Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998)RegulationsRegulations regarding the Terms and Conditions of Employment of EducationChapter 4 : Medical Assistance, State Housing, Subsistence Allowance, Official Journeys and Transport, House Owner Allowance, Service Bonus, Long Service Recognition and Resettlement Expenditure69. Other housing |
| (1) | Other housing that state housing may be provided to an educator if in the opinion of the employer exceptional circumstances exist and it is in the interest of education and in cases where— |
| (a) | an educator who, in the interest of the employer, stays at a specific headquarters for a relatively short period; |
| (b) | private housing is not available; |
| (c) | educators whose posts were not identified for the provision of state housing, must be provided with housing at training centres; and |
| (d) | educators are stationed at a place where, or in the vicinity of which, private housing does exist, but their work is of such a nature that it must be possible to reach them on short notice and that they must be able to report as a unit, as a result of which it is essential that they be accommodated at a specific place or near such a place. |
| (2) |
| (a) | If housing is provided in the circumstances set out in subregulation (1), rent shall be levied at market related tariffs. |
| (b) | Market related tariffs are rent which apply generally for the market in the area for comparable housing, or, where housing or comparable housing is not available, any other acceptable basis which reflects rent tariffs for the particular area, as whether the housing is purchased or erected by the providing department or rented by the employer department. |
| (3) | The provisions of subregulation (1) shall mutatis mutandis apply to housing contemplated in subregulation (2). |