Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1054

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

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1988 No. 1054

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations 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 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. 8) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 18th July 1988.

    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 £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 1987^[3] are hereby revoked.

P. B. B. Mayhew

Her Majesty's Attorney General

8th June 1988
We approve.

Tony Durant

D. Lightbown

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

13th June 1988

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.

[1] 1985 c. 23. back

[2] S.I. 1986/405, amended by S.I. 1986/1818, 1987/902, 1636, 1851 and 1988/807. back

[3] S.I. 1987/902. back