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14. TRAVELLING EXRISES IN OFFICER'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
(i)
Under Hong Kong establishment Regulation 1420, an officer and his family (but see (iii) may also be paid expenses for travelling in his country of origin when an officer comes to Hong Kong on first appointment; or on transfer from another territory via his country of origin; or on vacation leave; or when the officer leaves Hong Kong on retirement, invaliding, or on transfer to another territory via his country of origin.
(ii) (a) For officers whose country of origin is Great Britain
and Ireland, payment will be at the following rates per road mile once in each direction from the officer's declared place of residence to the airport or port of departure and vice versa when arriving on vacation leave.
Adults (including children aged 14 and over) 27 cents Children (3 or over but under 14 years)
14 cents
For the purpose of stablishment Regulation 1420, Tilbury docks and London Airport will be taken as London, and all mileages will be calculated from the A.A./R.A.C. Members Handbook. For those officers whose country of origin is Ireland, mileage, excluding sea travel, will be calculated from or to London, in the case of air travel, and from or to a seaport in Great Britain when passages from or to Hong Kong are arranged by sea (but see (c) below).
(b) For officers whose country of origin is elsewhere,
payment will be limited to the actual rail fares (including sleepers) and/or sea fares (including cabins) of a class equivalent to Second Class rail and First Class sea in Great Britain.
(c) when a journey within an officer's country of
origin is of such a distance that air would be considered the normal means of travel (i.e, about 250 miles) Government will either provide an air ticket within the officer's passage allowance or reimburse him for air travel by a scheduled flight if the cost exceeds his normal entitlement under Estab- lishment Regulation 1420. Alternatively, if the officer prefers, he will be allowed to travel by sleeper for such journeys and be reimbursed the cost. Officers flying from Hong Kong to Dublin via fleathrow will be allowed the normal commer- cial fare.
(iii) The Total amount payable to an officer under Estab-
lishment Regulation 1420 will not exceed the aggregate of the amounts payable in respect of six adults, or of the number of persons travelling, whichever is the less.
(iv) Claims must be submitted to the Accountant General
in cases where the officer goes on leave and returns to duty, within six months of his return to duty; in other cases within six months of the journey being made; and must give the points of departure and arrival.
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