AN160268 – Public Service Award 1992
(1) Victualling Allowance - Government Vessels
(a) An officer who is required to live on board a vessel and is necessarily absent from his or her usual place of residence overnight, shall be paid a victualling allowance as prescribed in Schedule K. - Diving, Flying and Sea Going Allowance to cover victualling and all incidents of employment other than overtime.
(b) The daily allowance shall be paid for each day exceeding eight hours spent on board a vessel, provided that one half of the allowance shall be paid for any part of a day not exceeding eight hours.
(2) Victualling Allowance - Non-Government Vessels
(a) Charges for victualling levied on an officer when accommodated on other than a government vessel shall be met by the employer and the victualling allowance referred to in subclause (1) of this clause shall not be payable.
(b) Subject to the decision of the Employer that the difficulties of living on board the non government vessel are greater than those normally encountered on a government vessel, an allowance as prescribed in Schedule K. - Diving, Flying and Sea Going Allowance for each occasion on which the officer is accommodated overnight, shall be paid.
(3) Hard Living Allowance - All Vessels
To compensate for difficulties associated with living in small vessels at sea an allowance as prescribed in Schedule K. - Diving, Flying and Sea Going Allowance shall be paid to officers for every hour spent at sea in excess of 36 consecutive hours on a single trip.
(4) An officer in receipt of an allowance prescribed by this clause shall not receive payment of allowances prescribed in Clause 50. - Relieving Allowance or Clause 54. - Travelling Allowance of this Award.
