Queensland Consolidated Regulations

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL REGULATION 2019 - REG 15

15 Non-professional witness attendance allowance—Act, s 97

(1) For section 97 (4) of the Act , the allowance payable to a non-professional witness who is given a notice under section 97 (1) (a) of the Act is the following amount for each day or part of a day of necessary absence from the witness’s place of employment, practice or residence to attend a hearing—

(a) if the witness is under 16 years—$48.95;

(b) if the witness is 16 years or older—$97.80.

(2) For section 97 (6) of the Act , the allowance must be paid to the witness within a reasonable time after the witness attends the hearing as required by the notice mentioned in subsection (1) .

(3) In this section—

"non-professional witness" means a witness who attends a hearing to give evidence of a non-professional nature.