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 Expenditure81. Allowance payment during official duty away from headquarters |
| (1) | If an educator and all his or her dependants, as a result of circumstances beyond his or her control and arising from his or her official duties are obliged to vacate the dwelling temporarily, payment of the allowance may, subject to subregulation (2), be continued from the date of such vacating until he or she and his or her dependants again occupy the dwelling. |
| (2) | The continued payment of the allowance in terms of subregulation (1) must be reduced with the rent received for the dwelling (for this purpose the person must indicate in writing that all steps are being taken to let the dwelling and he or she must inform the employer monthly of the rent received), on condition that this subregulation does not apply in respect of the first six months after a person and all his or her dependants have vacated the dwelling. |
| (3) | Subregulations (1) and (2) are mutatis mutandis applicable to a single educator (without dependants). |