Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003
R 385
Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001 (Act No. 47 of 2001)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001Transport, and Allowances in respect of Transport, Tavelling and Subsistence13. Travelling |
(1) |
(a) | Any judge or acting judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal or any judge or acting judge of the Constitutional Court who is not permanently resident at his or her headquarters is entitled to travel once to his or her headquarters from his or her place of permanent residence, and once from his or her headquarters to his or her place of residence in respect of each term at State expense by public transport or, if such judge or acting judge uses private transport, for a consideration of R2,48 per kilometre. |
(b) | In addition to the travelling referred to in paragraph (a), every such judge or acting judge is per annum entitled to 12 aeroplane, bus or train tickets either way between his or her headquarters and his or her home for the use of himself or herself or any person so designated by him or her or to be compensated at the rate of R2,48 per kilometre if private transport is used in lieu of an aeroplane, a bus or train. |
[Regulation 13(1)(a) and (b) substituted by section 3 of Judges Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act 2001: Amendment of Regulations, R.3691, GG49010, dated 21 July 2023]
(2) | A subsistence allowance in accordance with regulation 14(1) shall be paid to the judge or acting judge and his or her spouse when they are travelling as referred to in subregulation (1)(a) as if he or she were absent from his or her headquarters on official duties for the duration of each such journey. |
(3) | When a person is appointed an acting judge to perform duties in a division, in the Supreme Court of Appeal or in the Constitutional Court away from his or her home, he or she may, when assuming his or her duties, travel to such division or to the seat of the Supreme Court of Appeal or the Constitutional Court and, at the conclusion of his or her duties, return to his or her home at State expense in the manner and at the rate of compensation prescribed in subregulations (1) and (2), and the allowance prescribed in regulation 14(1) shall be paid in respect of the acting judge as if he or she were absent from his or her headquarters on official duties for the duration of the journey concerned. |
(4) | When a judge is required to perform official duties in a division away from his or her headquarters or an acting judge is required to perform official duties in a division away from his or her home, he or she may once a month at State expense travel to and fro between such division and his or her headquarters or home, as the case may be, in the manner prescribed in subregulations (1) and (2). |
(5) | The registrar of the court concerned shall make the travel arrangements in connection with a Constitutional Court judge, judge or acting judge. |