Division 7: Hard lying allowance

Purpose

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Hard lying allowance is paid to provide compensation for the discomfort experienced by members required to stay on board a seagoing ship or seagoing submarine for at least 48 hours.

[from DFRT Determination No 10 of 1996]
Citation

1.

This Determination may be cited as Determination No 10 of 1996, Hard Lying Allowance.

Definitions

2.

In this Determination:

 

“cumulative sea service” has the same meaning as in Determination No. 1 of 1996, Seagoing Allowance;

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For the meaning of cumulative sea service, see clause 2A Division 11, Seagoing allowance, of this Part.

 

“seagoing ship” means:

 

(a)

a ship in commission in the service of the Royal Australian Navy; or

 

(b)

a ship or other vessel approved by the Chief of the Defence Force for the purposes of this Determination, being a ship under the direction of the Commonwealth or a foreign government;

 

seagoing submarine” has the same meaning as in Determination No. 14 of 2008, Submarine Service Allowance.

See: Division 15 clause 4 for the definition of seagoing submarine

 

Persons who can make the decision under clause 2, definition of seagoing ship and seagoing submarine, on behalf of the CDF:

Chief Combat Support Group

Maritime Commander Australia

Hard Lying Allowance

3.

A member who is required, in the course of service, to stay on board a seagoing ship or seagoing submarine for a continuous period of 48 hours or more is entitled to Hard Lying Allowance for each completed 24 hour period at the rate:

 

(a)

specified in column 2 of Table 1 opposite the member’s period of cumulative sea service in column 1 for members on a seagoing ship; and

 

(b)

specified in column 2 of Table 2 opposite the member’s period of cumulative sea service in column 1 for members on a seagoing submarine.

 

TABLE 1 – Member on a seagoing ship

 

Column 1

Cumulative Sea Service

Column 2

$ a day

 

 

Completed less than 3 years

29.14

 

Completed 3 but less than 6 years

45.16

 

Completed 6 but less than 11 years

60.97

 

Completed 11 or more years

70.11

 

 

 

 

TABLE 2 – Member on a seagoing submarine

 

Column 1

Cumulative sea service

Column 2

$ a day

 

 

Completed less than 3 years

43.71

 

Completed 3 but less than 6 years

60.97

 

Completed 6 but less than 11 years

73.16

 

Completed 11 or more years

80.63

 

 

 

 

4.1

A member who has stayed on board a seagoing ship or seagoing submarine for a continuous period of 48 hours or more and who, during the course of a voyage, is accommodated ashore at an intermediate port of call, is taken not to have ceased to stay on board that ship or submarine while the member is so accommodated.

4.2

A member to whom this clause applies, is not entitled to Hard Lying Allowance while accommodated ashore.

Allowance not payable

5.1

A member is not entitled to hard lying allowance while the member is entitled to:

 

(a)

Antarctic allowance, if the rate that is or would be payable exceeds the rate of hard lying allowance that would be payable to the member;

 

(b)

seagoing allowance;

 

(c)

submarine service allowance; or

 

(d)

travelling allowance.

5.2

Determination No. 4 of 2008, Allowance for Specialist Operations (Column 5 of Schedules 1 and 2) and Determination No. 5 of 2008, Special Forces Disability Allowance (Column 6 of Schedule 1), prescribe whether a member receiving either of those allowances may also be paid Hard Lying Allowance.

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DETERMINATION NO 10 OF 1996 – CLAUSE NOTES

 

Clause

Amendments

 

2.

Substituted by: DFRT No. 15 of 1998. Amended by: No. 20 of 1998; No 17 of 2008.

3.

Amended by: DFRT No. 24 of 1996; No. 10 of 1997; Nos. 9 and 27 of 1998; Nos. 8 and 14 of 1999; No. 8 of 2000; Nos. 3, 14 and 16 of 2001; Nos. 7 and 23 of 2002; No. 11 of 2003; Nos. 2 and 14 of 2004; No. 5 of 2005; Nos. 1 and 16 of 2006; No. 5 of 2007; Nos. 10 and 29 of 2008.

5.

Amended by: DFRT No. 1 of 2002. Substituted by: DFRT No. 13 of 2002. Amended by: DFRT No. 20 of 2002; No. 17 of 2008.

 

FOOTNOTE – 10 OF 1996

1.

DFRT Determination 10 of 1996 has been amended by DFRT Determination No. 24 of 1996; No. 10 of 1997; Nos. 9, 15, 20 and 27 of 1998; Nos. 8 and 14 of 1999; No. 8 of 2000; Nos. 3, 14 and 16 of 2001; Nos. 1, 7, 13, 20 and 23 of 2002; No. 11 of 2003; Nos. 2 and 14 of 2004; No. 5 of 2005; Nos. 1 and 16 of 2006; No 5 of 2007; Nos. 10, 17 and 29 of 2008.

 

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