Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of subsection 31(1) of the Act, an allowance (the member's private vehicle allowance ) is prescribed for fuel and running costs for a member for travel between the member's home base and Canberra in the member's private vehicle.
Note 1: The private vehicle could be owned by a family member: see the definition of private vehicle in section 4.
Note 2: The rate of member's private vehicle allowance is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal: see subsections 31(2) and 45(1) of the Act.
(2) The travel by private vehicle may be for the whole or part
of the journey.