9AFTravelling expenses under section 170B or 196ZO of the Act—request for written evidence

9AF Travelling expenses under section 170B or 196ZO of the Act—request for written evidence

(1) Subregulation (2) applies if: (a) not later than 6 months after an entitled person completes his or her travel, the Commission requests that person to give to the Commission written evidence of his or her travelling expenses; and (b) the person does not give the Commission the written evidence within 3 months after the request was made. (2) The Commission may: (a) if the person has not been paid travelling expenses in advance under section 170C or 196ZP of the Act—refuse to authorise the payment of travelling expenses; or (b) if the person has been paid travelling expenses in advance under section 170C or 196ZP of the Act—request the person to repay to the Commonwealth the amount of the advance.

Note: Subsections 170C(2) and 196ZP(2) of the Act provide that a person in receipt of an advance for travelling expenses under subsection 170C(1) or 196ZP(1) of the Act, as the case requires, is liable to repay to the Commonwealth all or any part of the advance that represents an amount for which travelling expenses were not incurred.

(3) The Commission must notify an entitled person of a decision it makes under subregulation (2) as soon as practicable after the Commission receives that person’s application.