(2BA) The Commission is liable to pay as compensation S. 60(2BA) to an earner who is injured as a result of a inserted by No. 94/2004 transport accident the reasonable costs of s. 17(1), travelling to and from work for up to 24 weeks amended by No. 71/2013 after first returning to work after the accident if s. 19(1). the earner is unable, because of the injuries received as a result of the accident, to undertake that travel in the way that he or she usually did before the accident, but the total payment made under this subsection to the earner as a result of the accident is not to exceed $1000. (2BB) For the purposes of subsection (2BA)— S. 60(2BB) inserted by No. 71/2013 (a) the 24 weeks do not have to be consecutive; s. 19(2). and (b) if more than one attempt to return to work is made after the accident, a claim may be made after any subsequent attempt to return to work. (2C) If a parent of a dependent child injured and S. 60(2C) inserted by admitted to hospital as a result of a transport No. 84/2000 s. 19(1), accident incurs reasonable travelling or amended by accommodation expenses by reason of visiting the No. 27/2001 s. 4(Sch. 2 dependent child in the hospital, the Commission item 4.11(b)). is, subject to this Act, liable to pay as compensation, payments in respect of those expenses. (2D) Subsection (2E) applies if— S. 60(2D) inserted by No. 84/2000 (a) a person is injured and admitted as an s. 19(1), inpatient in a hospital as a result of a amended by No. 27/2001 transport accident; and s. 4(Sch. 2 item 4.11(c) (b) the hospital is located at least 100 kilometres (i)(ii)), from the normal residence of members of the substituted by No. 60/2007 immediate family of the person referred to in s. 14(4). paragraph (a); and
S. 60(2BA) inserted by No. 94/2004 s. 17(1), amended by No. 71/2013 s. 19(1). (2BA) The Commission is liable to pay as compensation to an earner who is injured as a result of a transport accident the reasonable costs of travelling to and from work for up to 24 weeks after first returning to work after the accident if the earner is unable, because of the injuries received as a result of the accident, to undertake that travel in the way that he or she usually did before the accident, but the total payment made under this subsection to the earner as a result of the accident is not to exceed $1000. S. 60(2BB) inserted by No. 71/2013 s. 19(2). (2BB) For the purposes of subsection (2BA)— (a) the 24 weeks do not have to be consecutive; and (b) if more than one attempt to return to work is made after the accident, a claim may be made after any subsequent attempt to return to work. S. 60(2C) inserted by No. 84/2000 s. 19(1), amended by No. 27/2001 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 4.11(b)). (2C) If a parent of a dependent child injured and admitted to hospital as a result of a transport accident incurs reasonable travelling or accommodation expenses by reason of visiting the dependent child in the hospital, the Commission is, subject to this Act, liable to pay as compensation, payments in respect of those expenses. S. 60(2D) inserted by No. 84/2000 s. 19(1), amended by No. 27/2001 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 4.11(c) (i)(ii)), substituted by No. 60/2007 s. 14(4). (2D) Subsection (2E) applies if— (a) a person is injured and admitted as an inpatient in a hospital as a result of a transport accident; and (b) the hospital is located at least 100 kilometres from the normal residence of members of the immediate family of the person referred to in paragraph (a); and