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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 74 ..


(5) Subject to subclause (6), an officer who has been transferred from one locality to another locality on a term transfer and who is entitled to be, and is, paid temporary accommodation allowance by virtue of paragraph 3.5(1)(b) shall not be entitled to be paid an allowance in accordance with this clause in respect of the purchase, at the other locality to which the officer was transferred, of a dwelling house pursuant to an agreement entered into by the officer 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 that the term transfer is to become a transfer of indefinite duration.

(6) Where, but for this subclause, an officer is not entitled to be paid an allowance by virtue of subclause (5) 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 purchase, at the locality at which the officer is performing duty, of a dwelling house pursuant to an agreement entered into by the officer during the period commencing on the day on which the officer was 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.

(7) Notwithstanding anything in this clause, where an officer -

(a) has been transferred from a locality to another locality;

(b) has been paid an allowance in accordance with clause 4.2 in respect of the sale of a dwelling-house at the first-mentioned locality;

(c) has not become the owner of a dwelling-house in which the officer ordinarily resides at that other locality or at any other locality to which the officer has subsequently been transferred; and

(d) is transferred to the first-mentioned locality,

the officer shall not be entitled to be paid an allowance in respect of the purchase of the dwelling-house at the first-mentioned locality.

4.5 Allowance where agreement to purchase or build home

4.5(1) Where an officer to whom this Division applies, being an officer who did not, immediately before being notified of transfer to the new locality, ordinarily reside in a dwelling-house owned by the officer, had before that date -

(a) entered into an agreement to purchase a dwelling-house being a dwelling-house in which the officer intended to reside; or


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