Section 1061ZAAK — Social Security Act 1991: Fares allowance for private transport

(1) If the Secretary is satisfied that it is not practicable for the person to make any part of the journey by public transport, the amount of fares allowance for the entire journey is worked out using this section. (2) If the Secretary is satisfied that it is not practicable for the person to make a part of the journey by public transport, the amount of fares allowance for that part of the journey is worked out using this section. (3) If the person makes the journey, or the part of the journey, by taxi, the fares allowance is 63 cents per kilometre travelled by taxi. (4) If the person makes the journey, or the part of the journey, by another vehicle, the fares allowance is worked out in accordance with the following table: Table of rates of allowance Item Kind of engine in the vehicle the person uses Capacity of the vehicle’s engine (cubic centimetres) Allowance per kilometre (cents) 1 Rotary not more than 800 50.0 2 Rotary more than 800 but not more than 1,300 60.0 3 Rotary more than 1,300 61.0 4 Not rotary not more than 1,600 50.0 5 Not rotary more than 1,600 but not more than 2,600 60.0 6 Not rotary more than 2,600 61.0 (5) If the Secretary is satisfied that: (a) it is unreasonable for the person to make the journey or the part of the journey by taxi or another vehicle because of abnormal travel hazards (for example, bushfire or flood); and (b) the person makes the journey or the part of the journey by another form of transport that is reasonable because of the distance travelled and the cost of the transport; the amount of fares allowance for the journey or that part of the journey is the actual cost to the person of making the journey or that part of the journey. (6) In deciding what is practicable or reasonable for the purposes of this section, the period of time needed for the entire journey, and any illness or incapacity of the person, must be taken into account. (7) For the purposes of this section, a vehicle that is registered as a taxi in a State or Territory is to be taken to be a taxi only while it is used in the State or Territory. (8) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make determinations: (a) varying the amount referred to in subsection (3); or (b) amending the table in subsection (4) or omitting that table and substituting another table.