Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Upon the hearing
of the appeal the Board may —
(a) take
evidence on oath or affirmation;
(b)
admit evidence taken at any summary investigation held under the provisions of
sections 23 and 24 and at which the appellant was present and had an
opportunity of hearing the evidence and of giving evidence;
(c)
admit as evidence any statement or document which in its opinion is relevant
to the subject matter of the appeal.
(2) The Board
may —
(a)
issue summonses under the hand of the Chairman or the secretary of the Board
requiring any witnesses to attend before the Board and give evidence, or to
produce to the Board any books, documents or writings in his possession or
under his control, which are relevant to the subject matter of the appeal;
(b)
require any person before the Board to take an oath or affirmation and answer
questions put to him by the Board or by or on behalf of any party to the
appeal.
(3) A person
who —
(a)
refuses or fails to comply with any requirement of a summons issued by the
Board under this section and served on him;
(b)
refuses to take an oath or affirmation when required by the Board;
(c)
without lawful excuse refuses to answer a question which the Board requires
him to answer;
(d)
wilfully interrupts the proceedings of the Board or in the course of the
proceedings behaves offensively to the Chairman or a member,
is guilty of an
offence.
Penalty: $100.
(4) In any proceedings
before the Board any party to the appeal may respectively be represented by
his counsel, solicitor or agent duly appointed in writing for the purpose, who
may examine and cross examine witnesses and address the Board.
[Section 33G inserted by No. 25 of 1954
s. 7; amended by No. 113 of 1965 s. 8.]