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6.5A.19 Storage of vehicles and towable items on deployment

  1. This section applies to a member who meets all of the following.
    1. The member meets one of the following.
      1. They have no resident family or recognised other persons.
      2. They have unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family.
    2. They are deployed for six months or longer.
    3. They meet any of the following conditions.
      1. They choose to vacate their accommodation.
      2. The CDF decides that a member must vacate the living-in accommodation they occupy.
  2. The member is eligible for storage of a vehicle and towable item for the duration of the deployment unless one of the following apply.
    1. If the vehicle or towable item can be stored on base.
    2. If the member has claimed loss on sale for a vehicle or towable item under section 6.2.4.
  3. If the member’s vehicle or towable item is not stored in any of the following places, the member is eligible for vehicle allowance from the member’s accommodation to the place where the vehicle is to be stored.
    1. A commercial storage facility under paragraph 4.b.
    2. On a base (or establishment).
  4. For the purpose of subsection 3, vehicle allowance is the lesser of the following.
    1. The amount of vehicle allowance calculated under section 9.6.25.
    2. The cost of storing the vehicle for the length of the deployment in a storage facility approved by the Commonwealth removalist.


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