ROYAL COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS In force under the Royal Commissions Act 1902
- Reprinted as at 31 May 1982 (HISTREG CHAP 15 #DATE 31:05:1982)
*1* Statutory Rules 1927 No. 75 (in force under the Royal Commissions Act 1902); notified in the Gazette and commenced 14 July 1927. ROYAL COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Witnesses' expenses
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ROYAL COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Commissions Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
ROYAL COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations unless the contrary intention appears-
"The Act" means the Royal Commissions Act 1902-1912.
"The scale" means the scale of witnesses' expenses prescribed for witnesses
appearing before the High Court.
ROYAL COMMISSIONS REGULATIONS - SECT. 3.
Witnesses' expenses
3. (1) Witnesses summoned under section two of the Act to attend, and
attending, a Royal Commission to give evidence may be paid expenses in
accordance with the scale.
(2) In cases in which a witness attends a Royal Commission but has not been
summoned in accordance with section two of the Act to so attend, the witness
may, if the Chairman of the Commission or the sole Commissioner, as the case
may be, directs, be paid expenses in accordance with the last preceding
sub-regulation.
(3) In the application of the scale to witnesses to whom these regulations
apply, the Chairman of the Royal Commission or the sole Commissioner, as the
case may be, shall have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions of the
taxing officer under that scale.
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