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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (15 February) . . Page.. 83 ..

(b) has a dependant residing at the locality at which the officer resided immediately before being transferred;

the officer is entitled to travel for the purpose of reunion with the dependant, at the expense of the Commonwealth, to that locality during the period commencing on the day on which the officer commences duty at the locality to which the officer has been transferred and ending on the day 3 years thereafter.

(3) Travel for the purpose of reunion shall be undertaken in conjunction with travel on official business unless the relevant Secretary is satisfied that, having regard to -

(a) the number of occasions on which and the frequency with which the officer travels to the locality at which the dependant of the officer resides;

(b) the duration of the period (if any) for which the officer performs duty in that locality; and

(c) any other relevant matter,

it is not reasonably practicable for the travel for the purpose of reunion to be so undertaken.

(4) Travel for the purpose of reunion in accordance with this clause -

(a) in the case of an officer who has elected in respect of the period of a year commencing on the day on which the officer commenced duty at the locality at which the officer ordinarily performs duty, or on the anniversary of that day, as the case requires, that this paragraph shall apply in relation to the officer travelling in accordance with this clause - shall not exceed 12 reunion visits in any year; and

(b) in any other case - shall be such that the cost of travel of the officer and the dependant of the officer does not exceed the relevant amount in an entitlement period.

(5) Where an officer undertakes travel for the purpose of reunion and the travel is undertaken in conjunction with official business utilising First Class air travel, the cost of travel shall, for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b), be taken to be the cost of Economy Class travel by air.

(6) Where a dependant of an officer, in respect of whom the officer is entitled to travel for the purpose of reunion is not at the locality at which the officer resided immediately before being transferred to the locality at which the officer performs duties, the relevant Secretary may authorize travel for the purpose of reunion to another locality and, in the case of an officer to whom paragraph (4)(a) applies, the officer shall pay to the Commonwealth the amount (if any) by which cost of fares to the other locality exceeds the cost of the economy class air travel to the first-mentioned locality.

(7) Nothing in this clause shall be taken to authorize travel outside Australia and the external Territories for the purposes of reunion.

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