76Additional compensation for travelling expenses

### 76 Additional compensation for travelling expenses > > (1)  [*\[Section 76 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 39, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS39@EN) Where an employer of a worker is, under [section 25](#GS25@EN) , liable to pay compensation in accordance with this Act, the employer is liable to pay to the worker or his or her dependants the lesser of – > > > > > > (a) the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by the worker for travelling and maintenance in connection with all or any of the following purposes: > > > > > > > > > > (i) [*\[Section 76 Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2017, s. 19, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS19@EN) to undergo any medical examination required under [section 90A(2)](#GS90A@Gs2@EN) ; > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) to obtain the medical services, hospital services or rehabilitation services in respect of which he or she is entitled to compensation under this Division; or > > > > > > > (b) such amount as may be prescribed. > > > (2)  In addition to paying the reasonable expenses incurred by a worker under [subsection (1)](#GS76@Gs1@EN) , his employer is liable to pay the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by a person who attends the worker while he is travelling in connection with a purpose to which that subsection applies, but only if a medical practitioner certifies, in writing, that it is necessary in the circumstances that the worker be accompanied by some other person while he is travelling for that purpose. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 76 Subsection (3) amended by No. 85 of 2009, s. 23, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2009-085#GS23@EN) *\[Section 76 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 16 of 1995, s. 52 \]*If the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred– > > > > > > (a) by a worker for travelling and maintenance in connection with all or any of the purposes specified in [subsection (1)](#GS76@Gs1@EN) ; or > > > > > > > (b) by a person who attends the worker while that person is travelling in connection with a purpose to which [subsection (1)](#GS76@Gs1@EN) applies– > > > > involves the use of a private motor vehicle, the amount payable for the use of that motor vehicle is to be calculated at the rate payable to an occasional user of a private motor vehicle under the Tasmanian State Service Award or any industrial award, agreement or determination that replaces that award.