Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:104:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 104 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1432735–1437084

104  Recreation transport allowance
 (1) Subject to this section, the Commission may grant an allowance, called recreation transport allowance, to a veteran who is suffering an incapacity from a war‑caused injury or a war‑caused disease of a kind described in column 1 of the following table:

Column 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Column 2
Description of incapacity                                                                                                                                                                                                       Rate per fortnight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $
  1. Both legs amputated above the knees                                                                                                                                                                                        44.80
  2. Negligible powers of locomotion so as to be capable of moving, with the aid of crutches or walking sticks, for short distances only                                                                                        44.80
  3. Incapacitated with regard to locomotion to a degree that, in the opinion of the Commission, is similar to the degree of incapacity with regard to locomotion associated with a disability described in item 1 or 2         44.80
  4. Both arms amputated at or above the wrists                                                                                                                                                                                 22.40
  5. Both legs amputated below the knees                                                                                                                                                                                        22.40
  6. One leg amputated above the knee and the other below the knee                                                                                                                                                              22.40
  7. One leg amputated above or below the knee and one arm amputated below the elbow                                                                                                                                            22.40
  8. Blinded in both eyes                                                                                                                                                                                                       22.40
  9. Incapacitated to an extent that, in the opinion of the Commission, is similar in effect or severity to the extent of incapacity associated with a disability described in item 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8                             22.40
  10. Incapacitated with regard to locomotion to a degree that, in the opinion of the Commission, is similar in degree to the incapacity with regard to locomotion associated with a disability described in item 5, 6, 7 or 8  22.40

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1):
 (a) a leg that has been rendered permanently and wholly useless above the knee or below the knee shall be treated as if it had been amputated above the knee or below the knee, as the case may be; and
 (b) an arm that has been rendered permanently and wholly useless at or above the wrist or below the elbow, shall be treated as if it had been amputated at or above the wrist, or below the elbow, as the case may be.
 (3) Recreation transport allowance is payable to a veteran, in respect of the costs incurred by the veteran in travelling for recreational purposes, at the rate specified in column 2 of the table in subsection (1) opposite to the kind of incapacity described in column 1 from which the veteran is suffering.
 (4) Recreation transport allowance is not payable to a veteran under subsection (1):
 (a) in respect of any period during which the veteran is being cared for, at public expense, in a hospital or other institution; or
 (b) if the veteran has participated, or is participating, in the