Section 1 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 322/2012, effective November 9, 2012.
1 Subject to section 3 (3), a person is entitled to receive the following fee for each day that he or she is required to attend at a sitting or trial:
Section 3 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 322/2012, effective November 9, 2012.
Reimbursement for expenses
3 (1) A person referred to in section 1 is, subject to subsections (2) and (3), entitled to be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable travelling, lodging and other expenses incurred by the person as a result of sitting as a juror.
(2) The expenses to which a person is entitled under subsection (1) must be ascertained and approved by the sheriff who may, for that purpose, require the person to provide a declaration as to those expenses.
(3) A person who makes a false declaration to the sheriff under subsection (2) respecting the person's expenses
(a) is not entitled to receive any payment under this regulation, and
(b) is subject to any other penalty to which the person may be subject as a result of the making of the false declaration.
[am. B.C. Reg. 378/2002, s. 2.]
Section 3 (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 38/2020, effective February 28, 2020.
(b) $0.50 per kilometre for travel costs to and from the courthouse to attend a sitting or trial for travel in excess of 32 km per day if the juror uses his or her own vehicle;
Section 4 (b) and (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 322/2012, effective November 9, 2012.
(b) an employee of the Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry Responsible for Treaty Negotiations of British Columbia;
(c) an employee of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia, with the exception of employees of that Ministry who work in the Liquor Distribution Branch.