17.7.3 Purpose
17.7.5 Member this Division applies to
17.7.6 Rate of allowance
If a member is on a deployment, they are not generally eligible for benefits provided to members posted overseas or on short-term duty overseas as provided in chapters 12 to 16 unless those chapters specifically provide benefits to members.
Example: If they were on a long-term posting overseas and their dependants remain in the overseas posting location.
17.7.7 Payment of allowance
17.7.8 Breaks in service
Examples: Escort duties, attendance at a board of inquiry.
Example: A member on deployment is required to attend a board of inquiry. The payment of deployment allowance continues for the period the member is outside of the specified area.
Example: A member is assigned to Operation PALADIN and has spent one month in Jordan and two months in Syria before going back to Jordan. The member goes on leave and receives the rate of deployment allowance payable for Syria for the period of leave. When the member returns from leave they are deployed in Jordan, the rate payable on return is the rate payable for Jordan.
Example: A member on deployment is granted compassionate leave to return to Australia to visit a close relative who is very seriously ill. Deployment allowance is not paid during the time the member is outside of the specified area.
17.7.9 Eligibility for multiple rates
Example 1: A member is assigned to Operation A and has spent two months in operational area A1. The member goes on leave and receives the rate of deployment allowance payable for operational area A1.
Example 2: A member is assigned to Operation A and Operation B and has spent two months on Operation B. The member has not spent any time on Operation A. The member goes on leave and receives the rate of deployment allowance payable for Operation B.
Example 3: A member is assigned to operation A and has spent one month in operational area A1 and two months in operational area A2 before going back to operational area A1. The highest rate of deployment allowance the member has received prior to going on leave is for operational area A2. The member goes on leave and receives the rate of deployment allowance payable for operational area A2.
Example 4: A member is assigned to Operation A and Operation B and has spent one month on Operation A and two months on Operation B before going back to Operation A. The highest rate of deployment allowance the member has received prior to going on leave is for Operation B. The member goes on leave and receives the rate of deployment allowance payable for Operation B.
17.7.10 Member on transit through a specified area
Example: Member travels from Operation MAZURKA (Sinai) to the United Arab Emirates before travelling to Rome on leave. The member spends two days in the United Arab Emirates before their flight leaves for Rome. The member continues to be paid the rate payable for Operation MAZURKA (Sinai).
Example: A member is on their way to Operation MANITOU where they are being deployed. The member is required to spend a two day stop on transit in the United Arab Emirates, before they travel to arrive in their assigned deployment location. The member does not receive deployment allowance for the two days while they are transiting through the United Arab Emirates.