Division 6: Removal on ceasing continuous full-time service

This Division describes the benefits for a member who is removed on ceasing continuous full-time service, or in advance of ceasing.

This Division applies to a member who meets one of the following.

1. They are ceasing continuous full-time service.

2. They are commencing a transition location (medical) agreement.

3. They are commencing a transition location (general) agreement.

1. This section applies to a member who is eligible for a removal on ceasing continuous full-time service.
2. In this section subsidised accommodation means any of the following.
   
   1. A Service residence.
      _{Note: Section 1.3.73 defines a Service residence.}
   2. Living-in accommodation.
   3. Accommodation for which rent allowance is payable.
3. A member in a situation in an item in column A of the following table is eligible for a removal between the following locations, subject to the conditions and limits in column D of the same item.
   
   1. From the location in column B of the same item.

   2. To the location in column C of same item.

      Removal benefits

      Item	Column A Member situation	Column B Pick-up location	Column C Drop-off location	Column D Conditions and limitations
      1.	The member is to relocate from subsidised accommodation to another home in the same location. Note: This includes a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service.	The subsidised accommodation.	A home within the same location as the subsidised accommodation. Note: Section 6.5.60 provides when a member's belongings may be removed to storage and then to their home.	The member must have occupied subsidised accommodation immediately before ceasing continuous full-time service.
      2.	The member is to relocate to a location within Australia that is not in the housing benefit location they last received a removal.	The housing benefit location the member last received a removal to.	A location in Australia chosen by the member. Note: Section 6.5.60 provides when a member's belongings may be removed to storage and then to their home.	All of the following. The location cannot be within the same housing benefit location the member last received a removal to unless they meet the condition in table item 1. This table item does not apply to a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service.
      3.	The member is to relocate overseas.	The housing benefit location the member last received a removal to.	The Australian capital city that is the nearest port of exit to the overseas location the member has chosen to live.	All of the following. The items must be received by the member’s overseas removal agent. This table item does not apply to a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service.
      4.	The member is a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service, appointed or enlisted in Australia.	The housing benefit location the member last received a removal to.	A location chosen by the member subject to the limit in column D.	The maximum benefit payable is the lesser of the following. The cost of the removal. The cost of a removal to the location the member lived immediately before they began continuous full-time service.
      5.	The member is a member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service, and was appointed or enlisted from an overseas country.	The housing benefit location the member last received a removal to.	A location chosen by the member subject to the limit in column D.	The maximum benefit payable is the lesser of the following. The cost of the removal. The cost of a removal to the member's overseas removal agent at the member's port of entry to Australia.
      6.	The member has unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family and is to relocate from subsidised accommodation to the family benefit location of their unaccompanied resident family.	The housing benefit location the member last received a removal to.	The family benefit location of their unaccompanied resident family.	The removal must occur before their unaccompanied resident family are removed to a location under paragraph 6.5.46A.1.b.

4. A member in a situation in an item in column A of the following table is eligible for a removal to be provided at a time in column B of the same item and subject to the conditions in column C of the same item.

   Removal timing

   Item	Column A Member situation	Column B Time of removal	Column C Conditions
   1.	The member requests to be removed before ceasing continuous full‑time service and table item 2 does not apply.	Any time during the final 12 months of the member's continuous full‑time service.	The member must have received a discharge authority.
   2.	The member requests to be removed before ceasing continuous full-time service for one of the following reasons. The removal is required as a result of a resident family member or recognised other persons’ illness that is confirmed by a medical practitioner. Suitable accommodation is not available in the member’s housing benefit location. Suitable secondary or higher education for the member’s child is not available in their housing benefit location. The member is on a transition location (medical) agreement for more than 12 months. There are exceptional reasons that require the member to move.	Any time before the member ceases continuous full-time service.	All of the following. The member must have received a discharge authority. The CDF must be satisfied that, having considered the member’s request, the removal is reasonable.
   3.	The member has ceased continuous full-time service.	One of the following. Up to 24 months from the day the member ceases continuous full-time service. A later day that the CDF considers reasonable after considering the member’s circumstances.

1. This section applies to a member who has unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family.

   1A. The member is eligible for an additional removal in accordance with the following.

   1. If the member receives a removal under subsection 6.5.46.3 table item 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 — the member is eligible for a removal for their unaccompanied resident family between the following locations.

      1. The unaccompanied resident family’s family benefit location.

      2. The location the member received their removal to under subsection 6.5.46.3.

   2. If the member receives a removal under subsection 6.5.46.3 table item 6 — the member is eligible for a removal for themselves and their unaccompanied resident family from the unaccompanied resident family’s family benefit location to one of the following.

      1. If the member and their unaccompanied resident family are to relocate overseas — the Australian capital city that is the nearest port of exit to the overseas location the member has nominated to live following ceasing continuous full-time service.

      2. The location in Australia the member has nominated to live following ceasing continuous full-time service.

   3. If the member is not eligible for a removal under subsection 6.5.46.3 — the member is eligible for a removal for their unaccompanied resident family’s from the unaccompanied resident family’s family benefit location to one of the following.

      1. If the member and their unaccompanied resident family are to relocate overseas — the Australian capital city that is the nearest port of exit to the overseas location the member has nominated to live following ceasing continuous full-time service.

      2. The location in Australia the member has nominated to live following ceasing continuous full-time service.

2. A removal under subsection 1 is subject to the same conditions and limitations that would have applied had the removal been for the member under column D of the table in subsection 6.5.46.3.

1. This section applies to a member who had a removal in advance of ceasing continuous full-time service and continues to serve beyond the date notified in their discharge authority.

2. If the member’s next posting is to a new housing benefit location, the member is eligible for a removal that is limited to what a removal would cost between the following locations.

   1. The member’s housing benefit location immediately before the removal in advance of ceasing continuous full-time service.

   2. The member’s new housing benefit location.

3. Subsection 2 does not apply if any of the following apply.

   1. The member was granted a compassionate removal for their resident family to a family benefit location.

   2. The removal in advance of ceasing continuous full-time service corresponds with a regular removal on posting during the final 12 months of the member’s service.

4. The member must pay a contribution towards the cost of the removal if the cost of the removal to the new housing benefit location is greater than the cost of the removal between the locations specified under subsection 2.

5. The contribution is calculated using the following formula.

   Contribution = A – B

Where:

A is the cost of a removal from the member’s housing benefit location to the location on the member’s new posting order.

B is the cost of a removal between the locations specified under subsection 2.

1. A member is eligible for a removal if they cease continuous full-time service at their own request if one of the following apply.

   1. They hold the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army or lower and one of the following applies.

      1. They have completed their initial period of enlistment.

      2. They have completed 6 years of continuous full-time service.

      3. If they are a member in the Air Force, they have completed their initial minimum period of service.

   2. They are an officer with a fixed period of service and one of the following applies.

      1. They have completed their initial period of appointment.

      2. They have completed 6 years of continuous full-time service.

   3. They are an officer with an indefinite period of service and they have completed a total of 6 years of continuous full-time service.

   4. They have compassionate reasons for ceasing continuous full-time service and the CDF is satisfied of all of the following.

      1. The reason for ceasing continuous full-time service could not be resolved by other means.

      2. The reasons are beyond the member’s control.

      3. The circumstances leading to the compassionate reasons did not exist before the member joined the ADF or have significantly worsened since the member joined the ADF.

   5. They are a trainee and cease continuous full-time service at their own request during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. The following apply to removals under subsection 1.

   1. If the removal is under paragraph 1.d, and the member has completed less than 3 years’ continuous full-time service, the removal is from the member’s location to a location chosen by the member.

   2. If the removal is under paragraph 1.e, the removal is from the member’s location to a location chosen by the member.

   3. In all other cases, the removal is between locations that would apply to the member under subsection 6.5.46.3.

3. In this section, ceasing continuous full-time service at own request means the member’s service in the Permanent Forces is ended as a consequence of the member applying to voluntarily change or reduce their period of service under section 18 of the Defence Regulation.

1. This section applies to a member who is eligible for a removal under any of the following.

   1. Paragraph 6.5.48.1.d

   2. Paragraph 6.5.48.1.e.

2. The member must pay a contribution if the cost of the removal to the location chosen by the member is greater than one of the following.

   1. If the member is an overseas applicant — their port of entry to Australia.

   2. The member’s place of enlistment or appointment.

3. The contribution under subsection 2 is the amount calculated using the following formula.
   
    

    Contribution = A – B

Where:

A is the cost of a the removal.

B is the cost of a removal to one of the following had they not been removed to the location chosen by the member.

1. If the member is an overseas applicant — their port of entry to Australia.

2. The member’s place of enlistment or appointment.

A member who meets one of the following is eligible for the removal of a vehicle under Division 5.

1. They are eligible for a removal under section 6.5.46.

2. They are eligible for a removal under section 6.5.47.

3. They are eligible for a removal under section 6.5.48.