ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 2000 2000 NO. 181 - REG 19.01 Allowances for witnesses

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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 2000 2000 NO. 181 - REG 19.01

Allowances for witnesses

(1): This regulation sets out the allowances for travelling and other expenses that a person summoned by a commissioner to appear as a witness at an inquiry is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth.

(2): For subsection 111 (4) of the Act, a person is entitled to be paid:

(a): reasonable expenses for travelling to and from the place where the person is required to attend; and
(b): if the person is required to be absent overnight from his or her usual place of residence — reasonable expenses for meals and accommodation; and
(c): if expenses are payable to a person for being a witness — expenses in accordance with the Second Schedule of the High Court Rules 1952 .

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