[From DFRT Determination No. 26 of 2008]
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This Determination commences on 8 January 2009. |
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Trainee Allowance recognises the range of disabilities to which trainees are exposed to while undertaking training. |
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This Determination applies to a member of the Permanent Force who is paid salary under one of the following training capacities listed in Part 1 of Schedule B.13 to Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries: See: Chapter 3 Part 1 Schedule B.13, Trainee salary rates |
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(a) |
Normal entry recruit during basic recruit training; |
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(b) |
Member undergoing initial category or trade or employment training; |
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(c) |
Member undertaking a combination of degree course and officer training, or study in preparation for such a course; |
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(d) |
Member undergoing officer training and not undertaking a degree course. |
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This determination does not apply to a member of the Permanent Force who is paid salary under one of the following training capacities in Part 1 of Schedule B.13 of Determination No. 15 of 2008, Salaries: See: Chapter 3 Part 1 Schedule B.13, Trainee salary rates |
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(a) |
Trainee, other than a member referred to in item 2 of Part 1 of Schedule B.13, undertaking a Certificate of Technology course; |
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(b) |
Member participating in the undergraduate entry scheme; |
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(c) |
Member participating in the Officer Tertiary Recruitment Scheme who immediately before entering the scheme was not a member rendering continuous full-time service; |
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Member participating in the graduate medical scheme who immediately before entering the scheme was not a member rendering continuous full-time service. |
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Exception: A member listed in subclauses 4.1 (a), (b) or (c) is eligible for the Trainee Allowance on a pro-rata basis if the member is required to attend Australian Defence Force training during semester breaks. |
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In any period for which a member is paid a non-reduction salary as an incentive to train, Trainee Allowance is not payable to the member. |
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A member to whom this Determination applies will be paid Trainee Allowance at the rate of $8,224 a year for any period for which salary is payable from the date of enlistment until the member completes training. |
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6.1 |
The annual rate of trainee allowance is payable on a fortnightly basis. |
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6.2 |
Where any payment is made to a member fortnightly, the fortnightly rate of payment is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula: (A x 14) ÷ 365 where A is the annual rate of payment. |
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6.3 |
The daily rate of an annual payment is one fourteenth part of the fortnightly rate of payment. |
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Amendments |
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Amended by: DFRT No. 29
of 2008. |
FOOTNOTE – 26 OF 2008
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DFRT Determination No.
26 of 2008 has
been amended by DFRT Determination No. 29 of 2008. |