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Workers Compensation Act 1951
74Transport costs other than private car
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74 Transport costs other than private car
(1) This section sets out how the costs of taking an injured worker to and
from a place (other than by private motor vehicle) to receive medical
treatment or rehabilitation services must be worked out.
(2) If the worker cannot be taken in a motor vehicle (other than an
ambulance) because of the worker’s injury, the transport cost is the
actual cost of the transport by ambulance.
(3) The transport cost is the actual cost of the public transport if the
worker is taken by public transport because, although the worker can
be taken in a private motor vehicle—
(a) the worker is prohibited by law from taking themself in a private
motor vehicle and no-one else is available to take the worker in
a private motor vehicle; or
(b) no private motor vehicle is available.
(4) The transport cost is the reasonable cost of transport if a private motor
vehicle or public transport is not reasonably available, or reasonably
appropriate, to transport the worker in the circumstances.
public passenger vehicle—see the Road Transport (Public
Passenger Services) Act 2001, dictionary.
public transport means travel in a public passenger vehicle.