77Additional travel costs

77 Additional travel costs (1) In addition to any other compensation under this Part, an employer shall pay to a worker who has suffered a significant reduction in his or her mobility in the community as the result of his or her suffering a permanent or long-term incapacity and who has not received a benefit under section 78 by the modification of a vehicle, and would not safely be able to drive a motor vehicle no matter how reasonably modified the vehicle, any costs incurred by the worker (in excess of those which he or she would have incurred had he or she not suffered the incapacity) as are reasonable and necessary for the purpose of this Division to enable the worker to achieve reasonable mobility in the community. determining what is a reasonable and necessary payment referred to in subsection (1) in a particular case, there shall be taken into account: (a) the effect of the payments on the likelihood of the worker obtaining and retaining gainful employment;

Return to Work Act 1986 76 (b) the difficulty faced by him or her in achieving reasonable mobility in the community; and (c) the alternative means of transport available to him or her.