Division 5: Child reunion allowance

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.B, item 84.

15.2.23   Purpose

Child reunion allowance helps members with these costs.
a.	Maintaining communication with children who live elsewhere.
b.	Having their children visit them at the posting location.

15.2.24   Member this Division applies to

This Division applies to a member who does not have their dependent children living with them at the long-term posting location.

15.2.25   Member this Division does not apply to

A member is not entitled to both child reunion allowance and child allowance at the same time for the same child.

See: Division 4, Child allowance

See also:
Chapter 12 Part 1 clause 12.1.2, Member Chapters 12 to 16 do not apply to
Part 1 clause 15.1.3, Member this Chapter does not apply to
Division 1 clause 15.2.5, Member this Part does not apply to

15.2.26   Entitlement – child reunion allowance

A member is entitled to child reunion allowance for the posting period, for each dependent child who lives away from the posting location. This is only if the child is also eligible for at least one reunion visit each year.

15.2.27   Working out child reunion allowance

This table shows how to work out the rate of child reunion allowance for a child.

Step	Action
1.	Work out the rate of child allowance that would apply to the child. See: Division 4 clause 15.2.21, Working out child allowance
2.	Multiply the rate from step 1 by 75%.

Example: A member is entitled to child reunion allowance for a dependent child who attends school in Australia. The child is 13 years old. The annual rate of child allowance would be AUD 4,428.90. The annual rate of child reunion allowance is 75% of that rate, or AUD 3,321.68.

PACMAN                                                              Version 2 (May 2005)                              Chapter 15 – Part 2 Division 5 – 1