Division 4: Termination of higher duties

 

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 23.

4.1.22   Early termination of higher duties

1.

A direction to perform higher duties can be rescinded, revoked, or varied by giving written notice to the member. The notice may be made by a member who meets both these conditions.

 

a.

They are at least one rank higher than the vacant position.

 

b.

They are in the chain of command of the member performing the higher duties.

2.

A change in the direction to perform higher duties can be effective from the latest of these days.

 

a.

The day that the member is notified of the change.

 

b.

A later day specified in the notice.

 

Example: A member is directed to fill a higher position for a specific period. During that period they are required to go on operations at their substantive (lower) rank. They continue to be eligible for higher duties allowance unless they get a notice to stop acting in the higher position. The change to a direction to perform higher duties cannot be made retrospectively.

4.1.23   Automatic termination of higher duties

 

A member's entitlement to higher duties allowance ends on the earliest of these days.

 

a.

The day the direction to perform the higher duties ends.

 

b.

If the member is not posted into the vacant position, three months after the start of the direction to perform higher duties.

 

c

The effective date of a new posting order issued to the member.

 

PACMAN                                                              Version 2 (May 2005)                                Chapter 4 – Part 1 Division 4 – 1