person makes application having effect for the purposes of section 7, 8 or 9, he is serving at a place outside Australia;
 (b) members of his family who are dependent upon him are at that time living at or near the place where he is so serving or at or near a place outside Australia at which he previously served; and
 (c) he has been transferred to a Reserve under section 7, discharged under section 8 or his continuous full‑time service has been terminated under section 9, or the Chief of the Defence Force proposes so transferring or discharging him or terminating his continuous full‑time service under whichever of those sections is applicable;
the Chief of the Defence Force shall, if the person so requests:
 (d) arrange for those members of his family to travel, at the expense of the Defence Force, from the place where they are living referred to in paragraph (b) to the place at which the person resided immediately before he became a member or to such other place in Australia as is agreed upon between the person and the Chief of the Defence Force; and
 (e) arrange for such household furniture and such effects of the person and of those members of his family at the place at which they are so living as the Chief of the Defence Force approves to be brought from that place to the place at which the person resided immediately before he became a member or to such other place as is agreed upon between the person and the Chief of the Defence Force.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, the members of a family, in relation to any person, are taken to include the following (without limitation):
 (a) a de facto partner of the person (within the meaning of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901);
 (b) someone who is the child of the