Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Witnesses summoned to attend, and attending, a Board or Commissioner under the Inquiries Act may be paid allowances in accordance with the scale of witnesses' expenses prescribed for witnesses appearing before the High Court.
(2) In the application of the scale to any such witness, the Chairman of the Board or the Commissioner, as the case may be, shall have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions of the taxing officer under that scale and a reference to a Court in that scale shall be read as a reference to an inquiry.