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overseas he will thereupon commence a new tour of 30 months. If he has no children in education overseas at that time his tour will cease. If a child subsequently commences education overseas the officer will thereupon commence a new tour of 30 months; or
(iii) for officers appointed on local agreement terms the
period of resident service in the agreement plus vacation leave earned during that period.
The maximum number of children in education overseas in respect of whom an officer may claim school passages during a tour is four. However, and officer may apportion the available school passages among all his children in education overseas, subject to the overall maxima stated in paragraph 4 below.
The maximum number of school passages which may be provided for any one child in education overseas during a tour of 30 months is five. However, a child who has attained the age of 19 may not be provided during a tour of 30 months with moe thatn 2.5 school passages on or after the end of the school term in which he reaches his 19th birthday and up to his 21st birthday. On the latter date all elgibility for school passages ceases, except that a child attaining the age of 21 in the course of a term may defer taking a school passage to visit his parents, or on cessation of education, until the end of that term.
Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 4 above, the actual number of school passages for which a child is eligible during a tour is determined by
(a) the length of time spent in education
overseas during the tour;
(b) the age of the child; and
(c) whether the child has taken any family
passages beore he joins the school passage scheme;
and is subject to
(a) the officer satisfactorily completing his tour.
To maximise flexibility and to allow for varying family circumstances the school passage scheme is operated on a points system. Adjustments are made as and when school passages are taken.
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An officer may claim baggage allowances under CSR 1460 for a child participating in the school passage scheme only when the child takes up a single passage to commence or cease education overseas. He may however claim payment of travelling expenses under CSR 1420 on each occasion a school passage is taken by his child.