This legislation has been repealed.
(1) An administrative officer or temporary employee who is subpoenaed or called as a witness by the Crown (whether in right of the Commonwealth or in right of any State or a Territory of the Commonwealth) is:(a) to be granted, for the whole of the period necessary to attend as such a witness, special leave on full pay, and(b) to pay to the Commissioner all money paid to the administrative officer or temporary employee under or in respect of any such subpoena or call, other than any such money so paid in respect of reimbursement of necessary expenses properly incurred in answer to that subpoena or call.
(2) An administrative officer or temporary employee who is subpoenaed or called as a witness otherwise than as referred to in subclause (1) is, for the whole of the period necessary to attend as such a witness, to be granted at the sole election of the administrative officer or temporary employee:(a) subject to this Part, annual leave on full pay, or(b) leave without pay.
(3) This clause does not apply to an administrative officer or temporary employee who is subpoenaed or called as a witness in an official capacity.