Regulation 29 Payment of fees and expenses of independent persons

Subject to paragraph (2), a charging authority which appoints an independent person for the purposes of an examination must defray the fees and expenses of that person.

Where two or more draft charging schedules are examined at the same examination, the fees and expenses of an independent person must be defrayed by each of the charging authorities whose draft charging schedules are the subjects of the examination.

This regulation does not apply where the fees and expenses of the independent person are paid by the Secretary of State and recoverable by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 30.