ADF Leave

Has been relocated to the PAC-CNNSW, Hunter Business Centre for all inquires please contact your nearest customer service centre http://intranet.defence.gov.au/dsg/sites/_home/comweb.asp?page=45625 or contact service direct on 1800 333 362.

The ADFPC-C still processes

• NOK leave travel
• Compassionate Leave travel
• Reunion travel

Key Publication for Leave Entitlements is PACMAN V2 VOL 1 CHAP 5.

Leave

There are a number of leave provisions which may be approved under prescribed circumstances, these are:

• Recreation Leave PACMAN V2_Ch5_Pt2
• Long Service Leave. The purpose of long service leave is to provide a member who had served for 10 years or more the opportunity for an extended period away from the work environment. This type of leave may be taken on either Full Pay or Half Pay. PACMAN V2 Ch5_Pt3
  Applications for Long Service Leave are to be processed through ADFPC-C at least fourweeks prior to the commencement date of the leave.
• Maternity Leave. This is granted to allow a member paid leave entitlement of up to 14 weeks in respect of pregnancy. PACMAN V2_Ch5_Pt4
• Parental Leave. Parental leave assists a member and their dependants to spend time with a newborn or adopted dependent child. PACMAN V2_Ch5_Pt5
• War Service Leave. This is an additional leave entitlement for members who render Warlike service and is intended to allow them to adjust back to living in Australia and recuperate from the rigours of Warlike service. PACMAN V2_Ch5_Pt6
• Other Leave with Pay PACMAN V2 CHAP 5 Pt7
  This includes:
  
  • Special Leave (Compassionate Carer's Leave) **(See Compassionate Travel)**
  • Special Leave for Private Purposes
  • Examination Leave
  • Travelling Leave
  • Pre-deployment Leave
  • Leave to attend Civilian Court Proceedings
    
• Leave Without Pay. This is granted to a member to provide absence from duty where no other leave entitlement is sufficient or appropriate. PACMAN V2_Ch5_Pt8
• Short Absence. PACMAN V2 Ch5 Pt9
  

Application for Leave

All applications for leave are to be forwarded to your customer service centre using the following forms:

• ADF Leave Application - AD097

Leave Travel

Entitlements to leave travel can be found in PACMAN V2_Ch9_Pt4 All PY082's acompanying a AD097 for leave travel are to be forwarded to the ADFPC-C via your customer service centre. Access to PY082 is provided at the following link:

• PY082
• ADF Nominated Family for Leave Travel - (Form AD290). This form is used by ADF Personnel entitled to an ADF travel entitlement. As this entitlement needs to be approved by CO ADFPC-C, amplifying comments may need to be provided.

RAAF Long Service Leave

References:

A. DGFC(DE) 97-21914(1) of 242140Z Nov 97
B. DGFC(DE) 1627 of 022330Z Oct 97

1. RAAF personnel Posted to ADFPC-C within the Canberra Area are to ensure that applications for LSL are forwarded to CO ADFPC-C on Form AD097.

2. Applications are to reach ADFPC-C at least nine weeks prior to the start date of LSL to ensure the approval processes outlined in the References are met.

3. Applications received with less than nine weeks notice are to have justification on the submission by the members director.

4. For further advice please contact ADFPC-C dcs.adfpcc@defence.gov.au.

Compassionate Leave Travel

Compassionate Leave is granted to eligible members to provide for circumstances of an urgent personal nature not otherwise comprehended in leave provisions. The approval of compassionate leave, does not however, automatically entitle a member to Compassionate Leave Travel.

A Commanding Officer may approve Compassionate Leave Travel under the circumstances detailed in PACMAN V2 VOL 1 CHAP 5 Pt7. Where possible ADFPC-C staff will attempt to ensure Compassionate Leave Travel is approved by a Commanding Officer prior to the travel being undertaken. However, for purposes of expediency and in recognition of the urgent nature of the circumstances, Compassionate Leave Travel may be approved as Compassionate Leave Travel to be defined.

Should on review by a Commanding Officer the circumstances generating the Compassionate Travel not be approved, then recovery of costs incurred by the Commonwealth will take place.

Outside of normal working hours. Personnel who become aware of circumstances outside of normal working hours which they believe may attract an approval of Compassionate Leave Travel, should contact the following:

Senior Military Personnel Administration Officer
ADFPC-Canberra
Mobile: 0427 488 949 (Canberra based personnel ONLY)

Reunion Leave Travel

Reunion travel enables a member who is unaccompanied on a long term posting within Australia (12 months or more) to be reunited at public expense with their dependants.

More detailed information on Reunion Leave Travel is contained in:

• PACMAN V2_Ch9_Pt3_Div3 - Reunion Travel for Members

All applications for Reunion leave travel are to be forwarded to the ADFPC-C Leave Personnel on a PY082 at least 30 days prior to the date of travel, access to PY082 is provided at the following link:

• PY082

The above references should provide you with all the information you need in regards to organising your leave or your appropriate travel entitlement, however if it does not answer your particular needs, please feel free to contact the Leave Personnel at the ADFPC-C on dcs.adfpcc@defence.gov.au.