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Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009
176EAttendance allowance
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#### 176E Attendance allowance
(1) The witness is entitled to a payment (the attendance allowance) towards meeting any loss of earnings that the witness incurs when the witness is necessarily absent from the witness’s work to comply with a notice to attend given under subsection 335(2) of the Act.
(2) The amount of the attendance allowance is the amount (the usual pay) that the witness would otherwise have been entitled to receive for performing his or her normal duties during the witness’s absence from work to attend the specified place.
(3) When claiming the attendance allowance, the witness must provide evidence that confirms:
(a) the witness’s usual pay; and
(b) that the witness did not receive the witness’s usual pay for the time when the witness was necessarily absent from the witness’s work to attend the specified place.