PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 58 Evidence and representation
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 58
Evidence and representation(1) In conducting an inquiry, the Commission is not bound by the rules of evidence or any practices or procedures applicable to courts of record and may inform itself on any matter as it sees fit.
(2) The Commission may require a person attending an inquiry, whether in accordance with a notice to attend or otherwise, to give evidence or answer questions on oath or affirmation.
(3) The Commissioner, or a person authorised to do so by the Commissioner, may administer an oath or affirmation to a person for the purposes of subsection (2).
(4) If the Commission agrees, a person attending an inquiry may be accompanied or represented by an Australian legal practitioner or other person.
S. 59 substituted by No. 6/2014 s. 10.