Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00855:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00855
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 6813–7557

8  Witness fees and allowances
 (1) A person who attends as a witness before a magistrate in a State or Territory in accordance with a summons is entitled to be paid:
 (a) fees and allowances as if the person were attending a court of summary jurisdiction in the State or Territory to give evidence before the court as a witness; or
 (b) in special circumstances, such fees and allowances as the magistrate directs.
 (2) Fees and allowances are payable to a witness under subregulation (1) subject to the deduction of any amount previously paid to the witness for the expenses that he or she has incurred to attend before a magistrate as a witness.
 (3) Fees and allowances are payable by the person at whose request the witness was summoned.