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HOW TO USE YOUR TRAVEL SERVICE MANAGERS
Enquiries and bookings for travel (air,train, bus etc), accommodation and car hire can be made through New England Travel Centre (NETC).
The National University Travel Consortium (NUTC) is available for the booking of accommodation only and there is a $9.90 per bed night fee to use this service. The booking will be confirmed the same day.
Upon initial use of both New England Travel and the NUTC web sites, all staff members will need to contact Dick McCarthy, on extension 2161, to obtain the University Login. All staff, using all of the suppliers, must register by providing their staff identification details. The University Travel Service Manager is to be used for the provision of travel (air, train, buses, etc), accommodation and car hire services, for all Official University funded business only.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO TRAVEL ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS (A8)
You are reminded that the A8 is, in fact, a record of your travel for Insurance purposes and is a must before commencing travel.
Staff members that do not have access to the appropriate programs on the computer or staff members that do not have access to a computer at all, must continue to forward the normal "Request for Approval to Travel on Official Business" (A8) to Accounts Payable, for processing, in the normal manner. The A8 number will be advised to the supplier, in the afternoon of receipt, by Accounts Payable staff.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND's RETENTION AND DISPOSAL POLICY
The A8(Request to Travel on Official Business), must be filed and for audit purposes, kept for a period of six (6) years (GDA2 32.2.1). All other records, such as those relating to arrangements and bookings are to be kept for two (2) years (GDA2 32.3.1). It can then be disposed of in accordance with the University of New England's Records Retention and Disposal policy.
Staff travelling overseas MUST forward a form "Request For Approval to Travel On Official University Business" (A8) to Accounts Payable.
This form MUST be duly authorised by the Faculty Executive Dean or the Vice-Chancellor and MUST be accompanied by the Overseas Travel Declaration for a University Staff Member and the Traveller Checklist or the Deed of Indemnity and Release Form and the Traveller Checklist, in the case of a University Student.
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