Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000
19.01Allowances for witnesses
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19.01 Allowances for witnesses
(1) This regulation sets out the allowances for travelling and other expenses that a person summoned by a commissioner to appear as a witness at an inquiry is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth. (2) For subsection 111(4) of the Act, a person is entitled to be paid: (a) reasonable expenses for travelling to and from the place where the person is required to attend; and (b) if the person is required to be absent overnight from his or her usual place of residence—reasonable expenses for meals and accommodation; and (c) if expenses are payable to a person for being a witness—expenses in accordance with the Second Schedule of the High Court Rules 1952.