(1)  If an employee is assigned duties at another location, either as a result of promotion or otherwise not at the employee's request, the employee is entitled to be reimbursed –

(a) the relocation cost involved in –

(i) the conveyance of the employee and his or her dependants to the new locality; and

(ii) the removal of necessary household furniture and effects (not including livestock) to the new locality; and

(b) the premium in respect of a policy of insurance for a sum determined by the Minister against loss or damage in the removal of the employee's household furniture and effects.

(2)  If an employee is assigned duties at another location at his or her request –

(a) the employee may be reimbursed the costs specified in subregulation (1)(a) ; or

(b) it may be made a condition of the assignment of duties that the employee receive none, or a proportion only, of those costs.

(3)  If a person who is appointed as an employee resides at a distance exceeding 16 kilometres from the place at which that person is to be located, the person may, at the discretion of the Minister, receive the reimbursement of the relocation costs specified in subregulation (1)(a) or such proportion of those costs as is determined from time to time by the Minister.

(4)  An employee or a person appointed as an employee, before undertaking a conveyance and removal under this regulation, is to obtain offers from at least 2 carriers in respect of the conveyance and removal and is to submit those offers to the relevant Head of Agency who may authorise the acceptance of the offer which, in the opinion of the Head of Agency, is the most suitable.

(5)  An employee or a person appointed as an employee is to submit all documentation in respect of any amounts expended by that employee or person in respect of the costs specified in subregulation (1) to the relevant Head of Agency for certification.

(6)  An employee or a person appointed as an employee is to be reimbursed any amounts certified under subregulation (5) by the Agency in which the employee is employed or to which the person has been appointed.

(7)  If a dependant of an employee is an employee, the dependant and the employee are each entitled to the reimbursements specified in this regulation and each may, with the consent of the relevant Heads of Agency, elect to treat any of his or her dependants –

(a) as being a dependant of either the dependant or the employee; or

(b) as being a dependant of both the dependant and the employee.