Part 3: Travel costs for short-term duty overseas

13.3.1    Purpose

This Part sets out how a member who travels on short-term duty overseas may use an official charge card (the Defence travel card) to pay their reasonable travel costs.

13.3.2    Basis

Use of the travel card is based on the principle that a member will neither gain nor lose financially when they travel on Defence business.

13.3.3    Contents

This Part includes these Divisions and Annex.
Division 1	Rates, limitations and specific situations (clauses 13.3.6 to 13.3.16)
Division 2	Equipment costs (clauses 13.3.17 to 13.3.20)
Annex 13.3.A	Travel costs:
	Part 1: Brigadier or higher
	Part 2: Colonel or lower

13.3.4    Member entitled to use the travel card

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.B, item 20.

Subject to this Part, a member on short-term duty overseas is entitled to use the travel card to pay the cost of meals, accommodation, incidentals and equipment.

13.3.5    Member not entitled to use the travel card

A member on short-term duty overseas is not entitled to use the travel card while they are on:
a.	recreation leave, or
b.	long service leave.

PACMAN                                                             Version 2 (May 2005)                                                 Chapter 13 – Part 3 – 1