Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p182
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 182/293)
Character Range: 2615384–2620705

may approve use of accommodation provided by the contracted service provider that is not normal accommodation stock. The CDF must consider the following criteria.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Whether normal accommodation stock is available.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Whether normal accommodation stock is suitable.
3.   The CDF may approve the use of accommodation that is not provided by the contracted service provider. The CDF must consider the following criteria.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Whether the contracted service provider is able to supply accommodation at the location.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The attempts made by the member to source accommodation from the contracted service provider.
     c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Whether it is possible to cancel or defer the travel.
     d.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Whether the decision is consistent with the Whole-of-Australian Government (WoAG) travel services arrangements and the Commonwealth procurement rules.
     Note: The Commonwealth has a contract with the contracted service provider to provide accommodation services to the whole of Government. Under that contract the contracted service provider is the sole provider of those services. Defence has promised to use accommodation from the contracted service provider.
4.   A member who uses accommodation under this section must use the travel card to pay for it.
5.   This section ceases to apply to a member from midnight on the 21st day of their travel period.

     Note: Travel costs for travel after the 21st day are provided in section 9.5.22.

9.5.17 Meals and incidentals while living out on a journey

1.   This section applies to the following members.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                 A member who lives out for up to 21 days with accommodation supplied under section 9.5.16.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                 A member who lives out for up to 21 days in non-commercial accommodation.
1A.  For the purpose of calculating the number of days in the travel period in subsection 1, a day on which the member is required to isolate in a place that is not their residence is not counted.

     Note: A day a member is required to isolate may be included in the travel period under section 9.5.9 but not included for this purpose.
2.   The maximum daily limits for meals and incidentals are the following.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                                                 For meals — the sum of rates for each meal period specified for the location in Annex 9.5.A Part 4, columns B, C and D for each day.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                                                 For incidentals — the rate in Annex 9.5.A Part 4, column E for each 24 hours of the travel period and for any part-day at the end of the journey.
4.   If a member is entitled to receive an amount of field allowance determined by the DFRT in the travel period they are not eligible to be paid incidentals for the period the allowance relates to.
5.   This section ceases to apply to a member from midnight on