Defence Determination 2017/21, Higher duties allowance – amendment I, LISA ANNETTE ARNOLD, Acting Assistant Secretary People Policy and Employment Conditions, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903. Dated 21 June 2017 L A ARNOLD Acting Assistant Secretary People Policy and Employment Conditions Defence People Group 1 Name 1. This Determination is Defence Determination 2017/21, Higher duties allowance – amendment. 2. This Determination may also be cited as Defence Determination 2017/21. 2 Commencement 1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument 29 June 2017 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. 2. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument. 3 Authority This instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903. 4 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1— Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service 1 Subsection 4.1.2.1 (Principles) Omit subsection, substitute: 1. Higher duties may be used for a member directed to perform the duties of a position at a higher rank or skill level. 2 Section 4.1.17 (Assessment for higher duties on posting) Repeal the section. Schedule 2— Transitional provisions 1 Member on a trial period 1. This section applies to a member who was on a trial period under section 4.1.17 of Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service before the commencement of this Determination. 2. The rules under section 4.1.17 of Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service that would have applied to the member continue to apply for up to three months after the commencement of this Determination.