74Meals

74 Meals

(1) A witness who is called to give evidence at the Coroners Court and who is necessarily absent from their home by reason of the attendance at Court is entitled to the following allowances set out in Table 1 for meals during their absence if the witness is absent from their home overnight.

Table 1

(2) A witness who is called to give evidence at the Coroners Court and who is necessarily absent from their home by reason of the attendance at Court is entitled to the following allowances set out in Table 2 for meals during their absence if the witness is absent for a part of a day only, departing and returning the same day.

Table 2

| Breakfast | $12.40 | | Lunch | $12.40 | | Dinner | $16.50 | | Total | $41.30 |

(3) Despite paragraph (1) or (2), a witness is only entitled to an allowance—

(a) for breakfast, if they are absent from their home between 7.00 a.m. and 9.30 a.m.;

(b) for lunch, if they are absent from their home between 12.00 p.m. and 3.00 p.m.; and

(c) for dinner, if they are absent from their home between 5.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m..