The Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989

Travelling allowances

5.—(1) In respect of his performance of any approved duty, a member shall be entitled to an allowance not exceeding the appropriate amount specified in this paragraph in respect of travel necessarily undertaken for the purpose of enabling him to perform the duty.

(2) Where the travel is by public transport, the appropriate amount is, subject to sub-paragraph (3), the amount of the fare paid by the member, not exceeding the ordinary fare or any available cheap fare or, where more than one class of travel is available, the first class fare.

(3) Where by reason of the time at which an approved duty begins or ends a member necessarily incurs expenses in connection with the provision of overnight sleeping accommodation on public transport, he shall be entitled to an allowance equivalent to the cost of such accommodation less one third of any allowance to which he is entitled under paragraph 4.

(4) Where the travel is by means of his own private motor vehicle, or such a vehicle provided for his use, the appropriate amount is 27.3p multiplied by the number of miles travelled, plus any expenditure in respect of parking fees, tolls, or the transport of the vehicle by ferry.

(5) Where the travel is by means of a taxi-cab or hired motor vehicle, the appropriate amount, subject to sub-paragraph (6), is 27.3p per mile multiplied by the number of miles travelled.

(6) Where the travel is by means of a taxi-cab solely by reason of urgency, the appropriate amount is the fare paid.