Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116:section:50:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 50 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 107740–109903

a journey to which paragraph (2B)(a) applies—the employee's injury reasonably required the use of public transport or ambulance services (as the case may be) regardless of the distance involved; or
 (b) in relation to a journey to which paragraph (2B)(b) applies—the reasonable length of such a journey exceeded 50 kilometres.
 (2E) In deciding questions arising under subsections (2A), (2B), (2BA), (2C) and (2D), the employer must have regard to the following matters:
 (a) the means of transport available to the employee for the journey;
 (b) the route or routes by which the employee could have travelled;
 (c) the accommodation available to the employee.
 (3) If an employee is undertaking a rehabilitation program under this section, compensation is not payable to the employee under section 31, 33, 34, 35, 36 or 45 but:
 (a) if the employee is undertaking a full‑time program—compensation is payable to the employee of an amount per week equal to the amount per week of the compensation that would, but for this subsection, have been payable under section 31, 33, 34, 35, 36 or 45 if the incapacity referred to in that section had continued throughout the period of the program; or
 (b) if the employee is undertaking a part‑time program—compensation is payable to the employee of such amount per week as the employer determines, being an amount not less than the amount per week of the compensation that, apart from this subsection, would have been payable to the employee under this Act and not greater than the amount per week of the compensation that would have been payable under paragraph (a) if the employee had been undertaking a full‑time program.
 (5) If an employee, without reasonable excuse, does not undertake a rehabilitation program provided for the employee under this section, the employee's rights to compensation under this Act, and to institute or continue any proceedings under this Act in relation to compensation, are suspended until the employee starts to undertake the program.
 (6) If an employee's right to compensation is suspended under subsection (5), compensation is not payable in respect of the period of the suspension.