PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ACT 1998 - SECT 56 Limitation of powers under this Part

PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ACT 1998 - SECT 56

  (1)   The powers under sections   48 and 49, paragraph   50(a) and sections   53 and 54   may be exercised only as provided in this section.

  (2)   The powers may be exercised in relation to:

  (a)   a person holding, or performing the duties of, an office or appointment under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; or

  (b)   a Commonwealth authority.

  (3)   The powers may also be exercised in relation to any person for the purposes of an inquiry to the extent that the subject matter of the inquiry relates to a subject of Commonwealth power.

  (4)   Subsection   (3) does not enable a power to be exercised to the extent that it would impair the capacity of a State to exercise its constitutional powers.