Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1943

Defrayment of certain travelling expenses.

1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a vocational education committee for a county vocational education area shall defray the expenses of locomotion incurred—

(a) by each of its members in travelling to and from meetings of such committee held after the 30th day of June, 1943, and

(b) by a member of a sub-committee of such committee in travelling to and from meetings of such sub-committee held after the 30th day of June, 1943.

(2) No person shall be paid under this section expenses in respect of a meeting held at a place less than five miles by any route from his ordinary place of residence.

(3) The amount of the expenses paid under this section to a person in respect of a meeting shall not exceed the amount of the expenses of locomotion which would reasonably have been incurred by him in travelling from and to his ordinary place of residence to and from the place of that meeting.

(4) No person shall be paid under this section expenses in respect of meetings of a sub-committee unless the Minister, on the application of the vocational education committee by whom that sub-committee was appointed, authorise the payment under this section of expenses to members of that sub-committee.

(5) A claim, for payment under this section of expenses shall be made in writing and the Minister, if he so thinks fit, may direct the form to be used in making such claim.