Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Secretary is satisfied that it is practicable for the person to make the entire 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 practicable for the person to make 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) The amount of fares allowance is the cost of making the journey, or the part of the journey, using a reasonable route and the least expensive form of public transport that is reasonable.
(4) The cost is to be based on the cost of any concessional fare available to the person.
(5) The cost of a sleeping berth is to be included only if it is reasonable for the person to travel by rail and for the person to have the berth.
(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) The amount of fares allowance to be paid is to be worked out
using this section whether or not the person chooses to make the journey, or
the part of the journey, in the way described in this section.