Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00897:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00897
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 1746–3068

5  Travelling expenses

         (1)   Subject to this section, travelling expenses comprise the amount required to reimburse in whole or in part expenditure on:

            (a)          transport; or

            (b)          accommodation; or

            (c)          meals;

         necessarily incurred by or on behalf of an eligible person in connection with travel referred to in section 22 of the Act.

         (2)   Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the amount of travelling expenses payable to an eligible person in relation to transport for travel will not exceed an amount calculated by the Commission as the cost of transport by the most appropriate form of transport over the relevant distance.

Note: For the calculation of the cost of transport, see section 8.

         (3)   If the cost incurred by an eligible person in relation to transport for travel referred to in subsection (2) is less than the amount calculated by the Commission under that subsection, the cost will be the amount of travelling expenses incurred by the person for transport.

         (4)   If an eligible person incurs parking fees at or near one or more places to which the person has travelled for the purpose of obtaining treatment, the travelling expenses payable to the person are the costs necessarily incurred.