This page relates to the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.
Introduction
Work category 521 provides for the payment of Total Mobility trips using a wheelchair hoist or ramp.
Qualifying activities
Work category 521 is available to the public transport services activity class.
Public transport services and infrastructure
Examples of qualifying activities
Qualifying activities include the provision of a payment, for each trip taken by a Total Mobility scheme member using a wheelchair hoist or ramp (in addition to the fare), to the contracted Total Mobility transport operator.
Exclusions
Work category 521 excludes:
- any service that includes the movement of any vehicle or device: a ‘mobility scooter’ for instance that does not align with the Ministry of Health definition of ‘equipment for disabled people’.
Conditions of funding
To be eligible to receive the payment, the transport operator must meet the following criteria:
- The transport operator must be contracted by the local authority to provide Total Mobility transport services.
- The fare meter must not operate while Total Mobility passengers are being loaded into or out of the vehicle.
- Total Mobility scheme users cannot transfer in and out of a wheelchair independently without the use of a hoist or ramp.
- Only one payment may be claimed for each trip taken by a Total Mobility scheme user using the wheelchair hoist (the payment is for each passenger carried per trip).
- The transport operator must pass the payment on to the owner of the vehicle if the vehicle is not owned by the transport operator.
Funding assistance rate
The usual funding assistance rate (FAR) is:
- 100% of the payment of $10.00 per trip (excluding GST).
Current FARs are shown in the Total Mobility FARs table.
Other funding assistance rates
Submitting activities for NLTP consideration and funding approval
Approved organisations submit these activities using the public transport continuous programmes module in Transport Investment Online (TIO).
Transport Investment Online(external link)
User guides for TIO are available in TIO.
Further information
You can find detailed information about this scheme in the Total Mobility scheme policy guide for local authorities.
Total Mobility scheme: policy guide for local authorities
