The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations 1988

Made13th June 1988

Laid before Parliament16th June 1988

Coming into force18th July 1988

The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 14(1)(b) and (2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 19851, and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 18th July 1988.

2

In Schedule 1 to the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) Regulations 19862, in Column 3 of the Table, which sets out relevant amounts in relation to allowances payable under those Regulations—

a

for the sums of £52.50 and £105.00 in the entry for regulation 4(a) (locum allowance payable to a professional witness who attends to give evidence) there shall be substituted £56.40 and £112.80 respectively; and

b

for the sums of £35.00, £52.50, £78.80 and £105.00 in the entry for regulation 4(b) (compensatory allowance payable to such witness) there shall be substituted £37.60, £56.40, £84.60 and £112.80 respectively.

3

The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 19873 are hereby revoked.

P. B. B. MayhewHer Majesty’s Attorney General8th June 1988

We approve.

Tony DurantD. LightbownTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury13th June 1988

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the maximum locum and compensatory allowances payable under regulation 4 of the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) Regulations 1986 to a professional witness who, at the instance of the Crown Prosecution Service, attends court to give evidence and thereby incurs certain expenditure or suffers certain loss as described in that regulation.