Commonwealth Electoral Officers (Allowances) Regulations 2000
Statutory Rules 2000 No. 28
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Dated 22 March 2000
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
CHRIS ELLISON
Special Minister of State

Commonwealth Electoral Officers (Allowances) Regulations 2000
Statutory Rules 2000 No. 281
made under the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

Contents
	Page
Part 1	Preliminary
	1.1	Name of Regulations	3
	1.2	Commencement	3
	1.3	Electoral Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations — repeal	3
	1.4	Definitions	3
Part 2	Electoral Commissioner — prescribed allowances
	2.1	Application and purpose of Part 2	4
	2.2	Relocation allowances	4
	2.3	Motor vehicle allowance	6
	2.4	Dependant care	6
	2.5	Telephone	6
	2.6	Study assistance	7
Part 4	Australian Electoral Officers for the Northern Territory and Tasmania — prescribed allowances
	4.1	Application and purpose of Part 4	8
	4.2	Certain allowances in AEC Agreement	8
	4.3	Additional relocation allowances	8

Part 1	Preliminary
1.1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Commonwealth Electoral Officers (Allowances) Regulations 2000.
1.2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence on gazettal. 
1.3	Electoral Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Regulations — repeal
		Statutory Rules 1984 No. 16 is repealed.
1.4	Definitions
		In these Regulations:
Act means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
AEC means the Australian Electoral Commission established by section 6 of the Act.
AEC Agreement means the AEC Agreement 1998-2000 certified under Division 4 of Part VIB of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 on 12 November 1998.
Commissioner means the Electoral Commissioner.
temporary accommodation allowance means the same temporary accommodation allowance as is payable to an Executive Level employee of the Australian Electoral Commission.
Part 2	Electoral Commissioner — prescribed allowances
2.1	Application and purpose of Part 2
		For the purposes of subsection 22 (2) of the Act, the allowances set out in this Part are prescribed for the Electoral Commissioner.
2.2	Relocation allowances
	(1)	If the Commissioner is required to move from his or her home location to a new location to take up the appointment as Commissioner, the Commissioner is entitled to the relocation allowances set out in this regulation.
	(2)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of:
	(a)	reasonable transport and removal costs associated with moving the Commissioner and his or her family and household goods to the new location; and
	(b)	either:
	(i)	reasonable transport and removal costs associated with returning the Commissioner and his or her family and household goods to the home location at the end of the appointment period; or
	(ii)	if the Commissioner is moving to another location at the end of the appointment period, reasonable transport and removal costs associated with moving the Commissioner and his or her family and household goods to the other location (not exceeding the amount to which the Commissioner would be entitled if he or she were returning to the home location).
	(3)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with 1 pre-transfer visit by the Commissioner to look for suitable long-term accommodation at the new location.
	(4)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable temporary accommodation costs at the new location.
	(5)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with the sale and purchase of a home at both the commencement and the completion of the appointment period.
	(6)	If the period of appointment is 12 months or more, and the Commissioner’s household goods are moved to the new location, the Commissioner is entitled to a disturbance allowance of $1,800.
	(7)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement, up to $140.00, of the cost of moving pets to the new location.
	(8)	If the Commissioner had a telephone connected in his or her name at the home location, the Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of the cost of connecting 1 telephone in his or her name at the new location.
	(9)	If a motor vehicle or motor cycle owned by the Commissioner is moved to the new location, the Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of:
	(a)	the costs, for 1 motor vehicle or motor cycle only, incurred by the Commissioner for:
	(i)	stamp duty on registering the motor vehicle or motor cycle in the new location; and
	(ii)	the establishment fee for the transfer of the registration of the motor vehicle or motor cycle; and
	(b)	the establishment fee for the transfer of the Commissioner’s driving licence.
	(10)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs incurred in avoiding serious disruption to the final 2 years of secondary education of the Commissioner’s dependent children.
	(11)	If the Commissioner has any dependants who do not move with the Commissioner to the new location, the Commissioner may choose 1 of the following entitlements:
	(a)	12 economy class return airfares a year for the purposes of reunion travel;
	(b)	travel to the value of $6,600 a year for the purposes of reunion travel.
	(12)	An entitlement under subregulation (11) is for 3 years from the commencement of the appointment or for the period served by the Commissioner, whichever is less.
	(13)	In subregulation (11):
reunion travel means:
	(a)	travel by the Commissioner to visit any of his or her dependants not living at the new location; or
	(b)	travel by any of the dependants to visit the Commissioner.
2.3	Motor vehicle allowance
		The Commissioner is entitled to the same motor vehicle allowance as applies to an employee of the Australian Electoral Commission under clause 35.6 of the AEC Agreement.
2.4	Dependant care
	(1)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with dependant care while the Commissioner is required to travel on official business.
	(2)	The entitlement is in accordance with the guidelines issued by the AEC in March 2000.
2.5	Telephone
	(1)	The Commissioner is entitled to reimbursement of the cost of work-related telephone calls made from the Commissioner’s private fixed-line telephone service.
	(2)	The Commissioner must present an itemised account to verify a claim for reimbursement under subregulation (1).
2.6	Study assistance
		The Commissioner is entitled to study assistance in accordance with the Studybank guidelines issued by the AEC in July 1997.
Part 4	Australian Electoral Officers for the Northern Territory and Tasmania — prescribed allowances
4.1	Application and purpose of Part 4
		For the purposes of subsection 22 (2) of the Act, the allowances set out in this Part are prescribed for a person (an appointee) appointed as Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory or Tasmania.
4.2	Certain allowances in AEC Agreement
		An appointee is entitled to the allowances applying to an Executive Level employee of the Australian Electoral Commission under the following provisions of the AEC Agreement:
	(a)	clause 18.4 (dependant care while travelling);
	(b)	clause 35.3 (higher duties allowance);
	(c)	clause 35.6 (motor vehicle allowance);
	(d)	clause 35.9 (reimbursement of fares);
	(e)	clause 35.11 (temporary relocation assistance);
	(f)	subclauses 35.12 (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) and (viii) (relocation assistance).
4.3	Additional relocation allowances
	(1)	If an appointee is required to move from the appointee’s home location to a new location to take up an appointment as Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory or Tasmania, the appointee is entitled to the additional relocation allowances set out in this regulation.
	(2)	The appointee is entitled to reimbursement of:
	(a)	reasonable transport and removal costs associated with moving the appointee and his or her family and household goods to the new location; and
	(b)	either:
	(i)	reasonable transport and removal costs associated with returning the appointee and his or her family and household goods to the home location at the end of the appointment period; or
	(ii)	if the appointee is moving to another location at the end of the appointment period, reasonable transport and removal costs associated with moving the appointee and his or her family and household goods to the other location (not exceeding the amount to which the appointee would be entitled if he or she were returning to the home location).
	(3)	The appointee is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable costs associated with:
	(a)	selling the appointee’s home at the home location, and buying a home at the new location, within 12 months after the commencement of the appointment period; and
	(b)	selling the appointee’s home at the new location, and buying a home at the home location or at another location to which the appointee is moving, within 12 months after the end of the appointment period.
	(4)	The appointee is entitled to temporary accommodation allowance for the lesser of:
	(a)	the period between the commencement of the appointment period and the buying of a home at the new location; and
	(b)	3 years.
	(5)	If the appointee has any dependants who do not move with the appointee to the new location, the appointee may choose 1 of the following entitlements:
	(a)	6 economy class return airfares a year for the purposes of reunion travel;
	(b)	travel to the value of $3,300 a year for the purposes of reunion travel.
	(6)	An entitlement under subregulation (5) is for 3 years from the commencement of the appointment or for the period served by the appointee, whichever is less.
	(7)	In subregulation (5):
reunion travel means:
	(a)	travel by the appointee to visit any of his or her dependants not living at the new location; or
	(b)	travel by any of the dependants to visit the appointee;
that is approved by the Electoral Commissioner as reunion travel.
Note
1.	Made by the Governor-General on 22 March 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 March 2000.