Division 1: Deployment allowance

The purpose of deployment allowance is to compensate members for the hazard, stress and environmental factors that they are likely to experience over the term of a warlike or non-warlike deployment.

1. Deployment allowance is payable to a member who meets both of the following conditions.

   1. The member is force assigned on a warlike or non-warlike deployment.

   2. The member enters the specified area for the warlike or non-warlike deployment.

2. If no specified area is prescribed, deployment allowance is payable to a member who performs duty while assigned to an operation that is prescribed under section 5C of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

1. The daily rate of deployment allowance for a member's operation under column A and specified area under column B is the amount under column C.

   Item	Column A Operation	Column B Specified area	Column C Daily rate of allowance (AUD)
   1.	ACCORDION	Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates	106.59
   2.	ASLAN	South Sudan	195.63
   3A.	BEECH	The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the following: a.  Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; b.  Lebanon	195.63
   		The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the Sinai in Egypt.	136.00
   4.	FORTITUDE	Egypt, Israel and Jordan	106.59
   		Lebanon	166.22
   		Syria	195.63
   4A.	HYDRANTH	The waters and superjacent airspace of the following: a.  Arabian Sea (bounded by 10 degrees north and 60 degrees east) b.  Gulf of Oman; c.  Persian Gulf.	136.00
   		The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the following. a.  Bahrain; b.  Qatar.	106.59
   5.	LILIA	The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the Solomon Islands	105.86
   6.	LITTEN	Libyan territorial waters	166.22
   7.	MANITOU	The seas and superjacent airspace of: a.  the Arabian Sea; b.  the Gulf of Aden; c.  the Gulf of Aqaba; d.  the Gulf of Oman; e.  the Gulf of Suez; f.   the Persian Gulf; g.  the Red Sea; and h.  the Indian Ocean north of Latitude 15 degrees South and west of Longitude 70 degrees East. This includes the ports adjacent and the area within a 10 kilometre radius of each port.	106.59
   8.	MAZURKA	Egypt between the east bank of the Suez Canal and the international boundary between Egypt and Israel established by the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel signed in Washington on 26 March 1979, and an adjoining area extending 5km into Israel.	166.22
   9.	OKRA	The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the following. a.  Iraq; b.  Syria.	195.63
   		All of the following: a.  The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the following.      i.  Bahrain;      ii.  Cyprus;      iii.  Jordan;      iv.  Kuwait;      v.   Qatar;      vi.  The United Arab Emirates; b.  The waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf; c.  The land territory of Türkiye east of Longitude 35° East.	106.59
   10.	ORENDA	The land territory and superjacent airspace of Mali.	195.63
   11.	PALADIN	Egypt, Israel, Jordan	106.59
   		Lebanon	166.22
   		Syria	195.63
   12.	STEADFAST	Iraq	195.63
   13.	Any other operation in accordance with subsection 17.7.5.2	Not applicable.	A rate approved by the Minister for Defence that is between 61.60 and 293.47.

Deployment allowance is payable at the relevant rate in section 17.7.6, for each day the member is in the specified area during the following period.

1. Starting on the day the member first enters the specified area for the deployment to which they are assigned.
2. Ceasing on the day after the member leaves the specified area of the deployment they are assigned to for the last time on that deployment.
   _{Note: Subsection 17.7.8.3 applies if a member leaves the specified area for a reason which is not related to the deployment.}

1. If the member temporarily leaves the specified area during their deployment for either of the following reasons, the member continues to receive deployment allowance at the rate for the operation they are assigned to.

   1. Operational reasons related to the deployment.

2. Recreation or war service leave.

2. After the period of temporary absence under subsection 1, the rate of deployment allowance payable is the rate for the specified area the member is deployed to on return.

3. If the member leaves the specified area for a reason which is not related to the deployment, the payment of deployment allowance ceases on the day after the member leaves the specified area and recommences if the member returns to the specified area.

1. This clause applies to a member who is in either of the following situations.

   1. The member is assigned to an operation with more than one rate of deployment allowance.

   2. The member is assigned to more than one operation, for which there are different rates of deployment allowance.

2. If the member temporarily leaves the specified area for a reason in subsection 17.7.8.1, then the rate of deployment allowance payable during their period of absence is the highest rate that has been payable to the member during their deployment.

If a member is required to transit through a specified area that is not the specified area for their deployment (the "other area"), the relevant of the following conditions applies.

1. If the member has already been in their specified area and has left it temporarily for one of the reasons under subsection 17.7.8.1, the rate of deployment allowance payable to the member continues to be payable to them while they are in the other area.

2. If the member has not yet arrived in their specified area, deployment allowance is not payable for time spent in the other area.
   ^{Note: The member only receives deployment allowance when they meet the criteria under paragraph 17.7.5.1.a.}

3. If the member has left their specified area for the last time, deployment allowance is not payable in the other area as they have met the conditions under paragraph 17.7.7.b.

1. Deployment allowance rates may be reviewed on any of these occasions.
   
   1. Every six months.
   2. If forces are rotated.
   3. If there is a change in the assessed threat level.
   4. If the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal determines a general salary increase for the ADF.
2. A member receiving deployment allowance must be made aware by their Commanding Officer that the rate initially determined may be amended and so could increase or decrease during their deployment, as a result of review.
3. In the section, threat level means the level of operational threat and environmental hazard.

A member getting deployment allowance may be eligible for additional allowances in the following situations.