Division 1: Definitions – general

Accompanied resident family has the same meaning given in section 1.3.14 applies.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

Adult child means a person who meets all of the following.

1. They are between 21 years old and 25 years old.
2. Immediately before turning 21 years old, they were resident family of a member.
3. Since turning 21 years old they meet any of the following.
   
   1. They continue to live with the member.
   2. They continue to live with an adult who is recognised as resident family of the member.
   3. Immediately before turning 21 years old, they were recognised as accompanied resident family of the member under section 1.3.19.
   4. Immediately before turning 21 years old, they were recognised as unaccompanied resident family of the member under section 1.3.29.

Act means the Defence Act 1903.

Allowance includes an allowance determined under section 58B or section 58H of the Act, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Approved form means a form approved by the Director General People Policy and Employment Conditions by notifiable instrument.

APS means the Australian Public Service.

Baggage, for service within Australia, means one of the following. 

1. Personal possessions that either accompany the member or are sent unaccompanied by public transport.
2. For the purpose of a removal, includes furniture and effects that the member has chosen not to be carried by a contracted removalist.

Breakdown of a relationship occurs when a person ceases to be a partner.

_{Note: Subsection 1.3.36 provide the rule on when a person ceases to be a partner.}

Calendar month has the same meaning given in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Capital city includes the metropolitan area of a capital city of a State or Territory.

CDF means the Chief of the Defence Force.

CDF recognised partner has the same meaning given by section 1.3.38.

Ceasing continuous full-time service includes all of the following.

1. Transfer from the Permanent Forces.
2. Ending a period of continuous full-time service as a member of the Reserves.
3. Completing a specified period of service.
4. Retirement under subsection 23(1) of the Defence Regulation.
5. End of service under section 24(1) of the Defence Regulation.
6. Failure of a prohibited substance test under section 101 of the Defence Act.
7. Dismissal under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.

Child has the same meaning as given by section 1.3.35.

Christmas stand-down means the following period.

1. If Christmas day is on a Sunday — 25 December to 3 January.
2. If Christmas day is on a Monday — 25 December to 2 January.
3. If Christmas day is on a Tuesday — 24 December to 1 January.
4. If Christmas day is on a Wednesday — 24 December to 1 January.
5. If Christmas day is on a Thursday — 25 December to 2 January.
6. If Christmas day is on a Friday — 24 December to 1 January.
7. If Christmas day is on a Saturday — 24 December to 1 January. 

_{Note: Section 5.12.3 provides how absences are to be treated during the period.}

Close relative has the same meaning given by section 1.3.2.

Commonwealth includes a Commonwealth body, as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

Commonwealth removalist means Toll Transitions Pty Ltd, its subcontractors, agents or employees who provide removal services under a contract with the Commonwealth.

Compulsory residency means training in a hospital undertaken by a medical officer as a condition of entry into the medical profession.

_{Note: It does not matter whether or not the medical officer lives in accommodation provided by the hospital.}

Continuous full-time service is service performed by a member of the Permanent Forces, or a period of service by a member of the Reserves for which they are paid the annual rate of salary.

Couple means a member and their partner.

A reference to custody is a reference to civil custody in the absence of a finding of guilt under a Commonwealth law (other than the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982), a State or Territory law, or a foreign law.

_{Note: Custody does not include military custody.}

De facto relationship has the same meaning given by section 1.3.39.

Defence Regulation means the Defence Regulation 2016.

Dental officer has the same meaning given in section A.1.12 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries.

Deployment means overseas service by a member who is force assigned with an ADF deployment, a United Nations’ mission or a similar force on any of the following.

1. Warlike deployment.
2. Non-warlike deployment.
3. Peacetime deployment.

Detention means a punishment of detention imposed on a member who has been convicted of a Service offence under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.

DFRDB Act means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.

DFRT means the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal.

DFRT allowance means any relevant allowances, as defined under section 58F of the Act, which is paid on a fortnightly basis.

Doctor means a health professional who is a medical practitioner, including an ADF medical officer, registered under the law of a State or Territory.

Dual entitlement means a benefit that is payable to a both member and their partner, who is also a member in the same circumstances.

Dual serving couple means two members of the Defence Force who are partners of each other.

Effective date of posting means whichever is the later of the following.

1. The commencement date as specified in the member's posting order.
2. The date the member actually starts duty at their new primary service location.

Emergency means an event that causes, or threatens to cause, any of the following on a Defence establishment.

1. Death of, or injury or other damage to the health of, any person.
2. Destruction of, or damage to, any property.
3. Disruption to essential services.

_{Note: This is not limited to naturally occurring events (such as earthquakes, floods or storms), but would include, for example: fires, explosions, accidents, epidemics, pandemics, emissions of poisons, radiation or other hazardous agents, hijacks, sieges, riots, acts of terrorism and hostilities by an enemy.}

Employment means paid work that includes full-time or part-time work, casual work or self‑employment, but does not include volunteering activities.

Engine capacity – rotary engine means the displacement of the engine, or the rotor comprising the engine, according to the specifications of the engine issued by the manufacturer of the vehicle, which is any of the following figures.

1. The displacement of the rotor that makes up the engine.
2. The sum of the displacements of the rotors that make up the engine.

Equivalent rank has the same meaning given by section 1.3.40.

Evacuation order means an order given by the Senior ADF Officer of a Defence establishment to evacuate the establishment in response to an emergency.

Extended housing benefit location has the same meaning given by section 1.3.11.

External territory means any of the following.

1. Antarctica (including Macquarie Island).
2. Christmas Island.
3. Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
4. Horn Island.
5. Norfolk Island.

Family and Domestic violence means violent, threatening or other abusive behaviour by a close relative of a member, a member of the member’s household, or a current or former intimate partner of the member, that does any of the following.

1. It seeks to coerce or control the member or a member of their household.
2. It causes the member harm or to be fearful of a member of their household.

Family benefit location has the same meaning given by section 1.3.12.

Flexible service determination is a determination made under subsection 23(2) of the Act.

Force assigned has the same meaning given by section 12.3.1.

Fortnightly rate, in relation to an annual rate of allowance provided under this Determination, means the amount calculated using the formula in subsection 3.2.7.3.

Gaining location means the housing benefit location in relation to a member’s primary service location.

Guardian or housekeeper means a person who is an adult the CDF is satisfied is acting as a guardian or housekeeper for a member who has a child who is resident family and all of the following apply.

1. Any of the following apply.
   
   1. The member has no partner.
   2. The member’s partner is an invalid or has a disability.
   3. The member’s partner is either a member serving at another primary service location or a non-Service partner living away from the family home.
2. The person lives in one of the following.
   
   1. The member’s residence in the housing benefit location.
   2. The home maintained by the member as defined in subsection 1.3.20.3.

Director General Military Personnel Branch

An officer not below O-5 in a Directorate of Personnel Policy Operations position

An officer not below O-4 in a Directorate of Personnel Policy Operations ADF Service Conditions Team position

Hardship location has the same meaning given by section 12.3.1.

Health professional, means any of the following.

1. A registered medical or dental practitioner, which also includes those who provide services as a Defence member, Australian Public Service employee or otherwise under an agreement in place with Defence.
2. Any of the following professionals authorised by the Surgeon General Australian Defence Force to perform an extended role.
   
   1. Nursing Officer.
   2. Nurse Practitioner.
   3. Advanced Medical Assistant (AMA) or Advanced Medical Technician (AMT).
   4. Clinical Manager (CM).

Hospital includes any of the following.

1. Military health care facility.
2. Public or private hospital.
3. Psychiatric facility.

Housing benefit location has the same meaning given by section 1.3.10.

Imprisonment means a punishment of imprisonment imposed on a member who has been convicted of an offence by any of the following judicial, or quasi‑judicial body as defined in section 3 of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.

1. A Service tribunal.
2. A civil court.
3. A court of another country.

Initial minimum period of service means the period of service a member must serve following enlistment or appointment, which may result in a service obligation debt under regulation 25 of the Defence Regulation if not completed.

Isolation period, in relation or in response to a public health emergency, means the period a person is required to isolate themself.

_{Note: An isolation period may also be known as a quarantine period.}

Legal officer means an officer who is, or is eligible to be, admitted as a barrister or solicitor of the High Court or the Supreme Court of a State or Territory, but does not include an officer who is a Judge of a court with, or vested with, federal jurisdiction under section 71 of the Commonwealth Constitution or a Judge of a court with State or Territory jurisdiction.

Living-in accommodation means any of the following forms of accommodation.

1. A barracks or similar kind of residential accommodation owned or controlled by the Commonwealth and provided primarily for the use of members who have no resident family.
2. Those which are described in paragraph a. that a foreign government or other organisation contracted by the Commonwealth provides.
3. Those provided by a hospital for a medical officer to occupy during a period of compulsory residency.
4. Those provided by a seminary or theological college for a Chaplain to occupy when undertaking training at the seminary or theological college.
5. Those provided by an educational institution for a Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officer to occupy when undertaking compulsory post-graduate work experience at the institution.
6. Navy accommodation complexes.

Live-in carer, in relation to a member, means a person the CDF is satisfied meets all of the following apply.

1. The person provides care for the member.
2. The member is required to have the person live with them as a part of the member's rehabilitation plan.

Living out means not occupying a living-in accommodation.

Long‑term posting means one of the following.

1. For duty within Australia — a period of duty that the member's Service has directed to be for more than 6 months.
2. For duty overseas — has the same meaning given in section 12.3.1.

Losing location means one of the following.

1. For a member who has accompanied resident family and no unaccompanied resident family on their first removal after joining or re-joining the Permanent Forces — the location in Australia of the current or last permanent home of the resident family when they joined or re-joined.
2. For a member who has no resident family — the location in Australia to which they were last granted a removal.
3. For any other member — the location in Australia they were last granted a removal for their resident family.

Director General Military Personnel Branch

An officer not below O-5 in a Directorate of Personnel Policy Operations position

An officer not below O-4 in a Directorate of Personnel Policy Operations ADF Service Conditions Team position

Meal costs include compulsory service charges and taxes, such as GST, and excludes voluntary tips and alcoholic drinks.

Meal period means 1 hour beginning at any of the following times.

1. 0700 hours for breakfast.
2. 1300 hours for lunch.
3. 1900 hours for dinner.

Medical absence means the period for which a member is granted leave under Chapter 5 Part 3 to be absent from duty for health reasons.

Medical authority means the qualified medical practitioner responsible for determining the medical condition of the member.

Member has the same meaning given under the Act.

_{Note 1: Under section 4 of the Act, member includes an officer, sailor, soldier and airman. Under section 58A of the Act, member also includes a person who has ceased to be a member, whether by reason of death or otherwise.}

_{Note 2: Section 1.2.1 restricts the application of the Determination to members on continuous full‑time service, unless otherwise specified.}

Member undergoing recategorisation training has the same meaning given by section 1.3.3.

Month has the meaning given in section 2G of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Most economical means of travel has the same meaning as given by Chapter 9 Part 1A and Chapter 9 Part 1.

MSBS means the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme.

Non-resident family means recognised family who are not accompanied resident family or unaccompanied resident family.

Non-Service partner is a member's partner who is not a member.

Non-warlike service means any of the following.

1. Service in the Defence Force that is of a kind determined to be non-warlike service under section 5C of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
2. Service with a peacekeeping force, as published in the Gazette, as a Peacekeeping Force under section 68(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
3. Service with the Defence Force that is of a kind determined to be non‑warlike service under section 6 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

Nonworking period in relation to a flexible service determination, means the period that is not the member's pattern of service.

Normal departmental liability has the same meaning given by section 9.1.7.

Normal working hours for a member means the hours of duty set by their commander.

Operational area means any of the following.

1. For overseas service on a warlike or non-warlike deployment, means the specified area in column B of the table in section 17.7.6.
2. For overseas service on a peacetime deployment, means the specified area that has been approved by the CDF.
3. For overseas service other than a deployment, has the meaning given in section 6 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Own home has the same meaning given by section 7.1.14.

Paid leave means a period of leave when a member is entitled to salary.

Partner has the same meaning given by section 1.3.36.

Pattern of Reserve service means the periods that a member of the Reserves has agreed with their supervisor the member would attend for duty.

Pattern of service means the hours of duty or periods of duty prescribed under a flexible service determination.

Pay grade means the pay grade for a member under DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries.

Pay to the Commonwealth, in relation to a debt or liability to the Commonwealth that a member incurs, means a member's obligation to pay (or repay) money to the Commonwealth.

Peacetime deployment means a deployment overseas that meets all of the following.

1. It is not a warlike or non-warlike deployment.
2. It has been approved by the CDF as a peacetime deployment.

Period of prospective service has the same meaning as in section 30(1) in Part 8 of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991, as repealed by Act No. 135 of 1991 and preserved by item 4 of Schedule 4 to the Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2005.

Posting period, for service within Australia, has the same meaning given by section 1.3.4.

Primary emergency contact, for the purpose of notifying the family of a member assigned a casualty status, means an adult who is usually in the member's family nominated as the first contact.

Primary service location has the same meaning given by section 1.3.9.

Private Proficient, in relation to salary, means a Private eligible to be paid salary as a Private Proficient.

Private vehicle means a motor vehicle registered in the name of the member or their resident family that is not a recreational or hobby vehicle.

Public holiday has the meaning given in the following.

1. In relation to a member performing duty in Australia — section 5.12.1.
2. In relation to a member performing duty overseas — section 15.1.10.

Public transport means transport available to the public by regular services over fixed routes.

Quarantine residence means a residence, or other form of accommodation, provided for the purpose of undertaking an isolation period (or quarantine period).

Rank, which is not an honorary rank, includes the following unless otherwise specified.

1. For a Chaplain — division.
2. For a Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officer — class.

_{Note: Section 1.3 40 provides for equivalent ranks.}

Recognised family means any of the following.

1. A member’s partner.
2. A child of the member or the member’s partner.

Recognised other person has the same meaning given by section 1.3.37.

Refitting port means the port where a seagoing ship or seagoing submarine refit that is not the ship's home port.

Remote location means a location listed in the following.

1. For the purpose of ADF district allowance and travel during a medical absence under section 9.2.26 — Annex 4.4.A.
2. For the purpose of additional recreation leave — Annex 5.4.A.

Removal, in relation to a person who is eligible for a removal within Australia, means one of the following.

1. A removal by a Commonwealth removalist.
2. A privately arranged removal.

_{Note:   A member may be eligible for a removal even if it is not taken.}

A person is required to isolate if one of the following apply.

1. If the person is in Australia — under a law of any of the following.
   
   1. A State or Territory.
   2. A foreign government — before leaving Australia to begin or continue a long term posting or short-term duty in that foreign government’s jurisdiction.
2. If the person is, or accompanying a member, on a long-term posting overseas or short-term duty overseas — under a law of a State or Territory, or a law of a foreign government.

_{Note: Isolation may also be known as quarantine.}

Remuneration Tribunal means the tribunal established under section 4 of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

Reserve service means a period of service performed by a member of the Reserves that is not continuous full-time service.

Resident family means any of the following.

1. Accompanied resident family.
2. Unaccompanied resident family.

Restricted destination means any of the following.

1. Afghanistan.
2. Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
3. Iraq.
4. South Sudan.
5. Syria.
6. Yemen.
7. A country, or a part of a country, listed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with an advice level of ‘Do not travel’.

Retirement age has the same meaning as under regulation 23(4) of the Defence Regulation.

Return of service obligation, in relation to specified training, education, experience or special duties, means the period of service that a member is required to complete, which if not completed may result in a service obligation debt under regulation 25 of the Defence Regulation.

Salary means salary paid or payable under DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Salaries.

Seagoing ship means any of the following.

1. A ship or vessel in commission in the service of the Royal Australian Navy.
2. Another ship or other vessel approved by the CDF that is under the direction of the Commonwealth or a foreign government.

Seagoing submarine means any of the following.

1. A submarine in commission in the service of the Royal Australian Navy.
2. Another submarine approved by the CDF that is under the direction of the Commonwealth or a foreign government.

Serious illness has the same meaning given by section 1.3.5.

Service location has the same meaning given by section 1.3.8.

Service residence means a residence provided to a member under Chapter 7 Part 6.

Service tribunal has the same meaning given in the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982.

Ship's home port means the port from which the seagoing ship or seagoing submarine regularly operates for a period of more than 1 year.

Short‑term duty has the same meaning given in section 12.3.18.

Special needs has the same meaning given by section 1.3.6.

Suitable accommodation has the same meaning given by section 1.3.7.

Trainee means a new member of the ADF who meets all of the following.

1. They receive salary under Schedule B.13 of the Schedule to the DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017, Trainee salary rates.
2. They are not a member undergoing recategorisation training.

Training commitment means an obligation under regulation 27 of the Defence Regulation for a member of the Reserves to render service for the purpose of undertaking training.

Travel card means a charge card that the Department of Defence provides to a member to pay accommodation, meal and incidental costs.

Unaccompanied resident family has the same meaning given in section 1.3.20.

UK means the United Kingdom.

Unpaid leave means any of the following.

1. Leave without pay.
2. Unpaid maternity leave.
3. Unpaid parental leave.

USA means the United States of America.

VCDF means the Vice Chief of the Defence Force.

Very serious illness means an illness or injury of such severity that life is imminently endangered.

Warlike service means service with the Defence Force that is of a kind determined under any of the following.

1. Section 5C of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
2. Section 6 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

Supervisor not below E08/APS 4 in the member’s direct chain of command or supervision

Executive Director Relocations and Housing

Director Relocations and Housing

Assistant Director Relocations and Housing

Assistant Contract Manager Relocations and Housing

An employee of Toll Transitions who performs the duties of:

-        National Manager Services

-        Regional Relocations Manager

-        Manager – Relocation Administration Services

-        Team Leader

-       Senior Case Manager

Director General Defence Member and Family Support

A person not below O-3/APS 5 working in the Directorate Helpline, Incidents and Welfare Policy