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TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 46. |
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Antarctic allowance compensates a member for the
demands of service in |
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This Division applies to a member posted for duty or
serving in |
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They are directed to undertake duties as an integral
part of an expedition. It must be intended that they remain on duty with, or
support, that expedition during the summer or winter season in |
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They travel to |
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This Division does not apply to a member for any period in which submarine service allowance is payable to the member. See: Chapter 4 Part 3 Division 15 |
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This table sets out the rate of Antarctic allowance a member is entitled to. |
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If subclause… |
then they are entitled to the allowance at a rate of ($)… |
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4.4.47.a applies to the member |
11,661 a year. |
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4.4.47.b applies to the member |
6,424 a year. |
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Example 1: A member is part of a four-month expedition to Antarctica. The period includes the three months of summer. The member is entitled to an allowance worked out using the rate in item 1 of the table. Example 2: A member travels to Antarctica for a month with an expedition. The member is not part of the expedition. The member is entitled to an allowance worked out using the rate in item 2 of the table. |
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A member’s entitlement to Antarctic allowance begins at 0001 on the day of embarkation. It ends at 2359 on the day of disembarkation. |
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If a member does not return directly to Australia immediately after service in Antarctica, payment of the allowance ends at 2359 on the last day they serve in Antarctica. Exception: If clause 4.4.52 applies. |
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This clause applies to a member who would be entitled to both Antarctic allowance and any one of these allowances. |
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Seagoing allowance. See: Chapter 4 Part 3 Division 11. |
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Hard lying allowance. See: Chapter 4 Part 3 Division 7. |
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The member is paid only the higher of the two allowances. |
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The allowance is not included in a member’s salary during a period of long service leave unless they remain in Antarctica during the period. |
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This clause applies to a member who completes service in Antarctica and is granted a period of recreation leave before beginning duty in Australia. |
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The member is entitled to Antarctic allowance for the number of days of recreation leave they accrued for service in Antarctica. The rate of allowance is the rate that applies under clause 4.4.48. |
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Subclause 1 applies to recreation leave granted immediately after any of these periods. |
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A period of travelling leave taken immediately after the member’s period of service in Antarctica. |
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A period of hospitalisation or absence from duty for an illness that began on or before the day the member completed service in Antarctica. |
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A period of duty that meets both these criteria. |
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It must be performed by the member before recreation leave can be granted. |
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It is performed immediately after the member's period of service in Antarctica. |
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