South Australian Consolidated Regulations

EDUCATION REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 30

30—Removal expenses

        (1)         Any teacher who—

            (a)         is transferred to another school on promotion or for Departmental reasons; or

            (b)         is transferred to another school at his or her own request after not less than three years of satisfactory service at one school; or

            (c)         moves without transfer from a non-departmental residence to a Departmental residence or from one Departmental residence to another,

shall have household furniture and effects moved at Departmental expense under arrangements made or approved by the Director-General, and in addition shall be paid:

            (d)         a packing allowance, the amount of which shall be determined by the Director-General; and

            (e)         the cost of fares paid for the teacher and his or her family; and

            (f)         on the production of proper vouchers, such other expenses as the Director-General may determine, provided that such other expenses are, in the opinion of the Director-General, necessarily and reasonably incurred by the teacher and his or her family in connection with that transfer or removal.

        (2)         A person on first appointment as a teacher to a school whose place of residence is:

            (a)         in South Australia, shall be paid allowances as provided in subregulation (1), such allowances to be determined by the distance from his or her place of residence to the school;

            (b)         not in South Australia, shall be paid such expenses as may be negotiated in the terms of his or her contract of employment.

        (3)         Where a teacher retires, he or she, or where a teacher dies, his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner, shall be paid allowances as provided in subregulation (1). Such allowances will be determined by the distance between the school at which that teacher was stationed and the future place of residence of the family, if in South Australia. If the future place of residence of the family is not in South Australia the Director-General shall determine the allowance which will apply.

        (4)         The Director-General may authorise the payment to a teacher on removal of an approved allowance to cover depreciation of and necessary replacements to his or her household furniture and effects, provided that this allowance shall not be paid where a teacher with less than three years of satisfactory service at one school is transferred at his or her own request.

        (5)         In every case where travelling expenses are payable pursuant to this regulation the Director-General may grant an allowance to the teacher in lieu of payment of actual expenses.

        (6)         Notwithstanding anything in this regulation, the Minister may approve, on the recommendation of the Director-General, the payment of an allowance greater than that provided for in this regulation, or may pay wholly or in part the removal expenses and depreciation allowance of teachers who are debarred by this regulation from claiming the same, if reasonable cause exists to justify the said payment.