Coroners (Remuneration of Assessors) Regulations 2010

These Regulations are the Coroners (Remuneration of Assessors) Regulations 2010.

In these Regulations —“assessor” means an assessor appointed under section 32 of the Act to assist a Coroner in the hearing of any inquiry;“attendance in court”, in relation to an assessor, means the attendance of the assessor with a Coroner in the hearing of an inquiry or at any pre‑inquiry review;“authorising officer” means the State Coroner or the Coroner hearing the inquiry for which the assessor was appointed.

An assessor may be allowed for each day’s attendance in court a fixed sum, not exceeding $20, as the authorising officer thinks fit, as transport allowance for travel between the place where his or her attendance is required and his or her place of stay in Singapore, regardless of the mode of transport actually used or the actual expense or charge incurred for the transport.

An assessor must submit his or her claim in respect of his or her remuneration (including the transport allowance) to the authorising officer in any form that the authorising officer may require no later than 2 months after accrual of the claim.

The authorising officer may disallow any claim or part of any claim which, in his or her view, is unreasonable or which has been unnecessarily incurred.

Where the authorising officer approves the remuneration to be paid to an assessor under these Regulations, the authorising officer must issue a certificate certifying the sum to be paid to the assessor.