Statutory Instruments
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
28th April 1988
Laid before Parliament
29th April 1988
Coming into force
23rd May 1988
The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 14(1)(b) and (2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985(1), and with the approval of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 23rd May 1988.
2. In Schedule 1 to the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) Regulations 1986(2), in Column 3 of the Table, which sets out relevant amounts in relation to allowances payable under those Regulations—
(a)for the sum of £27.50 in the entry for regulation 6(a) (financial loss allowance in respect of certain expenditure incurred by a witness who attends to give evidence other than professional or expert evidence) there shall be substituted £29.70; and
(b)for the sums of £13.75 and £27.50 in the entry for regulation 6(b) (financial loss allowance in respect of certain losses suffered by such a witness) there shall be substituted £14.85 and £29.70 respectively.
3. Regulation 3 of the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 1987(3) is hereby revoked.
P.B.B. Mayhew
Her Majesty’s Attorney General
26th April 1988
We approve,
Mark Lennox-Boyd
D. Lightbown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
28th April 1988
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations increase the maximum financial loss allowances payable under regulation 6 of the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses' Allowances) Regulations 1986 to a witness other than a professional or expert witness who, at the instance of the Crown Prosecution Service, attends court to give evidence and thereby incurs certain expenditure or suffers certain loss as described in that regulation.