Chapter 6: ADF relocation on posting in Australia

Contents

Overview

6.0.1	Overview	1
6.0.2	Contents	1
6.0.3	Definitions	1

Part 1: Relocation allowances

6.1.1	Overview	1
6.1.2	Contents	1

Division 1: Separation allowance

[From DFRT Determination No. 21 of 2006]
Commencement	1
Displacement	1
Purpose	1
Definitions and interpretation	1
Member eligible for separation allowance	2
Member who is not eligible for separation allowance	4
Clause notes	5

Division 2: Disturbance allowance

6.1.12	Purpose	1
6.1.13	Members eligible	1
6.1.14	Members not eligible	1
6.1.15	Amount of allowance	2
6.1.16	Number of current removal	3
6.1.17	Removal with dependants following later	3
6.1.18	Removal on enlistment	3
6.1.19	Removals to and from overseas – number of removals	4
6.1.20	Death of a member	4
6.1.21	A child changing school – additional payment	4
6.1.22	Telephone installation or reconnection costs	4
6.1.23	Private vehicle transfer costs	5
6.1.24	Payment in special circumstances	5

Division 3: Childcare costs on removal

6.1.25	Purpose	1
6.1.26	Member entitled	1
6.1.27	Location of assistance	2
6.1.28	Amount of assistance	2

Division 4: Pet relocation

6.1.29	Purpose	1
6.1.30	When costs may be reimbursed	1
6.1.30A	When costs may be reimbursed – member posted overseas	2
6.1.31	When costs will not be reimbursed	3
6.1.32	Applying for reimbursement	3

Part 2: Home sale or purchase

6.2.1	Overview	1
6.2.2	Member this Part applies to	1
6.2.3	Member this Part does not apply to	1
6.2.4	Dual entitlement	2
6.2.5	Contents	2
6.2.6	Definitions	2
6.2.7	Location of entitlement	4

Division 1: Initial home purchase

6.2.7A	Purpose	1
6.2.8	Members entitled	1
6.2.9	Purchase of land only	1
6.2.10	Purchase of home – definition	1
6.2.11	Conditions of entitlement	2
6.2.12	When the home must be occupied	3
6.2.13	Amount of entitlement	3
6.2.14	When a member must repay HPAS	4

Division 2: Sale of home or subsequent purchase – general

6.2.15	Purpose	1
6.2.16	Basis	1
6.2.17	Definitions	2
6.2.18	Conditions of entitlement – sale	2
6.2.19	Condition of entitlement – purchase	3
6.2.20	Members not entitled	3
6.2.21	Continuity of selling and purchasing	4
6.2.22	Time limit on sale and purchase	5
6.2.23	Member of Reserves not eligible	6
6.2.24	CDF discretion in special circumstances	6

Division 3: Sale of home or subsequent purchase – particular situations and costs that may be reimbursed

6.2.25	Purpose	1
6.2.26	Purchasing land	1
6.2.27	Specified locations	2
6.2.28	Posting back to previous location	3
6.2.29	Reimbursement for sale on ceasing continuous full-time service	4
6.2.30	Amounts and kinds of costs that may be reimbursed	4
6.2.31	Costs that may not be reimbursed	5

Part 3: Loss on sale of furniture, effects and private vehicles

6.3.1	Purpose	1
6.3.2	Furniture and effects – loss on sale	1
6.3.3	Furniture and effects – amount of reimbursement	1
6.3.4	Private vehicles – loss on sale	2
6.3.5	Private vehicles – amount of reimbursement	3
6.3.6	...	4

Part 4: Travel for removal purposes in Australia

6.4.1

Overview

1

Part 5: Compensation for loss or damage to items stored or removed

6.5.1	Purpose	1
6.5.2	Person eligible for compensation	1
6.5.3	Limit on amount of compensation	2
6.5.4	General principle – repair or replacement of like item	2
6.5.5	Repair or hire of items	2
6.5.6	No compensation for certain items	2
6.5.7	Incorrect packing	3
6.5.8	Insurance for urgently required household items	3
6.5.9	Regional review	4
6.5.10	National review	4

Part 6: Removals and storage

6.6.1	Overview	1
6.6.2	Contents	1

Division 1: Removals and storage overview

6.6.3	Purpose	1
6.6.4	Members entitled to removal	1
6.6.5	Members not entitled to removal	2
6.6.6	When a member's adult dependant is also a member	3
6.6.7	Other entitlements associated with removals	4

Division 2: Removal of furniture and effects

6.6.8	Purpose	1
6.6.9	Items removed at Commonwealth expense	1
6.6.10	Limitations on certain items	1
6.6.11	Items not removed at Commonwealth expense	2
6.6.12	Removal of urgently required items	2
6.6.13	Hire of replacement household items	3
6.6.14	Technical help for dismantling and installing items	4
6.6.15	Privately arranged removals – eligibility and conditions for assistance	5
6.6.16	Privately arranged removals – entitlement	6
6.6.17	Unused removal entitlement	6

Division 3: Removal to a chosen location

6.6.18	Purpose	1
6.6.19	Removal to a chosen location	1
6.6.20	Removal to a chosen location instead of a remote location – Army and Air Force	2
6.6.21	Removal to a chosen location instead of a remote location – Navy	3
6.6.22	Removal of dependants from chosen location to current posting location	4

Division 4: Postings or deployment

6.6.23	Purpose	1
6.6.23A	Posting of six month or more	1
6.6.23B	Posting of member with dependants (unaccompanied)	2
6.6.24	Removal between residences in the posting location – Australia	2
6.6.25	Removal in anticipation of a posting – before posting authority issued	4
6.6.26	Posting to location other than anticipated location	5
6.6.27	Removal after posting authority issued, but before posting date	6
6.6.28	Posting changed or cancelled for Service reasons after removal	6
6.6.29	Posting changed or cancelled at the member's request after removal	7
6.6.30	Removal deferred until after posting date	7
6.6.31	Posting to a seagoing ship or Navy aircraft squadron	8
6.6.32	Posting to a remote location	8
6.6.32A	Removal on posting or deployment	8

Division 5: Vehicle removal

6.6.33	Purpose	1
6.6.34	Removal of vehicle on posting	1
6.6.35	Removal of towable items	2
6.6.35A	When a towable item may be transported by freight	3
6.6.36	Removal of recreational or hobby vehicles	3
6.6.37	Collection and delivery of transported vehicles	4

Division 6: Removal on ceasing continuous full-time service

6.6.38	Purpose	1
6.6.39	Removal on ceasing continuous full-time service	1
6.6.40	Removal if service continues after intended date of ceasing	4
6.6.41	Removal on ceasing continuous full-time service at own request	4
6.6.42	Removal of a vehicle on ceasing continuous full-time service	5

Division 7: Storage of furniture and effects

6.6.43	Purpose	1
6.6.44	Period for which storage is provided - general	1
6.6.45	Member with dependants	1
6.6.45A	Members with dependants (unaccompanied)	2
6.6.46	Members without dependants	3
6.6.47	Newly enlisted members	3
6.6.47A	Storage of statutory officer's official Defence vehicle	4
6.6.48	Members with own home at posting location	4
6.6.49	Storage at a chosen location at member's expense	5
6.6.50	Charges when removal is deferred	5
6.6.51	Storage on ceasing continuous full-time service	6
6.6.52	Storage on death of a member with dependants	6
6.6.53	Removal to and from a storage facility	7
6.6.53A	Review of storage of furniture and effects	8

Division 8: When a member becomes a member with dependants

6.6.54	Purpose	1
6.6.55	Marriage planned or common household started before posting	1
6.6.56	Removal at posting location	2
6.6.57	Removal after posting authority issued	2
6.6.58	Removal from outside posting location	2
6.6.59	Removal from outside Australia	3
6.6.60	Removal of child's effects	3
6.6.61	Removal entitlement on next posting	4
6.6.62	Member's home not suitable for additional dependants	4
6.6.62A	Entitlement only granted once for the same relationship	5

Division 9: When a member ceases to be a member with dependants

6.6.63	Purpose	1
6.6.64	Member ceases to be member with dependants	1

Division 10: Assistance for non-Service person on breakdown of marriage or interdependent partnership

6.6.65	Purpose	1
6.6.66	Person this Division does not apply to	1
6.6.67	Entitlement to removal	1
6.6.68	Removal of vehicles	3
6.6.69	Limits on cost of removal	4
6.6.70	Time limit for removal	4
6.6.71	Private arrangements for removal	4
6.6.72	Hire of household items	5
6.6.73	How to claim	5

Division 11: Removal on death of a member

6.6.74	Purpose	1
6.6.75	Entitlement for dependants	1
6.6.76	Removal in Australia on death of a member without dependants	3
6.6.77	Limits on removals following death of a member	3

Part 7: Travelling to an Australian posting

6.7.1

Overview

1

Part 8: Expenses when a posting is cancelled

6.8.1	Purpose	1
6.8.2	When this Part applies	1
6.8.3	Amount of reimbursement	1

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