Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority

4 Staff Rules, 107.15-107.17
the rate applicable for the area of destination shall be paid for that day, except that for
the fast leg of a return travel on official business the allowance shall be paid at the rate
applicable to the last authorized place where the staff member spent the night.
(d) When it is necessary, for the purpose of computing the amount of travel
subsistence allowance payable, to specify the “hour of departure” and the “hour
of arrival”, these shall be considered as the time when the train, vessel or airplane
used by the traveller actually leaves or arrives at its regular terminal.
Rule 107.16
Miscellaneous travel expenses
Necessary additional expenses incurred by a staff member in connection with
the transaction of official business or in the performance of authorized travel shall
be reimbursed by the Authority after completion of travel, provided the necessity
and nature of the expenses are satisfactorily explained and supported by proper
receipts, which shall normally be required for any expenditures in excess of
$20.00. Such expenses, for which advance authorization shall be obtained to the
extent practicable, shall normally be limited to:
(i) Hire of local transportation other than that provided for under rule
107.12;
(ii) Telephone, telegraph, radio and cable messages of official
business;
(iii) Transfer of authorized baggage;
(iv) Hire of room for official use;
(v) Stenographic or word-processing services or rental of equipment
required for the preparation of official reports or correspondence;
(vi) Transportation or storage of baggage or property used on official
business.
Rule 107.17
Assignment grant
(a) A staff member who travels at Authority’s expense to report for duty upon
initial appointment expected to be of at least one year’s duration shall be paid an
assignment grant, subject to the conditions set forth below.
(b) The amount of the assignment grant shall be equivalent to:
(i) Thirty days of subsistence allowance at the applicable daily rate for
the duty station as established from time to time by the International
Civil Service Commission;
(ii) Thirty days of subsistence allowance at half such daily rate in respect
of each family member for whom travel expenses have been paid
by the Authority under rules 107.2(a), (i) or (ii).
The above mentioned amounts shall be calculated on the basis of the rate
prevailing on the date of arrival of the staff member or of the staff member’s
family member, as appropriate.