67Attendance fees where staff members etc. attend coronial inquiry

#### 67 Attendance fees where staff members etc. attend coronial inquiry (1) If: (a) a Commissioner, staff member or consultant appears as a witness in a coronial inquiry; and (b) the Commissioner, staff member or consultant is asked to give an expert opinion; and (c) the ATSB has issued a certificate under section 65 for the Commissioner, staff member or consultant in relation to a matter that is being investigated at the coronial inquiry; then the State or Territory concerned is liable to pay a fee to the Commonwealth in respect of the expenses of that attendance. (2) The amount of the fee, and the due date for payment, are to be determined under the regulations. (3) If the fee remains unpaid, then it can be recovered by the Commonwealth as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.