Annex 3.5.C: Completion bonus – occupations, date for acknowledgment of offer and bonus amount

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 17.

Part 1    Medical and dental officers

1.1      Member this Part applies to

This Part applies to a member who is a medical officer or dental officer.

1.2      Table – required period of effective service and bonus amount

Column 1 Required period of effective service for offers made in the specified calendar year	Column 2 Prescribed amount $
1998 3 years	90,000
1999 3 years	90,000

Part 2    Certain members in the Submarine Arm of the Navy

2.1      Application

1.	This Annex applies to a member in the Submarine Arm of the Navy if:
	a.	the member holds the substantive rank of Commander or lower on the day the member acknowledges an offer; and
	b.	the member has a continuing liability for a sea or shore posting in the Submarine Arm; and
	c.	subject to subclause 3 — the member meets the medical fitness standards for sea duty on a submarine; and
	d.	any of the following subparagraphs apply in relation to the member:
		i.	the member has completed Collins Class submarine conversion training and has occupied a sea or shore posting in the Submarine Arm at any time since the end of 31 December 1996;
		ii.	the member has completed Collins Class submarine initial training and is qualified to occupy (but has not occupied) such a posting;
		iii.	the member is not qualified to occupy such a posting and begins Collins Class submarine initial training by the end of 31 December 1999;
		iv.	the member is qualified to be posted to an Oberon Class submarine and has volunteered to undertake Collins Class submarine conversion training;
		v.	the CDF certifies that the member has demonstrated a high level of performance in a submarine crew or support capacity, and that the member’s retention is essential to fill certain critical postings in the Submarine Arm.
2.	In order to be entitled to the completion bonus offered, a member mentioned in subparagraph 1.d.iii or iv must complete Collins Class submarine initial or conversion training, as the case requires, during the required period of effective service, unless the CDF certifies that the member is unable to complete the training because of the exigencies of the Service.
3.	A member to whom subparagraph 1.d.v applies is not required to meet medical fitness standards higher than the standards for a shore posting in the Submarine Arm.

2.2      Date for acknowledgment of offer

An offer must be acknowledged by the end of 31 December 1999.

2.3      Beginning of the required period of effective service

The required period of effective service begins on:
a.	for a member mentioned in subparagraph 2.1.d.iii — the day the member qualifies for the Submarine Sea Qualification; and
b.	otherwise — 1 January 2000.

2.4      Table – required period of effective service and bonus amount

Column 1 Required period of effective service	Column 2 Prescribed amount $
2 years	35,000

PACMAN                                                              Version 2 (April 2005)                                        Chapter 3 – Annex 3.5.C – 1