Division 4: Port Wakefield allowance

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 42.

4.4.24   Purpose
4.4.25   Definition
4.4.26   Entitlement
4.4.27   Member not entitled
4.4.28   Absence from the establishment

4.4.24   Purpose

Port Wakefield allowance compensates a member for the isolation, harsh climate and cost of living involved in serving at the Port Wakefield establishment.

4.4.25   Definition

This table defines term used in this Division.

Term	Definition in this Division
Establishment	Proof and Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield in South Australia.

4.4.26   Entitlement

1.	A member is entitled to Port Wakefield allowance if they are posted to the establishment and must live there.
2.	This table sets out the rate of Port Wakefield allowance payable to a member.

Item	If the member…	then their yearly rate of allowance is… ($)
1.	has at least one dependant living at the establishment	2,395
2.	is a member of any other kind	1,200

3.	Port Wakefield allowance is paid from the date the member takes up residence at the establishment and ends when they leave it.

4.4.27   Member not entitled

A member serving at the establishment on temporary duty is not entitled to the allowance.

4.4.28   Absence from the establishment

The conditions for absence from a remote location under Division 2 apply to a member's absence from the establishment.

PACMAN                                                            AL12 (October 2011)                               Chapter 4 – Part 4 Division 4 – 1