New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 164

164 Powers of Commission as to the production of evidence, perjury and contempt

(1) The Commission may exercise the functions of the Supreme Court in relation to:

(a) compelling the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath or affirmation, or by use of a statutory declaration, and

(b) compelling the production, discovery and inspection of records and other documents, and

(c) compelling witnesses to answer questions which the Commission considers to be relevant in any proceeding before it, and

(d) directing that a witness be prosecuted for perjury.

(2) The Commission in Court Session may exercise the functions of the Supreme Court in relation to the apprehension, detention and punishment of persons guilty of contempt of the Commission (including disobedience of any order made by or process issuing out of the Commission).

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a judicial member may exercise the functions of the Supreme Court in relation to the commencement of proceedings for contempt of the Commission.

Note: Section 153 (4) provides that the functions of the Commission relating to the commencement of proceedings for contempt of the Commission may also be exercised by a judicial member.