Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00192:reg:19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00192
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 19
Character Range: 53131–55186

19  Accommodation assistance
 (1) An office holder in column 1 of Table 5A is eligible to be reimbursed for qualifying accommodation costs while the office holder:
 (a) occupies the office in column 2; and
 (b) has a principal place of residence in a locality (the PPR locality) other than the office locality.

Commercial accommodation
 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if the office holder is in commercial accommodation in the office locality, the following are qualifying accommodation costs up to the amount (per year) in column 3 of Table 5A:
 (a) the costs of the commercial accommodation;
 (b) settling‑in costs (including one‑off utility connection costs);
 (c) if the commercial accommodation does not include cooking facilities—the cost of meals.

Private, non‑commercial accommodation
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), if the office holder is in private, non‑commercial accommodation (such as the home of a family member or friend) in the office locality, the costs of the private, non‑commercial accommodation are qualifying accommodation costs up to one third of the amount (per year) in column 3 of Table 5A.

Exclusions
 (4) Assistance is not payable under this section while the office holder lives in premises owned by the office holder in the office locality.
 (5) An office holder is not eligible to access travel allowance entitlements under the official travel determination in the PPR locality or the office locality while the office holder remains eligible to receive assistance under this section.

Amounts of accommodation assistance
 (6) Amounts of accommodation assistance are set out in the following table (Table 5A).

Table 5A—Accommodation assistance
Item                               Column 1                          Column 2                                                                                      Column 3

                                   Office holder                     Office                                                                                        Assistance (per year)