WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 203

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 203

203 .         Arbitrator’s powers as to witnesses

        (1)         In any proceeding before an arbitrator, the arbitrator may —

            (a)         call any person to give evidence; and

            (b)         examine any witness on oath or affirmation, or by use of a statutory declaration; and

            (c)         examine or cross-examine any witness to such extent as the arbitrator thinks proper; and

            (d)         require any witness to answer questions put to the witness.

        (2)         Nothing in subsection (1) enables an arbitrator to require a witness to answer a question if the witness —

            (a)         is excused by section 206(1) from answering the question; or

            (b)         has a reasonable excuse (other than on the ground mentioned in section 204(1) or 205) for refusing to answer the question.

        [Section 203 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130.]