QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 97 Requiring witness to attend or produce document or thing

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 97

97 Requiring witness to attend or produce document or thing

(1) The tribunal or the principal registrar may, by written notice, require a person to—

(a) attend at a stated hearing of a proceeding to give evidence; or

(b) produce a stated document or other thing to the tribunal.

Note—

See section 214 for consequences of failing to comply with a notice under this subsection.

(2) The tribunal may give a notice under subsection (1) on the application of a party to a proceeding or on its own initiative.

(3) The principal registrar may give a notice under subsection (1) on the application of a party to a proceeding.

(4) A person who is given a notice under subsection (1) is entitled to be paid the fees and allowances prescribed under a regulation or, if no fees and allowances are prescribed, the fees and allowances decided by the tribunal.

(5) Fees and allowances payable to a person under subsection (4) must be paid—

(a) if the person was given the notice on the application of a party to the proceeding—by the party; or

(b) otherwise—by all of the parties in the proportions decided by the tribunal.

(6) The fees and allowances must be paid at the time prescribed under a regulation.