Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:2:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 2/51)
Character Range: 3232912–3236828

Nations under Chapter 12 Part 4.

15.3.4B Benefits while on short-term duty

   A member on short-term duty while on a long-term posting overseas is eligible for benefits provided under Chapter 13.

15.3.5 Travel by private vehicle

1.  A member may choose to travel for duty by private vehicle. In this case, the member is eligible for vehicle allowance and payment of travel costs.
2.  The benefit must not be more than if the member had travelled by the normal means.
3.  The member is not eligible for the costs of transporting a private vehicle.

Division 2: Excess commuting costs

15.3.6 Purpose

   The purpose of this Division is to help with extra commuting costs. This is when the member is travelling to and from their home at the overseas posting location, to their place of duty.

   Note: The member's home should be located within a reasonable distance of the work location. The member is eligible for payment only for travel by the most direct practical route.

15.3.7 Public Transport

1.  A member may be reimbursed the excess costs of public transport if the member meets the following conditions.
    a.                                                                                                             The member uses public transport to travel between their home and their normal place of duty.
    b.                                                                                                             The member's public transport costs under paragraph a have exceeded AUD 1,371.70 in a 12 month period commencing on 1 March.
2.  The excess cost is calculated using the following formula.

    Where:
    Costs                                                                                                          is the member's public transport costs at the location. Multiply by the exchange rate to convert it into AUD.

                                                                                                                   Note: The exchange rate is the rate provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the payday prior to 1 March of the relevant year for the currency in which the member incurred the public transport cost.
    Days                                                                                                           is the number of days the member worked in the overseas location during the year. Do not count more than 213 days.

15.3.8 Private vehicle

1.  The member may use a private vehicle to drive between their home and their place of duty.
    2.                                                                                         The member may be reimbursed for extra commuting costs, worked out using the following formula on a daily basis in the local currency, for every kilometre over 30 km.

                                                                                               Where:
                                                                                               A                                                                                                                                                                       is the applicable rate of vehicle allowance payable under section 15.3.21.4 on 1 March in that year.
                                                                                               B                                                                                                                                                                       is the daily return distance the member travels by private vehicle, in kilometres.

15.3.9 Use of public transport and private vehicle combined

1.  A member is eligible to be reimbursed excess commuting costs if they travel to their normal place of duty using both public transport and their private vehicle.
2.  The amount the member is eligible to be reimbursed