26Attendance at court

26 Attendance at court

(1)  If an employee is required, due to being subpoenaed or called as a Crown witness in any court, to be absent from duty, the employee is to promptly notify the relevant Head of Agency.

(2)  An employee who is subpoenaed or called as a Crown witness in any court is not entitled to receive any payment for attending at court, other than out-of-pocket expenses approved by the Crown.

(3)  If an employee has attended at any court as a witness during the employee’s normal working hours and has received payment for that attendance, the employee is to pay all amounts so received to the Treasurer and is to lodge a receipt for that payment with the relevant Head of Agency.

(4)  If an employee who is subpoenaed or called as a Crown witness in any court of law is on leave, the employee is not to lose the benefit of that leave, but –

(a) is to be credited with the time that the employee was required to attend at court as a Crown witness; and

(b) is to be permitted to take such extra leave, with pay, at the end of the original period of leave or at a later date according to the requirements of the Agency in which the employee is employed.