Division 6: Pre-deployment leave

 

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.A, item 85.

5.7.18   Purpose
5.7.19   Definition
5.7.20   Entitlement
5.7.21   Conditions of entitlement
5.7.22   Member of the Reserves

5.7.18   Purpose

 

Pre-deployment leave allows a member going on duty to a prescribed area overseas to finalise their personal affairs and make their farewells before they leave Australia.

See: Chapter 17, Warlike and non-warlike deployments.

5.7.19   Definition

 

This table defines a term used in this Division

 

Term

Definition in this Division

Prescribed area

a.  An operational area, or

b.  another defined area approved by the Minister.

5.7.20   Entitlement

 

The CDF may grant a member pre-deployment leave of up to seven days. This period includes weekends and public holidays. The CDF must consider the operational situation.

 

Persons who can make the decision under clause 5.7.20 on behalf of the CDF:

Supervisor not below WO2(E)/APS 4 of the member in the member’s direct chain of command or supervision

5.7.21   Conditions of entitlement

1.

The member may be granted pre-deployment leave only if the intended period of service in a prescribed area is at least six months.

2.

Pre-deployment leave is only granted inside six weeks of the expected date of deployment.

Exception: The CDF may approve earlier leave in special cases.

Examples: The member is getting married or attending the birth of their child.

3.

A member may be granted recreation leave with pre-deployment leave.

4.

The member will be notified if pre-deployment leave is available as part of the conditions of service package for the deployment.

 

Persons who can make the decision under clause 5.7.21 on behalf of the CDF:

Supervisor not below WO2(E)/APS 4 of the member in the member’s direct chain of command or supervision

5.7.22   Member of the Reserves

 

A member of the Reserves on continuous full-time service may be entitled to
pre-deployment leave. To qualify, their period of continuous full-time service must begin more than 12 weeks before the expected date of deployment.

 

PACMAN                                                                  AL9 (April 2006)                                     Chapter 5 – Part 7 Division 6 – 1