Accommodation allowance
5.11 Accommodation allowance
The attendee is entitled to a payment (an accommodation allowance) towards meeting the expenses that the attendee incurs for accommodation when the attendee is necessarily absent overnight from the attendee’s place of residence to attend as required by the FWO notice.
The amount of the accommodation allowance is the amount calculated at the accommodation rate specified in the Taxation Office Determination for the lowest salary range.
The amount must be calculated having regard to:
the time of the latest public transport by which the witness could conveniently travel to the specified place in a reasonable time before the attendee’s required attendance; and
the time by which the attendee could conveniently return to the attendee’s place of work or residence using the earliest public transport in a reasonable time after the attendee’s attendance at the specified place.
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