19Depreciation allowance

19 Depreciation allowance

(1)  If an employee is assigned duties at another location, either as a result of promotion or otherwise not at the employee’s request, the employee, on taking up residence, in the new locality, elsewhere than in any hotel, boarding-house or similar place, is entitled to be reimbursed for –

(a) the value of the increased depreciation of, and the additional wear and tear on, household furniture and effects resulting from the relocation; and

(b) the cost of the replacement or alteration of household furniture and effects necessitated by the relocation.

(2)  The reimbursement payable to an employee under this regulation is payable subject to, and in addition to, the reimbursement of the costs of relocation payable to the employee under regulation 17 .

(3)  Subject to subregulation (4) , the reimbursement payable to an employee under this regulation in respect of the household furniture and effects of the employee is the amount that the Employer determines.

(4)  An employee is not entitled to reimbursement under this regulation unless the employee submits to the relevant Head of Agency evidence that the value of the employee’s household furniture and effects relocated by the employee on the employee’s relocation from one locality to another locality is, immediately before the relocation, more than the amount determined by the Employer.