AP824076 - Australian Government Employment – Conditions and Salaries Award 2003
15. EXPENSE RELATED ALLOWANCES
15.1.1 No meal break
Subject to 15.1.5 an employee who works overtime after the end of ordinary duty for the day, to the completion of or beyond a meal period, without a break for a meal, will be paid a meal allowance of $19.15 in addition to any overtime.
15.1.2 Meal period
A meal period will mean the following periods:
15.1.2(a) 7.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m.;
15.1.2(b) 12 noon to 2.00 p.m.;
15.1.2(c) 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.; and
15.1.2(d) midnight to 1.00 a.m.
15.1.3 Local arrangements
Substituted meal periods may be utilised upon agreement between the CEO and the majority of affected employees in the agency. Such an agreement will provide for four meal allowance periods in each 24-hour cycle.
15.1.4 Meal break
Subject to 15.1.5, a meal allowance is also payable to an employee who:
15.1.4(a) is required, after the completion of the employee’s ordinary hours of duty for the day, to perform duty after a break for a meal which occurs after that completion and is not entitled to payment for that break;
15.1.4(b) is required to perform duty before the commencement of ordinary hours of duty, who breaks for a meal and is not entitled to payment for that break; or
15.1.4(c) is required to perform duty on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, in addition to the employee’s normal weekly hours of duty, extending beyond a meal break and is not entitled to payment for that meal break.
15.1.5 Where a three course meal is obtainable by the employee at a canteen, cafeteria or dining-room conducted, controlled, or assisted by the employer, the amount of meal allowance will be the maximum amount for which a three course meal is obtainable at the canteen, cafeteria or dining-room. The rate payable under this paragraph is in substitution for the rate at paragraph 15.1.1.
15.2 Veterinary officers – district allowance
Veterinary officers in grades 1 and 2 shall be entitled to the district allowance prescribed in this subclause when serving in localities classified for the purpose of district allowances.
15.2.1 Eligibility for district allowance
An employee residing in a locality listed in Table 15.2A is entitled to be paid district allowance.
15.2.1(a) An employee in receipt of field allowance is not entitled to the provisions of this subclause.
15.2.1(b) An employee may, where the employee is in receipt of travelling allowance be paid district allowance in addition to travelling allowance while temporarily stationed in a locality that would normally attract the payment of district allowance where the CEO considers this appropriate.
15.2.1(c) The CEO may increase the travelling allowance payable in such a locality.
15.2.2 Rates of district allowance: The annual rate at which district allowance is payable to an employee is specified at Table 15.2B.
15.2.3 Eligible dependant/eligible partner: is a dependant or partner who resides with the employee, and whose income, if any, is less than $14,363 per annum.
15.2.3(a) An employee with a spouse or partner who is also entitled to the payment of district allowance under this subclause will be regarded as an employee without dependants for the calculation of district allowance.
15.2.4 District allowance during annual leave
Where an employee is entitled to the payment of district allowance on the day immediately prior to the commencement of a period of annual leave, the payment of district allowance will continue during the annual leave, irrespective of where the employee resides during the leave.
GRADE A | ||
New South Wales | ||
Broken Hill |
Cobar |
Coonamble |
Lightning Ridge |
Moree |
Narrabri |
Walgett |
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Queensland | ||
Atherton |
Emerald |
Ayr |
Biloela |
Tully |
Bowen |
Ingham |
Cairns |
Innisfail |
Townsville |
Mareeba |
Roma |
GRADE A | ||
Charleville |
Proserpine(including Cannonvale) |
Charters Towers (including Macrossan) |
South Australia | ||
Kingscote |
Ceduna (including Thevenard) | |
Tasmania | ||
Queenstown | ||
Western Australia | ||
Carnarvon |
Kalgoorlie |
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GRADE B | ||
New South Wales | ||
Bourke |
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Queensland | ||
St George |
Pentland |
Mt Isa |
Longreach |
The Glen, Shoalwater Bay Training Area |
Pine Mountain, Shoalwater Bay Training Area |
Brampton Vale, Shoalwater Bay Training Area |
Palm Island |
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South Australia | ||
Coober Pedy |
Marla |
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Tasmania | ||
King Island |
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Western Australia | ||
Meekatharra |
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Northern Territory | ||
Alice Springs |
Darwin |
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Other Territoryies | ||
Norfolk Island |
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GRADE C | ||
New South Wales | ||
Lord Howe Island | ||
Western Australia | ||
Boome |
Exmouth (including Learmonth) | |
Eucla |
Port Hedland (including South Hedland) | |
Karath (including Dammpier) | ||
Wickham (including Cape Lambert, Roebourne) | ||
Northern Territory | ||
Adelaide River |
Yulara |
Batchelor |
GRADE D | ||
Queensland | ||
Normanton |
Weipa |
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Willis Island |
Thursday Island and the other Australian Islands in the Torres Strait area | |
Western Australia | ||
Derby |
Halls Creek |
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Giles |
Kununurra |
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Northern Territory | ||
Tindal |
Katherine |
Tennant Creek |
Groote Eylandt |
Nhulunbuy |
Nelson Springs |
Jabiru (including Nourlangie,Jim Jim, Cannon Hill, East Alligator) | ||
Other Territories | ||
Christmas Island |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |
Table 15.2B - Rates of district allowance
District allowance Grade |
Rate of district allowance: employee with one or more eligible dependants and/or partner |
Rate of district allowance: employee without eligible dependants |
$ |
$ | |
A |
1360.00 |
690.00 |
B |
3270.00 |
1790.00 |
C |
4430.00 |
2510.00 |
D |
6510.00 |
4030.00 |
An employee who is travelling or on duty away from the employee's usual place of work will be paid for time necessarily spent in travel or on duty (exclusive of overtime duty) in excess of:
15.3.1(a) the employee's usual hours of duty for the day; and
15.3.1(b) the time necessarily spent travelling to and from home and the usual place of work.
15.3.2 Minimum time: Payment will not be made unless the excess time exceeds:
15.3.2(a) one half hour in any one day; or
15.3.2(b) two and one half hours in any fortnight
nor will payment be made for more than five hours in any one day.
15.3.3 Rate: The rate of payment will be:
15.3.3(a) single time on Mondays to Saturdays; and
15.3.3(b) time and a half on Sundays and Public Holidays.
15.3.4 Employees in receipt of a salary exceeding $34,720 will not be entitled to payment for excess travelling time.
15.3.5 Usual place of work
Where an employee’s usual place of work is variable within a specified district, the CEO will determine the usual place of work. In this case a minimum of twenty minutes travelling time each way will apply.
15.3.6 Excess Fares: An employee will be entitled to the reimbursement of excess fares incurred by the employee performing duty temporarily at a place other than the employee’s usual place of work, when the cost of travelling to and from the temporary place of work is greater than the cost of travelling to and from the employee’s usual place of work.
15.3.6(a) An employee in receipt of travelling allowance or reimbursement of fares under the relevant Commonwealth authority will not be paid an allowance under 15.3.6 Excess Fares.
15.3.6(b) An employee who has been notified in writing to proceed to a place of work in anticipation of a permanent relocation to that place of work will not be paid an allowance under 15.3.6 Excess Fares.
