1. SP departing Brunei are to ensure that they are aware of their entitlement to Disturbance Expense prior to entering the details of a claim on to JPA. SME advice can be gained through your Coy MPAs.
2. The individuals arriving in theatre should be aware of the regulations surrounding Disturbance Allowances and report to your Coy MPAs should you believe you have erroneously entered a claim in to JPA at the earliest point.
3. General error themes for DE entry in to JPA are:
a. Personnel moving from SLA to SLA and claiming Child Element. There are very few circumstances that would create an entitlement to Child Element when the SP is moving from SLA to SLA on assignment/internal move. The majority of those audited resulted in recovery of the Child Element.
b. Personnel moving less than 50 miles and claiming Child Element. There will clearly be some circumstances that will create such an entitlement, but the individual must meet the requirements of the regulations and the child(ren) must move school as a direct result of the family move. In the majority of those audited, the child(ren) did not move school and recovery action has been instigated for the Child Element of those claims.
c. Personnel claiming for Child Element for children that are in (CEA) Boarding Schools. There is no regulatory authority for SP to claim Child Element of DE for children for whom they are receiving CEA; this includes initial entry of children into boarding school that is coincidental with a SP’s assignment. Around half of this batch resulted in recovery of the Child Element, the remainder of the batch simply required the correct child details to be entered onto JPA.
