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(1) Regulations may prescribe the allowances that may be paid by (or on behalf of) senior coroners or the Coroner for Treasure— (a) to witnesses; (b) to persons who produce documents or things by virtue of paragraph 1(1) or (2) of Schedule 5; (c) to persons who provide evidence in the form of a written statement by virtue of paragraph 1(2)(a) of that Schedule. (2) In this paragraph “ witness ” means a person properly attending before a senior coroner to give evidence at an inquest or in connection with the possibility of doing so (whether or not the person actually gives evidence), but does not include— (a) a police officer, member of a police force or member of the tri-service serious crime unit, attending in his or her capacity as such; (b) a full-time officer of an institution to which the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) applies in his or her capacity as such; (c) a prisoner in respect of an occasion on which he or she is conveyed in custody to appear before a senior coroner.