Queensland Consolidated Regulations

CRIMINAL PRACTICE RULES 1999 - REG 111

111 Witnesses’ travelling expenses

(1) This rule applies to a witness who is served by a police officer with an order or notice requiring the witness to attend before the court or an examiner under this division.

(2) If the police officer considers it necessary, the police officer may pay to the witness a reasonable amount for the witness’s travelling expenses from the witness’s place of residence to the place stated in the order or notice as the place for the examination.

(3) The amount paid to the witness under subrule (2) must not be more than the amount approved by the Crown law officer for the travelling expenses.

(4) The police officer must give to the registrar a certificate certifying the amount paid to the witness.

(5) The amount certified under subrule (4) is taken to be a cost of the prosecution.