New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 165

165 Issue of summons

(1) A summons for the purposes of this Act is to be issued by the Industrial Registrar.

(2) Any such summons must be signed by a member of the Commission or the Industrial Registrar or as otherwise provided by the rules of the Commission.

(3) Any such summons may require a person to do any one or more of the following:

(a) attend and confer,

(b) attend and give evidence,

(c) attend and produce documents or other things.

(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the requirements of a summons is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(5) A person does not comply with the requirements of a summons to confer if the person leaves the conference without the permission of the person presiding at the conference.

(6) A summons may be served within or outside the State.