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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 112 ..

If TAA for rented furnished housing is paid to officers living alone before the arrival of their dependants, a weekly amount may be paid as prescribed. This amount is for food purchases and for bought meals. The meal rates referred to at Item 1 Schedule 4 are not payable in this situation.

If it is more economical for officers to temporarily occupy transitional accommodation such as holiday flats (with cooking facilities) instead of board and lodging, the weekly amount referred to (above) for meals and foodstuffs applies to each adult and child aged ten or over, and half that amount for each child under ten. The meal rates referred to at Item 1 Schedule 4 are not payable in this situation.

Chief Executives should ensure that double reimbursement for any meal is not made - for example, when a staff member works overtime and claims Overtime Meal Allowance.

30. Incidental expenses

Officers alone at a new locality before their dependants arrive may be paid a weekly allowance under B: 4.4 for incidental expenses for up to thirteen weeks after taking up duty at the new locality.

Expenditure on Items such as fruit, extra food and drink, newspapers, postage, medicine. telephone calls and laundry are not admissible in determining the amount of any additional allowance payable under this Standard. These Items are recognised in the amount allowed for incidental expenses under B: 4.4.

Additional fares at the transfer locality are not admissible. Particularly while officers are boarding, it should be possible for them to live close to their work.

If officers or their dependants occupy boarding accommodation which does not have a laundry, reasonable costs for laundry may be admitted. Dry cleaning costs are not payable.

If officers are renting and do not have household Items such as cooking and eating utensils or linen because their own effects have been delayed, reasonable charges should be reimbursed for hiring such Items until their own effects arrive.

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