23Unavoidable higher accommodation cost

23 Unavoidable higher accommodation cost

If the employing authority certifies that the office holder is required to obtain high cost accommodation, an additional payment may be made to the office holder in accordance with the following: (a) the requirement must be due to: (i) the unavailability of accommodation of a reasonable standard at a locality, which would have avoided this additional payment; or (ii) the office holder having a physical limitation or impairment that requires the provision of accessible accommodation arrangements; (b) the additional payment is to be based on the excess cost of accommodation over the travel allowance rate (after deducting the relevant “Total” amount in Table 6C or 6D (meals and incidentals) from the travel allowance rate); (c) the additional payment is to be calculated on accommodation expenses and travel allowance for the entire trip.