sch.1-sec.8Fee for other persons for attending inquest to give evidence

sch.1-sec.8 Fee for other persons for attending inquest to give evidence

The fee payable to a person for attending an inquest to give evidence, other than a person to whom section 7 applies, is the fee that is equal to the prosecution witness allowances that would be payable to the person if— the inquest were a criminal proceeding in a court; and the person were a prosecution witness attending court to give evidence in the criminal proceeding. In this section— prosecution witness see the Criminal Practice (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2021 , schedule 3 . prosecution witness allowance means an amount payable to a prosecution witness under the Criminal Practice (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2021 , section 7 . sch 1 s 8 amd 2017 SL No. 52 s 7 ; 2021 SL No. 127 s 14 (sch.1-sec.8-ssec.1) The fee payable to a person for attending an inquest to give evidence, other than a person to whom section 7 applies, is the fee that is equal to the prosecution witness allowances that would be payable to the person if— the inquest were a criminal proceeding in a court; and the person were a prosecution witness attending court to give evidence in the criminal proceeding. (sch.1-sec.8-ssec.2) In this section— prosecution witness see the Criminal Practice (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2021 , schedule 3 . prosecution witness allowance means an amount payable to a prosecution witness under the Criminal Practice (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2021 , section 7 .

• (a) the inquest were a criminal proceeding in a court; and
• (b) the person were a prosecution witness attending court to give evidence in the criminal proceeding.