Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01119:clause:1_1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01119
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 7387–11940

in foreign service for a continuous period of not less than 91 days.
2.  A member is not eligible to purchase recreation leave credits if the member's recreation leave credits balance will exceed 50 days after the purchase.
3.  The member is not eligible to purchase recreation leave credits under the credit in advance method unless the member has 10 days or less of recreation leave credits at the time of application.
4.  A member is not eligible to purchase recreation leave credits if any of the following apply at the time of application.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                They are already purchasing credits under a pay-as-you-go arrangement.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                They are already paying for recreation leave credits under the credit in advance method.

5.4.24 Limitations on purchasing recreation leave credits
1.  The maximum amount of recreation leave credits the member can purchase in an application is one of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                 If the member is using the pay-as-you-go method — up to 20 days.
    b.                                                                                                                 If the member is using the credit in advance method — up to 10 days.
    Note: The maximum amount is not reduced for a member on a flexible service determination.
2.  A member cannot purchase more than 20 days' recreation leave credits in a financial year.
3.  Recreation leave credits must be purchased in whole days.
    Note:  Eight hours is the equivalent of one day of leave.

Subdivision 3: Pay-as-you-go method

5.4.25 Credit of purchased recreation leave credits
1.  If recreation leave credits have been purchased under the pay-as-you-go method, the member's recreation leave credit balance is increased by the amount calculated using the following formula on the day the payment for the leave is deducted from the member's fortnightly salary.

    Where:
    A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is the total recreation leave credits in days that were approved to be purchased.
    B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is the number of pay periods the member elected to pay for the purchased recreation leave credits over.
    Note:  The calculation for the amount of each payment is provided in Subdivision 5.

5.4.26 Cancellation to the amount of purchased recreation leave credits
1.  An arrangement to purchase recreation leave credits by the pay-as-you-go method is cancelled if any of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                                                               The member has requested to cancel the arrangement.
    b.                                                                                                                               The member is on warlike service.
    c.                                                                                                                               The member is on non-warlike service.
    d.                                                                                                                               The member is on foreign service, as defined by section 23AG (7) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, which could reasonably be expected be exempt from tax under sub-section 23AG of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
    e.                                                                                                                               The member is not entitled to salary under section A.1.4 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries.
2.  If an arrangement to purchase recreation leave