Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00542:reg:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00542
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 22
Character Range: 32702–33806

22  Travel as member's representative
 (1) Transport costs for travel by a member's spouse or nominee are prescribed if:
 (a) the travel is for the dominant purpose of attending any of the following events as the member's representative:
 (i) a funeral;
 (ii) a function at which the member was to receive an award or honour;
 (iii) a function in the member's electorate that the member was invited to attend; and
 (b) the member is unable to attend the event because of illness, parliamentary business or family reasons; and
 (c) the member's attendance would have been for the dominant purpose of conducting the member's parliamentary business.
 (2) The travel must be by:
 (a) scheduled commercial transport; or
 (b) taxi or other chartered transport car service; or
 (c) Commonwealth transport in accordance with a Commonwealth transport determination.

Spouses for whom transport costs are not prescribed by this section
 (3) This section does not prescribe transport costs for the spouse of a senior office holder.
Note: For travel by the spouse of a senior office holder, see sections 24 and 28.