32Reunion travel

32 Reunion travel

(1) This section applies to a Secretary who: (a) did not, immediately before the commencement of the Secretary’s initial term of appointment as a Secretary, ordinarily live in the locality of the Australian Capital Territory; and (b) maintains a principal place of residence elsewhere in Australia during the initial term of appointment as a Secretary and during any successive term of appointment as a Secretary. (2) The Secretary is entitled, for the purposes of family reunion, in each 12 months of service, at the Secretary’s election at the time of appointment or reappointment to: (a) 12 business class return airfares between Canberra and the capital city nearest the Secretary’s principal place of residence; or (b) travel for the purposes of reunion up to the value of 12 business class return fares between Canberra and the capital city nearest the principal place of residence. (3) The travel entitlement provided to the Secretary under subsection (2) may be used by the Secretary and the Secretary’s immediate family members. Where business travel to the capital city nearest to the Secretary’s principal place of residence provides an opportunity for family reunion (such as when the business travel is adjacent to a weekend), the reunion fare entitlement is to be reduced by the equivalent of one return business class fare. (4) Travel provided to the Secretary under subsection (2) may be undertaken only while the Secretary occupies the office of a Secretary. Any travel not taken by the day a Secretary ceases to occupy the office of a Secretary ceases to be available. (5) The value of the travel provided to a Secretary under subsection (2) may not be taken as a cash equivalent or converted to any other use.