Statutory Instruments
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
13th May 1987
Laid before Parliament
15th May 1987
Coming into force
22nd June 1987
The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 14(1)(b) and (2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985(1) 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.4) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 22nd June 1987.
2. In Schedule 1 to the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) Regulations 1986(2), in Column 3 of the Table, which sets out relevant amounts in relation to allowances payable under those Regulations-
(a)for the sums of £49.20 and £98.40 in the entry for Regulation 4(a) (locum allowance payable to a professional witness who attends to give evidence) there shall be substituted £52.50 and £105.00 respectively; and
(b)for the sums of £33.70, £49.20, £73.90 and £98.40 in the entry for regulation 4(b) (compensatory allowance payable to such witness) there shall be substituted £35.00, £52.50, £78.80 and £105.00 respectively.
3. The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No.2) Regulations(3) are hereby revoked.
Michael Havers
Her Majesty's Attorney General.
11th May 1987.
We approve.
Timothy Sainsbury
Michael Neubert
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
13th May 1987.
(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.