Part 1: General provisions

This Chapter provides benefits to families to help support the family and their needs as a consequence of the member’s requirement to serve.

Part 4 provides education assistance to members for their children to assist with additional costs caused as a consequence of a posting within Australia.

Part 5 provides emergency support to the families of members to support their well-being while the member is absent on duty and during emergency situations..

Part 6 provides assistance to a member who has resident family or recognised other persons who has been recognised as having special needs.

Parts 7 and 7A provides assistance to family members and nominated persons to attend courts of inquiry and a Royal Commission by way of providing assistance with travel, accommodation, meals and incidental expenses.

Part 8 establishes the partner employment program, which assists the partners of members by reimbursing certain costs associated with professional employment and training services to support the employability of partners.

Part 9 establishes the ADF family health program, which provides families of members the ability to be reimbursed some of the costs of health services.

Part 9A provides assistances to the families of members who have accompanied a member on a long-term posting overseas and returned to Australia. The provisions enable the family member to recover costs for the testing for communicable diseases that are rare in Australia that the family member may have contracted while at the posting location. The Part also provides for the cost of travel to the medical facility where the testing occurs.

Part 10 establishes the Reserve assistance program, which provides members of the Reserves and their families with access to professional counselling services outside of what is available to members of continuous full-time service.

Part 11 provides a member with parental leave pay as a consequence of the member being on a long-term posting overseas, or accompanying an Australian government employee on an overseas posting. Parental leave pay may be paid to the member while overseas, or after they return to Australia.