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General Orders of the Turks and Caicos Islands Public Service - 1998 Edition7.8.2 No mileage allowance shall be paid for journeys between an Officer's home and his or heroffice during Normal Working Hours except where the Responsible Officer requires him or her toreturn to his or her office outside the Normal Working Hours.7.8.3 A commuted mileage allowance, as set out in Appendix D, may be paid to an Officer by theChief Secretary. These allowances will be awarded not in relation to status but to the amount of officialmileage that the Officer has to do on duty in his or her own vehicle.7.8.4 Officers not in receipt of commuted mileage allowance are required to keep records of theirjourneys on duty showing the dates, places visited, the actual mileage and the reason for the journeys.Responsibility for the correctness of the claim will rest in the first instance with the Officer making theclaim and subsequently upon the Officer countersigning it.7.8.5 Responsible Officers must ensure that travelling on duty by their Officers is restricted to theminimum consistent with the discharge of their duties and that the provision in the Annual Estimatesfor travelling on duty is not exceeded.Order 7.9Island allowances7.9.1 Island allowances will be paid to any Officer stationed on Providenciales at the rate set out inAppendix D.7.9.2 Island allowances may also be paid to Officers who are transferred to Grand Turk, Salt Cay,South Caicos, Middle Caicos or North Caicos at the rate set out in Appendix D unless it is the island towhich they were first appointed. No island allowance will be due to any Officer on first Appointment(with the exception of Providenciales), regardless of his or her original residence, as he or she wouldhave been aware that he or she was required to serve on the particular island at the time of recruitment.In relation to Police Officers covered by these Orders it is assumed that the island of first Appointmentin all cases is Grand Turk.7.9.3 An Officer who is required to undertake temporary duties on an island other than the one onwhich he is currently stationed will be entitled to receive, for a maximum period of sixty days, asubsistence allowance as set out in Appendix D. Claims for reimbursement of such expenditure shouldbe submitted through the Respc)nsible Officer to the Chief Secretary.Order 7.10Housing and housing allowance7.10.1 In this Order "Government quarter" or "quarter" means a house, flat or apartment,accommodation in a mess, barracks, hotel or other premises owned or rented by Government for theaccommodation of Officers and their families. "Institutional quarter" means any quarter or group ofquarters sited within or in the neighbourhood of a Government building which has been built or leasedfor the purpose of accommodating the staff or any member of the staff of such institution or building."Officer's family" means his or her spouse and Children at the duty station.7.10.2 The terms and conditions under which Government quarters will be allocated and used will belaid down from time to time and in each case the Officer having use of Government quarters, furnitureand fixtures and fittings will be required to enter into a contract with the appropriate authority.28
General Orders of the Turks and Caicos Islands Public Service - 1998 Edition7.10.3 An Officer who is entitled to a housing allowance may be required to live in a Governmentquarter at the discretion of the Chief Secretary.7.10.4 The following Officers may be paid a housing allowance at the rates set out in Appendix D:Overseas Officers recruited on Contract terms;locally appointed Officers posted to a different island from the island upon which they werefirst appointed to the Public Service and who have not been living on that different islandfor a period of more than three years; andPolice Officers covered by these Orders who are married or who otherwise could notconveniently live in police barracks, which are an entitlement of Police Officers, at thediscretion of the Commissioner of Police.7.10.5 Where more than one Officer who would normally be granted such an allowance lives at oneaddress then the allowance cannot be granted to more than one of the Officers.Order 7.1.1Telephone allowance7.11.1 An Officer who has a telephone in his or her residence and who as part of his or her day to dayduties may be expected to have to make or receive official calls outside of Normal Working Hoursmay at the discretion of the Chief Secretary be granted a telephone allowance.7.11.2 Where more than one Officer who would normally be granted such an allowance lives at oneaddress then the allowance cannot be granted to more than one of the Officers.7.11.3 The rates of telephone allowance are set out in Appendix D.Order 7.12Transfer and posting allowance7.12.1 When an Officer is transferred from one station to another within the Wands the followingexpenditure in connection with his or her transfer will be met from public funds:reasonable travelling expenses, at the rates decided by the Chief Secretary from time totime, as if the Officer were travelling on duty himself or herself, his or her spouse and theirChildren;free transport for his or her vehicle if it is deemed by the Chief Secretary necessary for theperformance of his or her duties; andthe cost of transporting his or her baggage by sea including furniture and household effectsnot exceeding seven cubic metres.7.12.2 Whenever a transfer involves the transporting of an Officer's baggage the Responsible Officershould arrange this through the Chief Engineer, Public Works Department.Order 7.13Passages7.13.1 Nothing in this Order shall give any Officer a right to any passage or related privilege.Whenever an Officer is granted a passage at public expense it is for the purpose of carrying out a dulyauthorised journey and does not convey any entitlement to a sum of money.7.13.2 An Overseas Officer is eligible for passages at Government expense on the followingoccasions:29
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