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TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 58. |
4.7.14 Purpose
4.7.15 Definition
4.7.16 Members
this Division applies to
4.7.17 Conditions
for refresher training payment
4.7.18 Amount
of payment
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Refresher training assistance assists a former member who served as a medical or dental officer with the costs of training to better equip them for civilian practice or employment. |
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Refresher training course |
A course of study, approved by the CDF, to be undertaken by a former member in aspects of medical or dental practice that are not normally found in the ADF. |
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Persons who can make the decision under clause 4.7.15, definition of refresher training course, on behalf of the CDF: Director Navy People Career Management Agency Director Officer Career Management – Army Director Personnel – Air Force Director of Personnel & Executive Review & Development – Air Force Director General Navy People Head Navy People and Reputation Director General Personnel – Army Director General Personnel – Air Force |
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This Division applies to a former member who served on a fixed-term appointment as a medical or dental officer, if they meet all of these criteria. |
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They were appointed before graduation or within two years after first registration as a medical or dental practitioner. |
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They completed at least four years’ continuous full-time service as a medical or dental officer before ceasing to be a member. |
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They begin a refresher training course within 12 months of ceasing service. |
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They have not, on the day they begin the training course, been appointed as an officer on an indefinite appointment. |
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The former member is entitled to a payment for the refresher training course if the CDF considers it reasonable for them to undertake it. |
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In deeming it reasonable, the CDF must consider all of these criteria. |
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How much the length and nature of the former member’s service has impaired their ability to undertake civilian medical or dental practice or employment. |
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How much the former member’s completion of the course would remedy any impairment. |
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Any other factor relevant to the former member’s ability to undertake such practice or employment. |
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Payment is available for the period of a course to a maximum of 90 days. |
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Only one payment can be made to a member under this Division. |
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Persons who can make the decision under subclause 4.7.17.1 on behalf of the CDF: Director Navy People Career Management Agency Director Officer Career Management – Army Director Personnel – Air Force Director of Personnel & Executive Review & Development – Air Force Director General Navy People Head Navy People and Reputation Director General Personnel – Army Director General Personnel – Air Force |
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The amount of payment is worked out by calculating the difference between these two amounts. |
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The salary the former member would have been receiving (including any higher duties allowance) if, on the day the training course begins, they were still in the ADF with the rank they had when they left it. |
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The salary (excluding overtime or penalty rates) a civilian employer would pay them on the day they begin the course. |
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If the member's salary in a. is more than that in b, a daily payment is worked out for the period of the course up to a maximum of 90 days. |
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Example 1: A medical officer left the ADF on 30 June on a salary of $70,000 a year. They begin a 90-day refresher training course on 1 February the following year. The salary for their rank in the ADF had risen to $75,000 during those seven months. The salary payable to them at the start of the course by the civilian employer is $65,000. Their daily rate is therefore $111, worked out as follows: $75,000 – $65,000 = $10,000 ÷ 90 = $111 Example 2: A dental officer left the ADF on 30 June on a salary of $50,000 a year. They begin a 90-day refresher training course on 1 February the following year. The salary for their rank in the ADF had risen to $55,000 over that period. The salary payable to them at the start of the course by the civilian employer is $50,000. The dental officer is not entitled to a payment. |
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Applications should be forwarded to the Defence Force Pay Accounting Centre after they are approved. The payment will be made as if it was salary paid on ceasing continuous full-time service. |
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