sec.19Travel expenses

### sec.19 Travel expenses For section 18 (2) , the amount of the travel expenses payable to a person who is given a notice under section 97 (1) of the Act is— the amount payable for fares on public transport for return travel between the person’s place of employment, practice or residence (whichever is the furthest from the relevant place) and the relevant place; or if there is no public transport available—the amount calculated at the rate per kilometre payable under the Public Sector Act 2022 to a public service employee required to use the employee’s private motor vehicle for official purposes, taken to the nearest 5 cents. If it is reasonable for the person to travel to and from the relevant place by air, the amount of the travel expenses to be paid is the amount payable for economy class air travel by the person to and from the relevant place. For calculating travel expenses, in deciding whether public transport is available, regard is to be had to whether a public transport system operates by which a person could conveniently— travel to the relevant place in reasonable time before the person is required to attend a hearing or produce a document or other thing; and return to the person’s place of employment, practice or residence (whichever is the furthest from the relevant place) after the person has attended the hearing or produced the document or other thing. In this section— public transport means any form of passenger transport that is available for use by the public on payment of a fare. relevant place means the place at which the person is required to attend a hearing or produce a stated document or other thing by the notice given under section 97 (1) of the Act . s 19 amd 2023 SL No. 60 s 17 sch 1 (sec.19-ssec.1) For section 18 (2) , the amount of the travel expenses payable to a person who is given a notice under section 97 (1) of the Act is— the amount payable for fares on public transport for return travel between the person’s place of employment, practice or residence (whichever is the furthest from the relevant place) and the relevant place; or if there is no public transport available—the amount calculated at the rate per kilometre payable under the Public Sector Act 2022 to a public service employee required to use the employee’s private motor vehicle for official purposes, taken to the nearest 5 cents. (sec.19-ssec.2) If it is reasonable for the person to travel to and from the relevant place by air, the amount of the travel expenses to be paid is the amount payable for economy class air travel by the person to and from the relevant place. (sec.19-ssec.3) For calculating travel expenses, in deciding whether public transport is available, regard is to be had to whether a public transport system operates by which a person could conveniently— travel to the relevant place in reasonable time before the person is required to attend a hearing or produce a document or other thing; and return to the person’s place of employment, practice or residence (whichever is the furthest from the relevant place) after the person has attended the hearing or produced the document or other thing. (sec.19-ssec.4) In this section— public transport means any form of passenger transport that is available for use by the public on payment of a fare. relevant place means the place at which the person is required to attend a hearing or produce a stated document or other thing by the notice given under section 97 (1) of the Act . - (a) the amount payable for fares on public transport for return travel between the person’s place of employment, practice or residence (whichever is the furthest from the relevant place) and the relevant place; or - (b) if there is no public transport available—the amount calculated at the rate per kilometre payable under the Public Sector Act 2022 to a public service employee required to use the employee’s private motor vehicle for official purposes, taken to the nearest 5 cents. - (a) travel to the relevant place in reasonable time before the person is required to attend a hearing or produce a document or other thing; and - (b) return to the person’s place of employment, practice or residence (whichever is the furthest from the relevant place) after the person has attended the hearing or produced the document or other thing.