Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00464:section:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00464
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 11023–13682

6  Travelling allowances payable to holders of certain offices
 (1) In this section:
headquarters, in relation to a person who holds an office to which this section applies, means:
 (a) if that office is an office of Chief Justice, Chief Judge, Senior Judge or Judge of a Court and the sole or principal place of residence of the person is situated in a locality in which there is a registry of that Court—that locality; or
 (aa) if that office is an office of President or Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, and the sole or principal place of residence of the person is situated in a locality in which there is a registry of the Australian Industrial Registry—that locality; or
 (b) in a case to which paragraph (a) or (aa) does not apply—the locality where the person ordinarily performs the duties of that office.
office to which this section applies means:
 (a) an office specified in column 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule (other than the office of President of the Inter‑State Commission); or
 (b) President or Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
 (2) For the purposes of this section:
 (a) the Australian Capital Territory shall be deemed to constitute a single locality;
 (b) each capital city of a State shall be deemed to constitute a single locality; and
 (c) each other city or town shall be deemed to constitute a single locality.
 (3) There is payable to a person who holds an office to which this section applies an allowance ascertained in accordance with subsections (4) and (4A) in respect of the person's expenses of travel within Australia and the external Territories in connection with the performance of the person's duties (including duties of any other office held by the person) other than the office of President of the Inter‑State Commission otherwise than at:
 (a) the person's headquarters; and
 (b) the locality in which the person's sole or principal place of residence is situated.
 (4) The allowance in respect of the expenses of travel payable under subsection (3) to a person who holds an office to which this section applies is:
 (a) if the travel involves an absence from the person's sole or principal place of residence and from the person's headquarters that includes an overnight stay or overnight stays:
 (i) if subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) do not apply:
 (A) for an overnight stay in a captial city—$235; or
 (B) for any other overnight stay—$125; or
 (ii) if the number of hours of the absence is not less than the number ascertained in accordance with the formula , where A is the number of overnight stays included in the absence—the sum of the amount