32.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the local authority for the area of a children’s hearing shall, if a claim is made to them, pay to or in respect of any child, or to any relevant person, or to any one representative of either attending any children’s hearing, a sum equal to such travelling expenses and such expenses or subsistence as have, in the opinion of the local authority, been reasonably incurred by or in respect of the child or, as the case may be, by the relevant person or by any representative of either for the purpose of enabling the said child, relevant person or representative to attend that hearing.
(2) A claim under this rule shall be in writing and shall be made before the expiry of the period of one month commencing with the date of the children’s hearing to which the claim relates.