6.6.54 Purpose
6.6.55 Marriage
planned or common household started before posting
6.6.56 Removal
at posting location
6.6.57 Removal
after posting authority issued
6.6.58 Removal
from outside posting location
6.6.59 Removal
from outside Australia
6.6.60 Removal
of child's effects
6.6.61 Removal
entitlement on next posting
6.6.62 Member's
home not suitable for additional dependants
6.6.62A Entitlement
only granted once for the same relationship
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This Division describes removal and storage entitlements of a member in any of the following circumstances. |
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The member marries. |
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The member has an interdependent partnership recognised under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships. |
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The member gains a dependant for the purposes of Chapter 1 Part 3 Division 2. |
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See:
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A member is entitled to a removal as a member with dependants if they provide documentation under subclause 2 and either of these circumstances applies to them. |
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They have planned to be married but are posted before their planned marriage happens. |
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They have planned to apply for ADF recognition of an interdependent partnership but are posted before the application is granted. |
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To qualify, the member must provide documentary evidence that they had completed arrangements for the marriage or had started maintaining a common household before they received the posting authority. |
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If a member has a removal granted under subclause 1 and their marriage does not take place, they must repay the cost of the removal to the Commonwealth. |
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If a member has a removal granted under subclause 1 and their application under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships is not approved, they must repay the cost of the removal to the Commonwealth. |
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A member who marries is entitled to a removal of furniture and effects to another residence in that location. |
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A member who is recognised under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships, as having an interdependent partner at their posting location, is entitled to a removal of furniture and effects to another residence in that location. |
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A member is entitled to a removal to the new posting location as a member with dependants in the following circumstances. |
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They marry or are recognised by the ADF as having an interdependent partner at their posting location after a new posting authority has been issued. |
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They marry or are recognised by the ADF as having an interdependent partner at their posting location before they are removed. |
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If a member marries outside the posting location within Australia, or while serving in a seagoing ship (or an aircraft squadron where they will be liable to serve on a seagoing ship), they are entitled to a removal if both of these criteria are met. |
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They have at least 12 months' service left when the removal is approved. |
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They are on a posting that would have entitled them to a removal if they had been married when posted. |
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The removal under subclause 1 includes both of the following. |
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Removal of the member's spouse's personal effects and wedding presents from where they were married. This does not include the spouse's furniture or whitegoods. |
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Removal of the member’s furniture and effects as follows. |
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From store and from a residence where they lived in the posting location before the marriage. |
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To a Service residence or a rent allowance residence they will live in after the marriage. |
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If a member is recognised under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships, as having an interdependent partner outside the posting location within Australia, they are entitled to a removal if both of these conditions are met. |
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They have at least 12 months' service left when the removal is approved. |
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They are on a posting that would have entitled them to a removal if their interdependent partnership had been recognised at the time they were posted. |
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A removal under subclause 3 includes both of the following. |
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Removal of the member's interdependent partner's personal effects from where they started to maintain a common household. This does not include the interdependent partner's furniture or whitegoods. |
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Removal of the member’s furniture and effects as follows. |
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From store and from a residence where they lived in the posting location when the relationship was recognised under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships. |
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To a Service residence or a rent allowance residence they will live in after the relationship is recognised under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships. |
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A member serving in a seagoing ship or an aircraft squadron has a choice of removal destination. They must make the choice in writing. This table outlines the options. |
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If the member is serving… |
then their removal destination may be… |
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in a seagoing ship |
a. the ship’s home port, or b. the member’s home port. |
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in an aircraft squadron |
a. the home port for the ship in which the squadron is embarked, or b. the air station where the squadron is based, or c. the member’s home port. |
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If a member serving in Australia marries or is recognised as having an interdependent partnership outside Australia, the removal benefits listed in clause 6.6.58 apply. The spouse or interdependent partner's point of entry into Australia is taken to be the place of marriage. |
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A member is entitled to a removal of the effects of their spouse or their interdependent partner's child at the time of marriage or ADF recognition of the interdependent partnership. All of these conditions must be met. |
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The member is entitled to a removal of their spouse’s or interdependent partner's effects. |
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The child is eligible to be included as a dependant for removal purposes. |
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The child normally lives with the member's spouse or the member's interdependent partner and will live with the member. |
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If a member is not otherwise entitled to a removal under this Division, they and their dependants will be entitled to a removal when next posted. |
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The member has a choice of where they are removed from if either of these conditions is met. |
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Their marriage took place in Australia. |
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Their spouse has been living at the location they are entitled to be removed from. |
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The member has a choice of where they are removed from if either of these conditions is met. |
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Their interdependent partnership was recognised
based on a common household maintained in |
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Their interdependent partner has been living at the location they are entitled to be removed from. |
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A member entitled under subclause 1 or 2 may choose to be removed from one of these places. |
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The place of marriage. |
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The place where the member's common household with their interdependent partner was at the time the partnership was recognised under Defence Instruction (General) Personnel 53-1, Recognition of Interdependent Partnerships. |
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The location of their current posting. |
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Their home port or their ship’s home port, if they are serving in a seagoing ship or an aircraft squadron where they will be liable to serve on a seagoing ship. |
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If the member married or had an ADF recognised interdependent partnership outside Australia, the removal will be from the spouse or interdependent partner's point of entry into Australia. |
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The removal may be from any other location in Australia. The removal costs that the Commonwealth will pay are limited to the cost of a removal from either of these locations. |
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The member’s posting location when they married or were recognised by the ADF as having an interdependent partner. |
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The member’s home port if they have been serving in a seagoing ship or an aircraft squadron where they will be liable to serve on a seagoing ship. |
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A member’s housing may no longer suit because they gain additional dependants. In these cases, they are entitled to a removal to suitable housing at the posting location. Example: A member without dependants is occupying a shared rent allowance residence. The member has a child. The member is offered a Service residence and is entitled to a removal to the Service residence. |
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A member is entitled only once under this Division for each dependant. Exception: Clause 6.6.62 applies on occurrence of the conditions in that benefit. Example: A member may take a removal when they bring their interdependent partner to Australia. They are not entitled to another removal under this Division if they later marry. |