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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 113 ..
31. Submission of claims and review of Temporary Accommodation Allowance
TAA assists officers with initial high costs for temporary accommodation at a new locality. Advances may be made for certain expenses. Chief Executives should reimburse staff as soon as possible for expenditure incurred.
Applications for TAA should include a certification by officers that the information provided is correct and that they have been advised as set out in these guidelines.
TAA should be reviewed by Chief Executives at intervals of not more than three months. At each review, officers must provide a statement showing the action they have taken to obtain suitable accommodation. Officers should immediately notify any change in their situation.
Officers should provide Itemised receipts for accommodation costs for which reimbursement is claimed. Chief Executives should examine such receipts and ensure that only relevant expenditure is admitted.
32. Payment during absence from headquarters
Payment of TAA should be reviewed where officers are absent from headquarters on recreation leave, sick leave or LSL or on official business. Reasonable continuing expenses (for example, rent) may be reimbursed during an absence where they are of a kind which would not have been incurred had the officer been permanently established at headquarters. Any officer contribution required under normal conditions should continue to be taken into account in determining TAA payable. In practice, where there is no alteration to headquarters costs during absence, no variation to normal TAA is necessary. Officers are required to notify the Chief Executive of any change in costs during absence from headquarters.
33. Salary for Temporary Accommodation Allowance
The rate of annual salary for TAA purposes is the salary received by officers following permanent transfer, excluding any short term HDA. Calculation of contribution levels for eligible part-time officers is based on the actual annual salary for the number of hours being worked at the time of determination or
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