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TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.B, item 186. |
17.9.20 Purpose
17.9.21 Definitions
17.9.22 Member
this Division applies to
17.9.23 Member
this Division does not apply to
17.9.24 Eligibility
17.9.25 Rate
of allowance
17.9.26 Other
allowances that may be payable
17.9.27 Allowance
during leave after deployment
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International campaign allowance compensates members for hazard, stress and environmental factors while they are deployed with specified international campaigns. |
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When receiving international campaign allowance, a member is not entitled to deployment allowance. |
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Definition in this Chapter |
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The deployment |
The ADF contribution deployed overseas to any of the following. a. The US-led: i. military response to international terrorism. ii. coalition operations in b. Support for the
UN Assistance c. Provide security to the Australian Embassy
in d. Support for the UN Assistance |
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Definition in this Chapter |
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Specified area |
The specified area for each area of the deployment is as follows. |
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a. For the contribution to the US-led military response to international terrorism (item 1.a.i) |
The area bounded by 32 degrees east longitude, 5 degrees south latitude, 78 degrees east longitude and 39 degrees north latitude See: Annex 17.9.B. |
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b. For participation in US-led coalition operations in Iraq to support the Australian effort to assist with the rehabilitation of Iraq and to remove the threat posed to world security by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability (item 1.a.ii) |
i. ii. Saudi Arabia north of 23 degrees north latitude iii. the Arabian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz north of a line drawn between 25 degrees 2 minutes north, 56 degrees 36 minutes east and 25 degrees 32 minutes north, 57 degrees 35 minutes east See: Annex 17.9.C. |
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c. For support to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (item 1.b) |
Afghanistan |
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d. For the ADF contribution to the provision of security to the Australian Embassy (item 1.c) |
Iraq |
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e. For the ADF contribution to the United
Nations Assistance Mission in |
Iraq |
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International campaign allowance applies to a member assigned for duty in a specified area as part of the deployment as defined in clause 17.9.21. |
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A member is not entitled to international campaign allowance while serving detention with the ADF in an operational area. |
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A member receives an allowance for each day or part of a day they are in either of these situations. |
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In the specified area. |
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On recreation leave or war service leave accrued during the period of service with the deployment. This is as long as the leave is not longer than the leave credit accrued for the period of service. |
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The amount of international campaign allowance payable for each day or part day of duty in the specified area is set out in this table. |
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Specified area |
Amount (AUD) |
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Iraq and the territorial sea of Iraq |
150 |
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Afghanistan |
200 |
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Any other part of the specified area |
125 |
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A member may be assigned to more than one deployment at the same time. If international campaign allowance is payable for both deployments, the member is still only entitled to one rate of the allowance. This rate is for the deployment that the member has most recently been assigned to. |
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A member getting international campaign allowance may be entitled to some of these other allowances in the following situations. |
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Allowance |
Additional information |
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Sep |
If applicable, sep See: Chapter 6 Part 1 Division 1 |
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Hardship allowance |
Hardship allowance is not payable in any period in which the member is paid international campaign allowance and has no partner living at the hardship location. See: Clause 16.2.4, Amount of hardship allowance |
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Travel costs |
Travel costs are only payable to a member on any day the member has to pay for their own meals while on deployment. See: Chapter 13 Part 3, Travel costs for short-term duty overseas |
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A member is entitled to international campaign allowance if they meet both these conditions. |
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They are assigned for duty with a deployment and serve in the specified area. |
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They start a period of leave immediately after ending duty with the deployment. |
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This clause applies in relation to the following
leave types. |
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Basic recreation leave accrued during the
deployment. |
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Additional recreation leave accrued during the
deployment. |
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Before 18 February 2011, additional recreation leave (travelling leave) for a member on a
relief-out-of-country fare to Note:
If taken after on or after 18 February 2011, this type of leave does not
attract payment of international campaign allowance but it does not break
continuity for the payment of the allowance for accrued leave types. |
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d. |
War service leave. |
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A member is entitled to international campaign allowance for the shortest of the following periods. |
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The leave granted. |
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The unused leave credits accrued for service during the deployment. |
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The leave that would be accrued for 12 months' service with the deployment. |
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The rate of international campaign allowance payable for leave granted is the same as the rate that was payable to the member during the period of deployment for which the leave was accrued. |
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If the member was entitled to more than one rate of the allowance during the period of service in a specified area with the deployment, then the rate in subclause 3 is the highest of those rates. |
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In some cases, a member might cease duty with the deployment. However, because of illness, injury or immediate service requirements, they might not be able to immediately do any of these things. |
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Start a period of leave. |
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Complete a period of leave. |
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Use their leave credit. |
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In these cases, the period during which the member
was injured, ill or meeting immediate service requirements is ignored. Any
sep Example: A member breaks a leg and cannot go on leave as they are in traction in hospital. Their entitlement is carried forward until they can take the leave. |
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