Paragraph 5 I1

(1)

Regulations may prescribe the allowances that may be paid by (or on behalf of) senior coroners or the Coroner for Treasure—

(a)

to witnesses;

(b)

to persons who produce documents or things by virtue of paragraph 1(1) or (2) of Schedule 5;

(c)

to persons who provide evidence in the form of a written statement by virtue of paragraph 1(2)(a) of that Schedule.

(2)

In this paragraph “witness” means a person properly attending before a senior coroner to give evidence at an inquest or in connection with the possibility of doing so (whether or not the person actually gives evidence), but does not include—

(a)

a police officer, F1member of a police force or member of the tri-service serious crime unit, attending in his or her capacity as such;

(b)

a full-time officer of an institution to which the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) applies in his or her capacity as such;

(c)

a prisoner in respect of an occasion on which he or she is conveyed in custody to appear before a senior coroner.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(2)(a) substituted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 41; S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4

Commencement

I1: Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 25.7.2013 by S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(m)