South Australian Consolidated Acts

ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 2002 - SECT 37

37—Conduct of inquiry

        (1)         Subject to any requirement or direction of a Minister under this Part, an inquiry—

            (a)         may be conducted in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate; and

            (b)         may (but need not) involve public hearings.

        (2)         The Commission is not, in the conduct of an inquiry, bound by the rules of evidence.

        (3)         The power of the Commission to make a requirement under Part 5 includes, for the purposes of an inquiry, the power to require that a person attend before the Commission at a specified time and place and that the person answer questions or produce documents or records as required by the Commission.