New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (GENERAL) REGULATION 2001 - REG 20

20 Expenses of persons summonsed

(1) This clause applies to any summons (however described) for the purposes of the Act that is issued at the request of a party and requires a person to do either or both of the following:

(a) attend and give evidence,

(b) attend and produce documents or other things.

(2) Any such person is not required to comply with the summons unless an amount sufficient to meet the reasonable expenses of the person in complying with the summons is paid or tendered to the person at the time of service of the summons or not later than a reasonable time before the day on which the person is required to comply with the summons.

(3) If the person required to comply with the summons is not a party and, in order to comply with the summons, incurs expense or loss substantially exceeding any amount paid under subclause (2), the Commission may order the party who requested the issue of the summons to pay to the person an amount sufficient to make good the expense or loss.