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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES) REGULATIONS 1999 (S.R. 1999, NO. 44) - REG 7

Expenses of witnesses

(1)  For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, the following is the prescribed scale:

(a) for meals, travelling and accommodation

the same rate and on the same terms as is prescribed from time to time for the equivalent allowance in the General Conditions of Service Award made under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 in respect of persons who are permanent or temporary employees under the Tasmanian State Service Act 1984

(b) for loss of salary, wages or income resulting from a person's attendance at the Court, if the person is not an expert witness (for each hour, or part of an hour)

the actual loss incurred, up to a maximum of 2.5% of the seasonally adjusted average weekly earnings of a full time adult employee in Tasmania as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the quarter most recently preceding that attendance.

(c) for loss of salary, wages or income resulting from a person's attendance at the Court, if the person is an expert witness

such amount as the Registrar considers just and reasonable in the circumstances.

(2)  Compensation is not payable unless the person incurs an actual loss of salary, wages or income as a result of attending Court.


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