New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1923 - SECT 7

7 Right of appearance

(1) Any counsel or solicitor appointed by the Crown to assist the commission may appear at the inquiry.

(2) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the chairperson, or of the sole commissioner, as the case may be, that any person is substantially and directly interested in any subject-matter of the inquiry, or that the person’s conduct in relation to any such matter has been challenged to the person’s detriment, the chairperson or sole commissioner may authorise such person to appear at the inquiry, and may allow the person to be represented by counsel or solicitor.

(3) Any counsel or solicitor so appointed and any person so authorised or the person’s counsel or solicitor may with the leave of the chairperson or of the sole commissioner, as the case may be, examine or cross-examine any witness on any matter which the commissioner deems relevant to the inquiry, and any witness so examined or cross-examined shall have the same protection and be subject to the same liabilities as if examined by the commissioner.