South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In the exercise of
its powers and functions under this Act, or under any other Act that confers
jurisdiction on the Appeal Board, the Board may—
(a) by
summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board, require the
attendance before the Board of any person; or
(b) by
summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board, require the
production of any books, papers or documents; or
(c)
inspect any books, papers or documents produced before the Board and retain
them for such reasonable period as it thinks fit and make copies of any of
them or of any of their contents; or
(d)
require any person to make an oath or affirmation that he will truly answer
all questions put to him by the Board relating to any matter being inquired
into by the Board (which oath or affirmation may be administered by any member
of the Board); or
(e)
require any person appearing before the Board (including any person whose
conduct is subject to inquiry by the Board) to answer any relevant questions
put to him by any member of the Board or by any other person appearing before
the Board.
(2) Subject to
subsection (3), if any person—
(a) who
has been served with a summons to attend before the Appeal Board fails without
reasonable excuse (proof of which shall lie upon him) to attend in obedience
to the summons; or
(b) who
has been served with a summons to produce any books, papers or documents fails
without reasonable excuse (proof of which shall lie upon him) to comply with
the summons; or
(c)
misbehaves himself before the Board, wilfully insults the Board or any member
of the Board or interrupts the proceedings of the Board; or
(d)
refuses to be sworn or to affirm or to answer any relevant question when
required to do so by the Board,
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding five
hundred dollars.
(3) A person shall not
be obliged to answer a question put to him under this section if the answer to
that question would tend to incriminate him, or to produce any books, papers
or documents if their contents would tend to incriminate him.
(4) In the course of
any proceedings, the Appeal Board may—
(a)
receive in evidence any transcript of evidence in proceedings before a court
and draw any conclusions of fact from the evidence that it considers proper;
or
(b)
adopt, as in its discretion it considers proper, any findings, decision or
judgment of a court that may be relevant to the proceedings.