sec.24Allowances to witnesses

### sec.24 Allowances to witnesses Any witness appearing before a commission shall be paid a reasonable sum for the expenses of the witness’s attendance in accordance with the scale prescribed under a regulation. In the absence of a prescribed scale, the chairperson of the commission may authorise the payment of such sum as the chairperson deems reasonable. The claim to allowance of any witness appearing before a commission, certified by the chairperson of the commission, shall be paid by the Treasurer out of moneys to be appropriated by Parliament for the purpose. A regulation may prescribe a scale of allowances to be paid to any witness summoned under this Act for the witness’s travelling expenses and maintenance while absent from the witness’s usual place of abode. s 24 amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 (sec.24-ssec.1) Any witness appearing before a commission shall be paid a reasonable sum for the expenses of the witness’s attendance in accordance with the scale prescribed under a regulation. (sec.24-ssec.2) In the absence of a prescribed scale, the chairperson of the commission may authorise the payment of such sum as the chairperson deems reasonable. (sec.24-ssec.3) The claim to allowance of any witness appearing before a commission, certified by the chairperson of the commission, shall be paid by the Treasurer out of moneys to be appropriated by Parliament for the purpose. (sec.24-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe a scale of allowances to be paid to any witness summoned under this Act for the witness’s travelling expenses and maintenance while absent from the witness’s usual place of abode.