{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-prosecution-service-witnesses-etc-allowances-regulations-1988/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-prosecution-service-witnesses-etc-allowances-regulations-1988/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1862",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' etc. Allowances) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-prosecution-service-witnesses-etc-allowances-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise —\n“appropriate officer” means any member of the Crown Prosecution Service as may be designated by the Director for any of the purposes of these Regulations;\n“interpreter” shall be construed in accordance with the qualification imposed by regulation 4(1)(b) below;\n“professional witness” means a witness practising as a member of the legal or medical profession or as an accountant, dentist or veterinary surgeon; and\n“relevant amount” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 5 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1862/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:54.577466+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."
}