353RApplications for other travelling expenses

353R  Applications for other travelling expenses  (1) If a person who has travelled in Australia is entitled to be paid travelling expenses under section 353Q in connection with that travel, application for payment of travelling expenses in respect of that travel may be made:  (a) by that person; or  (b) with the approval of that person; or  (c) if that person is, by reason of physical or mental ailment or of that person’s death, unable to approve another person to make the application on the person’s behalf—with the approval of the Commission, by another person on behalf of that person.  (2) An application under subsection (1) must be:  (a) in writing; and  (b) in accordance with a form approved by the Commission; and  (c) accompanied by such evidence available to the applicant as the applicant considers may be relevant to the application; and  (d) made within:  (i) 12 months after the completion of the travel to which the application relates; or  (ii) if the Commission thinks that there are exceptional circumstances that justify extending that period—such further period as the Commission allows.  (3) An application under subsection (1) must be:  (a) unless paragraph (b) applies—lodged at a place approved by the Commission under subsection 323(2); and  (b) if it is an application in respect of travel referred to in subsection 353Q(1) or (2)—either:  (i) communicated to the Board in accordance with the directions of the Principal Member given under subsection 352J(4); or  (ii) lodged at a place approved by the Commission under subsection 323(2).  (4) If an application is communicated to the Board in accordance with the directions of the Principal Member given under subsection 352J(4), it is taken to have been made on a day determined in accordance with those directions.  (5) If an application is lodged at a place approved by the Commission under subsection 323(2), it is taken to have been made on a day determined under that subsection.