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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 72 ..


into by the officer during the period commencing on the day 1 year after the day on which the officer commenced duty at the other locality, and ending on whichever is the earlier of -

(a) the day on which the officer ceases to perform duty at the other locality;

(b) the day on which the officer is notified in writing of transfer to a further locality; or

(c) the day on which the officer is notified in writing that the term transfer is to become a transfer of indefinite duration.

(6) Where, but for this subclause, an officer is not entitled by virtue of subclause (5) to be paid an allowance and the officer is notified in writing that the term transfer is extended such that on the day of notification the unexpired portion of the extended term transfer is greater than 3 years, subclause (5) shall not apply in relation to the sale of the dwelling house pursuant to an agreement entered into by the officer during the period commencing on the day on which the officer is notified of the extension of the term transfer and ending on the day 1 year after the day on which the officer was so notified.

4.3 Allowance for purchase of home

4.3(1) Subject to this clause, an officer to whom this Division applies is entitled to be paid an allowance calculated in accordance with subclause (2) if, within the relevant period for purchase, the officer has -

(a) become the owner of a dwelling-house in the locality to which the officer has been transferred and that dwelling-house has become the dwelling-house in which the officer ordinarily resides; or

(b) entered into an agreement to purchase a dwelling-house in that locality having intended, at the time of entering into the agreement, to reside ordinarily in the dwelling-house and, after the expiration of the relevant period for purchase, the officer becomes the owner of the dwelling-house.

(2) Subject to subclause 4.6(2), the allowance an officer is entitled to be paid under subclause (1) in relation to the purchase of a dwelling-house is an amount equal to the sum of such of the following expenses as are incurred by the officer -

(a) if the officer engaged a solicitor to act for the officer in connection with the purchase of the dwelling-house and the officer duly paid to the solicitor an amount for professional costs and disbursements - an amount not exceeding the amount of the professional costs and disbursements that were reasonably incurred and would have been payable, if the amount were calculated in accordance with the appropriate scale, to the solicitor in respect of the purchase of the dwelling-house and the amount of stamp duty duly paid, if that amount was not included in the professional costs and disbursements paid to the solicitor by the officer in respect of the purchase of the dwelling-house;


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