Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Building Industry, Cape of Good Hope

Re-enactment and Amendment of Main Collective Agreement

Annexure A : Rules for Conciliating and Arbitrating Disputes in the Building Industry Bargaining Council (Rules)

Part H : General

38. Payment of witness fees
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(1)A witness subpoenaed in any proceedings in the Council must be paid a witness fee in accordance with the tariff of allowances published by notice in the Gazette in terms of section 142 (7) of the Act.

 

(2)The witness fee must be paid by—
(a)the party who requested the Council to issue the subpoena; or
(b)the Council, if the issue of the subpoena was not requested by a party or if the Council waives the requirement to pay witness fees in terms of section 142(7)(c).

 

(3)Notwithstanding sub-rule (1), the Council commissioner may, in appropriate circumstances, order that a witness receive no fee or only part of the prescribed fee.