8Witness fees and allowances

8 Witness fees and allowances

(1) A person who attends as a witness before a magistrate in a State or Territory in accordance with a summons is entitled to be paid: (a) fees and allowances as if the person were attending a court of summary jurisdiction in the State or Territory to give evidence before the court as a witness; or (b) in special circumstances, such fees and allowances as the magistrate directs. (2) Fees and allowances are payable to a witness under subregulation (1) subject to the deduction of any amount previously paid to the witness for the expenses that he or she has incurred to attend before a magistrate as a witness. (3) Fees and allowances are payable by the person at whose request the witness was summoned.