SCHEDULETRAVELLING ALLOWANCE
1
The rate for travel by public service shall not exceed the amount of the fare actually paid provided that unless for a special reason the court otherwise directs, only the amount of the standard class fare shall be allowed.
2
The rate for travel by a taxi or private hire car—
a
in cases of urgency or where no public service is reasonably available, shall not exceed the amount of the actual fare and any reasonable gratuity paid; and
b
in any other case, shall not exceed the amount of the fare for travel by an appropriate public service.
3
1
Where a person travels by private motor-cycle the allowance shall be at a rate not exceeding a fixed pence per mile rate each way as determined, except where the court accepts that there was no alternative public transport available or said travel is otherwise reasonable, in which case the allowance shall be at a rate not exceeding a fixed pence per mile rate each way, as determined.
2
Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where a person travels by private motor car, the allowance shall be—
a
a rate not exceeding a fixed pence per mile rate each way as determined; or
b
where the court accepts that there was no alternative public transport available, or use of a private motor car was reasonable, a rate not exceeding a fixed pence per mile rate each way as determined.
3
The rates specified in sub-paragraph (2) above shall be increased by a supplement, to be determined, of a fixed pence per mile rate for each passenger carried and to whom an allowance would otherwise have been payable under this Schedule.