11.6. Meal Expense Allowance

11.6.1 Where the duties of a member, not being an officer is, required to travel from his or her usual station on authorised duty and the member is more than 60 kilometres from that station between the fourth and sixth hours of the member's shift, the member shall be paid a meal allowance of $10.65.

11.6.2 Where an officer is required to travel in the performance of duties and this officer is more than 60 kilometres from his or her usual headquarters station during a meal break of a shift the officer shall be reimbursed for reasonable actual expenses for a meal, provided the payment of this allowance is dependant on less than 24 hours' notice and expenses are actually incurred.

11.6.3 When a member, being a Constable or Sergeant, continues authorised duty for a period in excess of two hours' duration immediately following the member's rostered duty or two hours in excess of normal hours on a rostered day off, the member shall be paid a meal allowance of $10.65

11.6.4 The exception to this is where the excess work detailed above is performed over the full dinner period from 6.00pm to 7.30pm. In such cases the payment will be $20.40.

11.6.5 Where an officer continues duty in excess of two hours' duration immediately following, or where an officer is required to commence duty two hours prior to rostered duty, or two hours in excess of normal hours on a rostered day off, the officer shall be reimbursed for reasonable actual expenses for a meal. Payment of this allowance is dependant on un-programmed and/or additional work and actual expenses being incurred.

PROVIDED that the officer is not entitled to a meal allowance or meal expense when the officer continues to work on programmed and/or normal work.

11.6.6 Where a member works a further period of authorised continuous overtime duty beyond that outlined in paragraph 11.6.4 above, he or she shall be paid a meal allowance of $10.65 for each additional five hours' overtime worked.

11.6.7 Where a member commences authorised duty in excess of two hours before the commencement time of his or her normal rostered duty, he or she shall be paid a meal allowance of $10.65

11.6.8 Meal expenses in excess of or at variance with the rates set out in this clause may be paid if, on the determination of the Controlling Authority, special circumstances exist which justify the excess or variation.

11.6.9 This clause does not apply to members receiving an allowance under subclause 11.1 - Camping and Sea Victualling Expense Allowance and subclause 11.9 - Overnight Expense Allowance.