Fair Work Regulations 2009

For the purposes of subsection 789GZM(2) of the Act, this regulation sets out the rate of travel allowance that a member of the National Construction Industry Forum who is not a Minister or a member of the Parliament is entitled to be paid to attend a meeting of the Forum.

For the right or entitlement of a substitute member of the Forum, or a person invited to participate in a meeting of the Forum, to be paid the same rate of travel allowance to attend meetings of the Forum, see subsections 789GZK(3) and 789GZL(4) of the Act.

The rates of travel allowance are as follows:

for travel by air—the actual amount that is payable for the travel, but not exceeding the amount that is payable for the travel by business class;

for travel by the member’s private motor vehicle—the rate of $0.78 per kilometre;

for travel by public transport, taxi or similar means—the actual amount that is payable for the travel.

However, the rate of travel allowance covered by paragraph (2)(c) to attend a meeting of the Forum must not exceed $300.

If the member is necessarily absent overnight from the member’s principal place of residence to attend the meeting of the Forum:

the member is entitled to travel allowance for each night of absence for accommodation, meals and expenses incidental to the travel (the travel expenses); and

the rate of that allowance is the actual amount that is payable for the travel expenses, but not exceeding the amount worked out for the travel in accordance with the determination titled TD 2022/10 (published by the Australian Taxation Office, as existing on 1 July 2023) as the reasonable amount for domestic travel expenses for a person with a salary between $133,451 and $237,520.

The determination could in 2023 be viewed on the Australian Taxation Office’s website (https://www.ato.gov.au).