The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (Constitution) Regulations 1999

Regulation 14(2)

SCHEDULE 4 RATES FOR TRAVELLING AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE

Travelling allowance

1.—(1) The rate for travel by public transport shall be the amount of the fare for the class in which the member chooses to travel, but, subject to sub-paragraph (2), shall not exceed the lowest available first class fare.

(2) The rate payable under sub-paragraph (1) shall, if the member so claims, be increased by expenditure incurred on reservation of a seat.

2.—(1) The rate for travel by taxi shall be—

(a) in cases of urgency or where no public transport is reasonably available, the amount of the fare and any reasonable gratuity paid; and

(b) in any other case, the amount of the fare for travel by the appropriate public transport.

(2) In this paragraph “taxi” means a hired motor car that carries passengers for a fare.

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the rate for travel by a member’s own motor car and motor cycle shall be—

(a) for the use of a motor vehicle of cylinder capacity up to and including 1,100 cubic centimetres, 27.4p a mile;

(b) for the use of a motor vehicle of cylinder capacity of 1,101 cubic centimetres to 1,400 cubic centimetres, 36.8p a mile;

(c) for the use of a motor vehicle of cylinder capacity exceeding 1,401 cubic centimetres, 44.7p a mile.

(2) If a member exceeds 5,000 miles a year the rates in sub-paragraph (1) shall be 23.6p a mile.

(3) The appropriate rate specified in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) shall, if the member so claims, be increased—

(a) in respect of the carriage of each passenger, not exceeding four, to whom a travelling allowance would otherwise be payable under any enactment by not more than 1p a mile; and

(b) by the amount of any reasonable expenditure incurred on tolls, ferries or parking fees.

4.  The rate for travel by bicycle shall be 6.9p a mile.

5.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the rate for travel by air shall be the rate applicable to travel by the appropriate public transport together with an allowance equivalent to the amount of any saving in subsistence allowance consequent upon travel by air.

(2) The rate for travel by air shall not exceed the fare paid.

Subsistence allowance

6.—(1) The rate of subsistence allowance shall be—

(a) in the case of an absence, not involving an absence overnight, from the usual place of residence—

(i) of more than 4, but not more than 8 hours, £6.57;

(ii) of more than 8 but not more than 12 hours, £9.16;

(iii) of more than 12 hours, £17.29.

(b) in the case of an absence overnight from the usual place of residence, £77.43; or for such an absence overnight in Greater London, £88.31.

(2) Any rate determined under paragraph 6(1)(b) shall be deemed to cover a continuous period of absence of 24 hours.

7.  The rates specified in paragraph 6 shall be reduced by an appropriate amount in respect of any meal provided free of charge during the period to which the allowance relates.

8.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), when main meals (ie a full breakfast, lunch or dinner) are taken on trains during a period for which there is entitlement to subsistence allowance under paragraph 6(1)(a), the reasonable cost of the meals (including VAT), may be reimbursed in full, within the limits specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The limitations of reimbursement are—

(a) absence of more than 4 but not more than 8 hours, the cost of 1 main meal;

(b) absence of more than 8 hours but not more than 12 hours, the cost of 2 main meals;

(c) absence of more than 12 hours, the cost of 3 main meals.

(3) Where the cost of meals taken on trains is reimbursed, the rate of subsistence allowance under paragraph 6(1)(a) for that period of duty shall not exceed the maximum payable if the period of absence from the usual place of residence were reduced by 4 hours in respect of each meal taken.