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98: Witness summons
or “Legal document that tells someone they must come to court to give information or bring something important”
You could also call this:

“The Tribunal can decide to pay witnesses for their travel and time, even if they weren't asked to come.”

If you attend a hearing at the Tribunal as a witness, but you weren’t summoned, the Tribunal can decide that you should get money for your travel costs and fees. The amount you get is set by rules made under section 116.

The Tribunal will decide who pays for these costs. It might be one or more of the people involved in the case. Or, if the Tribunal decides, the government might pay for it using money set aside for this purpose.

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or “The Tribunal can ask someone to look into things and report back to help solve problems between tenants and landlords.”
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Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Procedure

98AOther witness expenses

  1. The Tribunal may order that a witness attending a hearing of the Tribunal (other than a witness attending pursuant to a witness summons) shall be entitled to a sum for that witness's travelling allowances, travelling expenses, and fees as prescribed by any rules made under section 116.

  2. The allowances, travelling expenses, and fees payable to a witness pursuant to subsection (1) shall be paid by such party or parties to the proceedings as the Tribunal shall order or, if the Tribunal so decides, shall be met from any appropriation by Parliament for that purpose.

Notes
  • Section 98A: inserted, on , by section 39 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7).