39Allowances to witnesses

39 Allowances to witnesses

39 Allowances to witnesses

(1) The regulations may prescribe a scale of allowances payable to a witness summoned to appear before the Conduct Division for travelling expenses and maintenance while absent from the witness’s usual place of residence.

(2) If the regulations do not prescribe such a scale of allowances, allowances shall be payable as if the witness were a witness in proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(3) The claim to allowance of any witness referred to in this section shall be paid by the Treasurer out of money provided by Parliament.