Defence Determination 2007/73

I, STEVEN RICHARD GRZESKOWIAK, Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions, Personnel Executive, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Dated 20 December 2007
S R GRZESKOWIAK
Director General
Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions
Personnel Executive

1 Citation

This Determination is Defence Determination 2007/73, Overseas conditions of service–short-term duty travel costs – amendment.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 January 2008.

3 Amendment

Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service, as amended,1 is amended as set out in this Determination.

4 Annex 13.3.A (Travel Costs)

substitute
the Annex set out in the Attachment.
NOTE
1. / Defence Determination 2005/15 commenced on 31 May 2005. For previous amendments see Note to Defence Determination 2007/1 and see also Defence Determinations 2007/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72.

ATTACHMENT

As at 08 January 2008page 1

Annex 13.3.A: Travel costs

This Annex sets out maximum travel costs payable using the travel card on short-term duty overseas. All amounts are expressed in local currencies.

Part 1: Brigadier or higher

Item / Place / Currency / Limit for each day: meals / Limit for each day: incidentals
1. / Argentina / ARS / 221 / 61
2. / Austria / EUR / 125 / 30
3. / Bahrain / BHD / 39 / 12
4. / Bangladesh / BDT / 4906 / 1363
5. / Barbados / BBD / 335 / 80
6. / Belgium / EUR / 125 / 30
7. / Brazil / USD / 127 / 36
8. / Brunei / BND / 133 / 42
9. / Cambodia / USD / 87 / 28
10. / Canada / CAD / 195 / 46
11. / Chile / USD / 87 / 28
12. / China – Hong Kong / HKD / 988 / 278
13. / China – Macau / MOP / 1051 / 296
14. / China – elsewhere / CNY / 979 / 275
15. / Cook Islands / NZD / 148 / 45
16. / Croatia / HRK / 572 / 176
17. / Cyprus / CYP / 73 / 17
18. / CzechRepublic / CZK / 2176 / 669
19. / Denmark / DKK / 1156 / 222
20. / East Timor / USD / 87 / 28
21. / Egypt / EGP / 586 / 180
22. / Fiji / FJD / 145 / 46
23. / Finland / EUR / 125 / 30
24. / France / EUR / 125 / 30
25. / Germany / EUR / 125 / 30
26. / Greece / EUR / 125 / 30
27. / Hungary / HUF / 16341 / 5199
28. / Iceland / ISK / 13819 / 2658
29. / India / INR / 4519 / 1390
30. / Indonesia / IDR / 944714 / 290681
31. / Iran / IRR / 684324 / 190090
32. / IrishRepublic / EUR / 125 / 30
33. / Israel / USD / 127 / 36
34. / Italy / EUR / 96 / 27
35. / Japan / JPY / 19473 / 4637
36. / Jordan / JOD / 90 / 25
37. / Kazakhstan / USD / 103 / 32
38. / Kenya / KES / 6041 / 1922
39. / KoreaRepublic / KRW / 156752 / 37322
40. / Kuwait / KWD / 37 / 10
41. / Laos / USD / 71 / 20
42. / Lebanon / USD / 127 / 36
43. / Luxembourg / EUR / 96 / 27
44. / Malaysia / MYR / 249 / 69
45. / Malta / MTL / 32 / 10
46. / Mauritius / MUR / 2824 / 899
47. / Mexico / USD / 87 / 28
48. / Monaco / EUR / 125 / 30
49. / Myanmar / USD / 103 / 32
50. / Nepal / NPR / 5239 / 1455
51. / Netherlands / EUR / 125 / 30
52. / New Caledonia / XPF / 18450 / 3548
53. / New Zealand / NZD / 148 / 45
54. / Nigeria / NGN / 21286 / 5068
55. / Norway / NOK / 1263 / 243
56. / Oman / OMR / 49 / 14
57. / Pakistan / PKR / 4322 / 1201
58. / Papua New Guinea / PGK / 304 / 93
59. / Philippines / PHP / 3448 / 958
60. / Poland / USD / 127 / 36
61. / Portugal / EUR / 96 / 27
62. / Qatar / USD / 127 / 36
63. / Russia / USD / 206 / 40
64. / Samoa / WST / 282 / 87
65. / Saudi Arabia / SAR / 385 / 119
66. / Singapore / SGD / 157 / 48
67. / Solomon Islands / SBD / 729 / 224
68. / South Africa / ZAR / 527 / 146
69. / Spain / EUR / 96 / 27
70. / Sri Lanka / LKR / 7791 / 2164
71. / Sweden / SEK / 887 / 250
72. / Switzerland / CHF / 202 / 48
73. / Syria / SYP / 4737 / 1507
74. / Thailand / THB / 2492 / 692
75. / Tonga / TOP / 173 / 55
76. / Turkey / USD / 127 / 36
77. / Ukraine / USD / 166 / 40
78. / United Arab Emirates / AED / 465 / 131
79. / United Kingdom
– Channel Islands / GBP / 106 / 20
80. / United Kingdom
elsewhere / GBP / 106 / 20
81. / USA
– New York City / USD / 166 / 40
82. / USA
– elsewhere / USD / 166 / 40
83. / Vanuatu / VUV / 13597 / 3824
84. / Venezuela / USD / 103 / 32
85. / Vietnam / USD / 87 / 28
86. / Other countries / AUD / 90 / 25

Part 2: Colonel or lower

Item / Place / Currency / Limit for each day: meals / Limit for each day: incidentals
1. / Argentina / ARS / 159 / 61
2. / Austria / EUR / 102 / 24
3. / Bahrain / BHD / 31 / 10
4. / Bangladesh / BDT / 3543 / 1363
5. / Barbados / BBD / 271 / 64
6. / Belgium / EUR / 102 / 24
7. / Brazil / USD / 103 / 28
8. / Brunei / BND / 97 / 36
9. / Cambodia / USD / 63 / 24
10. / Canada / CAD / 158 / 37
11. / Chile / USD / 63 / 24
12. / China – Hong Kong / HKD / 803 / 216
13. / China – Macau / MOP / 854 / 230
14. / China – elsewhere / CNY / 796 / 214
15. / Cook Islands / NZD / 119 / 40
16. / Croatia / HRK / 462 / 154
17. / Cyprus / CYP / 59 / 14
18. / CzechRepublic / CZK / 1757 / 586
19. / Denmark / DKK / 912 / 200
20. / East Timor / USD / 63 / 24
21. / Egypt / EGP / 473 / 158
22. / Fiji / FJD / 105 / 39
23. / Finland / EUR / 102 / 24
24. / France / EUR / 102 / 24
25. / Germany / EUR / 102 / 24
26. / Greece / EUR / 102 / 24
27. / Hungary / HUF / 11884 / 4457
28. / Iceland / ISK / 10896 / 2392
29. / India / INR / 3650 / 1217
30. / Indonesia / IDR / 763038 / 254346
31. / Iran / IRR / 494234 / 190090
32. / IrishRepublic / EUR / 102 / 24
33. / Israel / USD / 103 / 28
34. / Italy / EUR / 78 / 21
35. / Japan / JPY / 15764 / 3709
36. / Jordan / JOD / 73 / 20
37. / Kazakhstan / USD / 83 / 28
38. / Kenya / KES / 4394 / 1648
39. / KoreaRepublic / KRW / 126894 / 29857
40. / Kuwait / KWD / 30 / 8
41. / Laos / USD / 51 / 20
42. / Lebanon / USD / 103 / 28
43. / Luxembourg / EUR / 78 / 21
44. / Malaysia / MYR / 180 / 69
45. / Malta / MTL / 26 / 9
46. / Mauritius / MUR / 2054 / 770
47. / Mexico / USD / 63 / 24
48. / Monaco / EUR / 102 / 24
49. / Myanmar / USD / 83 / 28
50. / Nepal / NPR / 3784 / 1455
51. / Netherlands / EUR / 102 / 24
52. / New Caledonia / XPF / 14547 / 3193
53. / New Zealand / NZD / 119 / 40
54. / Nigeria / NGN / 17231 / 4054
55. / Norway / NOK / 996 / 219
56. / Oman / OMR / 40 / 11
57. / Pakistan / PKR / 3122 / 1201
58. / Papua New Guinea / PGK / 245 / 82
59. / Philippines / PHP / 2490 / 958
60. / Poland / USD / 103 / 28
61. / Portugal / EUR / 78 / 21
62. / Qatar / USD / 103 / 28
63. / Russia / USD / 162 / 36
64. / Samoa / WST / 228 / 76
65. / Saudi Arabia / SAR / 311 / 104
66. / Singapore / SGD / 127 / 42
67. / Solomon Islands / SBD / 589 / 196
68. / South Africa / ZAR / 380 / 146
69. / Spain / EUR / 78 / 21
70. / Sri Lanka / LKR / 5627 / 2164
71. / Sweden / SEK / 721 / 194
72. / Switzerland / CHF / 164 / 39
73. / Syria / SYP / 3445 / 1292
74. / Thailand / THB / 1800 / 692
75. / Tonga / TOP / 126 / 47
76. / Turkey / USD / 103 / 28
77. / Ukraine / USD / 134 / 32
78. / United Arab Emirates / AED / 377 / 102
79. / United Kingdom
– Channel Islands / GBP / 83 / 18
80. / United Kingdom
– elsewhere / GBP / 83 / 18
81. / USA
– New York / USD / 134 / 32
82. / USA
– elsewhere / USD / 134 / 32
83. / Vanuatu / VUV / 11048 / 2974
84. / Venezuela / USD / 83 / 28
85. / Vietnam / USD / 63 / 24
86. / Other countries / AUD / 65 / 25

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Defence Determination 2007/73

This Determination amends Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service (the Principal Determination), made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903 (the Act). Chapter13 of the Principal Determination sets out provisions dealing with members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF)on short-term duty overseas.

The purpose of this Determination is to implement new short-term duty travel allowance rates.

Clause 1 of this Determination sets out the manner in which this Determination may be cited.

Clause 2 provides that the Determination commences on 1 January 2008, as the rates amended give effect to an annual review of rates.

Clause 3 specifies that the amendment is made to the Principal Determination, as amended.

Clause 4 substitutes Annex 13.3.Aof the Principal Determination. The Annex amends the travel allowance rates for member short-term duty overseas.

Rates for 74 of the posts have increased. This represents 86% of the posts listed in Annex13.3.A;
Rates for 9 of the posts have reduced. This represents 10.5% of the posts listed in Annex13.3.A;
Rates for 3 of the posts have remained stable. This represents 3.5% of the posts listed in Annex13.3.A.

Authority: Section 58B of the
Defence Act 1903