# The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' etc. Allowances) Regulations 1988, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1862/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crown-prosecution-service-witnesses-etc-allowances-regulations-1988/regulation-6
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