Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 15

             (1)  None of the following is compellable to give evidence:

                     (a)  the Sovereign;

                     (b)  the Governor‑General;

                     (c)  the Governor of a State;

                     (d)  the Administrator of a Territory;

                     (e)  a foreign sovereign or the Head of State of a foreign country.

             (2)  A member of a House of an Australian Parliament is not compellable to give evidence if the member would, if compelled to give evidence, be prevented from attending:

                     (a)  a sitting of that House or a joint sitting of that Parliament; or

                     (b)  a meeting of a committee of that House or that Parliament, being a committee of which he or she is a member.