Police Regulations 1979
1204Removal allowance
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1204. Removal allowance
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a member who is moved from one position to another or is required by the Commissioner to vacate one house to occupy another —
(a) in the public interest; or
(b) in the course of promotion or transfer; or
(c) on account of illness due to causes over which the member has no control,
shall be allowed —
(d) such costs and allowances as are prescribed by the relevant award; and
(e) free transport by any means of transport approved of by the Commissioner for the member, the member’s family and their household furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances, personal effects and one motor vehicle for which an allowance is not paid under paragraph (f); and
(f) mileage allowance in accordance with the relevant award for the member’s motor vehicle; and
(g) the costs of storage in a warehouse approved by the Commissioner of any of the member’s excess household furniture and for a period of 3 years (subject to any extension by the Commissioner) the cost of any insurance policy in relation thereto to a maximum insured value of $15,000; and
(h) the costs of any insurance policy in respect of the transport of household furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances and personal effects and the stamp duty thereon; and
(i) the property allowance payable in respect of an officer of the Public Service of the State in accordance with the relevant award.
(2) In relation to the allowances payable pursuant to subregulation (1) —
(a) the maximum weight in respect of which the Department is liable in relation to the costs of the transport of the household furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances and personal effects of a single member is 2.5 tonnes;
(b) as far as practicable the means of transport used for the transport of household furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances and personal effects shall be State owned.
[Regulation 1204 amended: Gazette 7 Sep 1979 p. 2717; 24 Apr 1986 p. 1479; 18 Nov 1988 p. 4532; 30 Dec 2008 p. 5646; 20 May 2014 p. 1611‑13 and 1617-18.]