Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Director
General may, and at the direction of the Minister shall, conduct such
investigations, inquiries, study, or research as he considers necessary or
desirable for the purposes of this subdivision, and for the purposes of
informing, and making recommendations to, the Minister on matters related to
the operational and economic stability of the commercial goods vehicle sector
of the transport industry in this State.
(2) For the purposes
of exercising the functions, and discharging the duties imposed on him by this
subdivision, the Director General has the powers, authority, and protection of
a Royal Commission under the Royal Commissions Act 1968 and the
provisions of that Act apply with such modifications as are necessary, to and
in relation to any investigation and inquiry that he may make for the purposes
of this subdivision.
[Section 42D inserted by No. 53 of 1977
s. 4; amended by No. 54 of 1985 s. 32 and 52.]