Division 3: Port Wakefield allowance

Port Wakefield allowance compensates a member for the isolation, harsh climate and cost of living involved in serving at the Port Wakefield establishment.

1. Subject to subsection 1A, a member is eligible for Port Wakefield allowance if the member is posted to the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield and must live there.
2. 1A. Port Wakefield allowance is not payable during a nonworking period that exceeds 28 days under a member's flexible service determination.
3. The rate of allowance is one of the following.
   1. If the member has at least one of their resident family living at the establishment — $3,580.
   2. In any other case — $1,790.
4. Port Wakefield allowance is paid from the date the member takes up residence at the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield and ends when they leave it.

A member serving at the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield on temporary duty is not eligible for the allowance.

The conditions for absence from a remote location under Division 2 apply to a member's absence from the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield.