{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-allowances-fees-and-expenses-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-allowances-fees-and-expenses-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-allowances-fees-and-expenses-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Professional witness allowance",
  "text": "A professional witness who attends an inquest hearing to give evidence, shall be paid a maximum daily fee of—\nIf the professional witness does not employ a person to take care of his or her practice during his or her absence:\nUp to and including 2 hours\n£83.50\nMore than 2 hours up to and including 4 hours\n£117.00\nMore than 4 hours up to and including 6 hours\n£174.00\nMore than 6 hours\n£234.00\nOr: If the professional witness necessarily incurs expense in the provision of a person to take care of his or her practice during his or her absence:\nUp to and including 2 hours\n£89.00\nMore than 2 hours up to and including 4 hours\n£125.00\nMore than 4 hours\n£250.00",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 5 in force at 25.7.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1615/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:49:16.072636+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}