Workers Compensation (Car Travel Allowance) Order 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 635

New South Wales

Workers Compensation (Car Travel

Allowance) Order 2003

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

The WorkCover Authority of New South Wales, in pursuance of section 64 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, makes the following Order.

Dated, this 28th day of August 2003.

JON BLACKWELL

General Manager

WorkCover Authority

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to fix the rate at which the cost of travel by private motor vehicle is to be calculated for the purposes of the inclusion of an amount in respect of that travel in the compensation payable to an injured worker.

This Order is made under section 64 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.

Published in Gazette No 132 of 29 August 2003, page 8958	Page 1
2003 No 635
Clause 1	Workers Compensation (Car Travel Allowance) Order 2003

Workers Compensation (Car Travel Allowance) Order

2003

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Workers Compensation (Car Travel Allowance)

Order 2003.

2 Commencement

This Order commences on 1 September 2003.

3      Rate for travel by private motor vehicle

For the purposes of section 64 (b) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the cost of, or an amount for, travel by private motor vehicle as referred to in that section is to be calculated:

(a)	in the case of travel before 1 July 2000—at the rate of 38 cents per kilometre, or
(b)	in any other case—at the rate of 42 cents per kilometre.

BY AUTHORITY

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