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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Procedure and powers

284: Witnesses' allowances

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“Getting paid for being a witness at the Environment Court”

If you are a witness at the Environment Court, you can get paid for your expenses. You get paid by the person who asked you to come to court. This includes money for travelling and food while you are away from home. You get paid according to the rules in the District Court Act 2016. The court can decide who pays your expenses, and they might say it comes out of the court costs or that the government pays it.

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Part 11 Environment Court
Procedure and powers

284Witnesses' allowances

  1. A witness attending the Environment Court in accordance with a summons is entitled to be paid, by the party requiring his or her attendance, expenses for travelling and maintenance while absent from his or her usual residence.

  2. Payment of expenses shall be made in accordance with the scale of allowances for witnesses in civil cases under the District Court Act 2016.

  3. When a witness is called or evidence is obtained by the court, the court may direct that the expenses incurred—

  4. form part of the costs of the proceedings; or
    1. be paid from money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

      Notes
      • Section 284(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
      • Section 284(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
      • Section 284(3): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).