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For long haul travel, EQA will provide an outward and return travel allowance, which will be agreed
with the Assessor in advance of any confirmation of audit assignments.

Trips should be planned and booked as far in advance as possible in order to take advantage of
discounted fares when available.
EQA recommends that Assessors take out appropriate Travel Insurance cover when carrying out audit
assignments or other related activities on behalf of EQA. Losses incurred as a result of flight delays etc
will not be reimbursed by EQA.

9. Assessor Vehicles
The Assessor shall be responsible for ensuring that any or all vehicles used by him/her in the
performance of his/her duties under this agreement shall comply fully with all Acts of the Oireachtas,
or applicable statutory motor vehicle obligations effective in the Assessor’s jurisdiction, in force at the
time in respect of the operation of such vehicles and EQA shall accept no liability in this regard
Please refer to the Independent Service Contract Section 7 Assessor’s Obligations clause 7.12.

10. Audit Attendance
If an Assessor needs to cancel an audit due to adverse weather conditions etc, it is important that they
try and contact the client directly if the cancellation is being made at the last minute (not simply leave
a message on the EQA answering machine in the hope that somebody from EQA will contact the
client).
Assessors are not authorised to change audit dates without first informing EQA.

If for any reason, an Assessor, due to oversight etc, fails to attend for an audit, they must take all
reasonable steps to facilitate a new audit date once they become aware of this situation. As
considerable time can be spent in booking audits, in particular, Integrated Management Systems,
failure to attend audits without reasonable justification can result in termination of the Assessor’s
contract.

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