Limits on payment for meals and accommodation
9.5.18 Limits on payment for meals and accommodation
1. A member must not use their travel card to pay for any of the following.
a. If a meal has been provided to the member at no cost during the meal period - a meal.
An in-flight meal provided by a commercial carrier is not considered a meal for the purposes of this paragraph.
A member who resides privately with family or friends is still eligible to use their travel card for meals.
b. If any of the following apply - accommodation.
i. Accommodation is provided to the member at no cost, not including accommodation supplied under section 9.5.16.
ii. The member's travel continues overnight without a break for accommodation.
iii. The member is ranked Major or lower, and living-in accommodation is available to them.
If living-in accommodation is available but the member chooses to stay offbase, they are not eligible to use their travel card for meals or accommodation.
2. Despite subparagraph 1.b.iii, a member may use their travel card to pay for accommodation if the CDF considers that occupying livingin accommodation would make the member less efficient in the performance of their duties.
3. For the purposes of accommodation, a member is not eligible for any of the following accommodation costs.
a. The difference between what the member actually paid and the maximum allowable amount if they stay in accommodation that is commercially provided.
b. Any amount if they stay in accommodation that is provided on a non-commercial basis.
4. For the purposes of meals, if a member visits more than one location in a day, the location for working out the amount they are eligible for is one of the following.
a. For a meal that is on the last day of their journey - the location they are at the beginning of the day.
b. For any other meal - the location they are at the end of the day.
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