Victorian Consolidated Regulations

VICTORIA POLICE (FEES AND CHARGES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 5

r. 5

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner may impose charges for services provided by police officers and Victoria Police employees—

        (a)     who provide information or services as a defence witness in a criminal proceeding or as a witness for any other party in a civil proceeding; or

        (b)     who are required to search relevant police files and provide information from those files or supervise the examination of files; or

        (c)     who provide information or services in an interview by a member of the public about an incident or accident reported to Victoria Police including a search of files; or

        (d)     who are required to provide a sworn affidavit.

    (2)     The charges for the services of a police officer or Victoria Police employee under subregulation (1) are set out in Schedule 1 and are to be calculated at the following rates—

        (a)     for the first hour or part of an hour at the applicable rate set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 for a person of the rank or class specified in column 1 in that Schedule; and

        (b)     for each half hour or part of a half hour in addition to the first hour referred to in paragraph (a), at the applicable rate set out in column 3 of Schedule 1.

    (3)     For the purposes of this regulation, the time charged for provision of documents or other information includes each half hour of preparation time required in searching for, extracting and reviewing those documents or other information.