COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL OFFICERS (ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS 2000 2000 NO. 28

Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

Relocation allowances

(1): If the Commissioner is required to move from his or her home location to a new location to take up the appointment as Commissioner, the Commissioner is entitled to the relocation allowances set out in this regulation.

(a): reasonable transport and removal costs associated with moving the Commissioner and his or her family and household goods to the new location; and
(b): either:

(i): reasonable transport and removal costs associated with returning the Commissioner and his or her family and household goods to the home location at the end of the appointment period; or
(ii): if the Commissioner is moving to another location at the end of the appointment period, reasonable transport and removal costs associated with moving the Commissioner and his or her family and household goods to the other location (not exceeding the amount to which the Commissioner would be entitled if he or she were returning to the home location).

(3): The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with 1 pre-transfer visit by the Commissioner to look for suitable long-term accommodation at the new location.
(4): The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable temporary accommodation costs at the new location.
(5): The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with the sale and purchase of a home at both the commencement and the completion of the appointment period.
(6): If the period of appointment is 12 months or more, and the Commissioner's household goods are moved to the new location, the Commissioner is entitled to a disturbance allowance of $1,800.
(7): The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement, up to $140.00, of the cost of moving pets to the new location.
(8): If the Commissioner had a telephone connected in his or her name at the home location, the Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of the cost of connecting 1 telephone in his or her name at the new location.
(9): If a motor vehicle or motor cycle owned by the Commissioner is moved to the new location, the Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of:

(a): the costs, for 1 motor vehicle or motor cycle only, incurred by the Commissioner for:

(i): stamp duty on registering the motor vehicle or motor cycle in the new location; and
(ii): the establishment fee for the transfer of the registration of the motor vehicle or motor cycle; and

(b): the establishment fee for the transfer of the Commissioner's driving licence.

(10): The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs incurred in avoiding serious disruption to the final 2 years of secondary education of the Commissioner's dependent children.
(11): If the Commissioner has any dependants who do not move with the Commissioner to the new location, the Commissioner may choose 1 of the following entitlements:

(a): 12 economy class return airfares a year for the purposes of reunion travel;
(b): travel to the value of $6,600 a year for the purposes of reunion travel.

(12): An entitlement under subregulation (11) is for 3 years from the commencement of the appointment or for the period served by the Commissioner, whichever is less.
(13): In subregulation (11):

"reunion travel "means:

(a): travel by the Commissioner to visit any of his or her dependants not living at the new location; or
(b): travel by any of the dependants to visit the Commissioner.

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