Regulation 6 Allowances to professional witnesses for attendance
(1)
A professional witness shall be entitled for attending to give professional evidence on any day to receive a professional witness allowance, which may be either—
(a)
where the witness has necessarily incurred expenditure in providing a substitute professional person to take care of his practice during that day, a locum allowance of an amount equal to actual expenditure incurred not exceeding the relevant amount; or
(b)
where no claim is made under sub-paragraph (a) above, a compensatory allowance of the relevant amount.
(2)
This regulation does not apply to an expert witness attending to give expert evidence.