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COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE BUILDING THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION PROGRAM BILL 2010
2010
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Commission of Inquiry into the Building
the Education Revolution Program Bill
2010
No. , 2010
(Mr Pyne)
A Bill for an Act to establish a Commission of
Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution
Program, and for related purposes
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No. , 2010
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2
Commencement ................................................................................. 2
3
Act binds Crown ................................................................................ 2
4
Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
5
Ministerial responsibility for this Act ................................................ 3
Part 2--Commission of Inquiry into the BER Program
3
Division 1--Establishment and functions of the Commission
3
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Establishment of Commission ........................................................... 3
7
Terms of reference ............................................................................. 3
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Report to the Parliament .................................................................... 4
Division 2--Powers of the Commission
5
9
Hearings ............................................................................................. 5
10
Counsel assisting the Commission ..................................................... 6
11
Power to summon witnesses and take evidence ................................. 6
12
Self-incrimination .............................................................................. 7
13
Statement made by witness not admissible in evidence ..................... 7
14
Arrest of witness failing to appear ..................................................... 7
15
Search warrants .................................................................................. 8
16
Powers of Commission in relation to documents and other
things ................................................................................................. 9
Part 3--Offences
10
17
Unauthorised presence at hearing or publication of evidence .......... 10
18
Failure of witnesses to attend or produce documents ...................... 10
19
Refusal to be sworn or give evidence .............................................. 11
20
Acts or omissions on different days to constitute separate
offences ............................................................................................ 11
21
False or misleading evidence ........................................................... 11
22
Destroying documents or other things ............................................. 11
23
Intimidation or dismissal of witnesses ............................................. 12
24
Preventing witnesses from attending ............................................... 13
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Bribery of witness ............................................................................ 13
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Fraud on witness .............................................................................. 13
27
Contempt of Commission ................................................................ 14
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Part 4--Operation of the Commission
14
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Death or incapacity of Commissioner .............................................. 14
29
Remuneration and allowances ......................................................... 14
30
Staff of the Commission .................................................................. 15
31
Protection of the Commissioner and others ..................................... 15
32
Legal and financial assistance .......................................................... 15
33
Reimbursement of witness expenses ............................................... 16
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Commission may communicate information ................................... 16
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Regulations ...................................................................................... 17
Commission of Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution Program Bill 2010 No. ,
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A Bill for an Act to establish a Commission of
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Inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution
2
Program, and for related purposes
3
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Commission of Inquiry into the
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Building the Education Revolution Program Act 2010.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 Act binds Crown
3
This Act binds the Crown.
4
4 Definitions
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In this Act:
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Agency has the meaning given by section 7 of the Public Service
7
Act 1999.
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Agency Head has the meaning given by section 7 of the Public
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Service Act 1999.
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BER program means the Building the Education Revolution
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program and all its subprograms.
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Commission means the Commission of Inquiry into the BER
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Program established under section 6.
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Commissioner means the Commissioner appointed under
15
section 6.
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Judge means a Judge of a court created by the Parliament or of the
17
Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
18
legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and
19
solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court or of the
20
Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
21
offence against this Act includes an offence against Chapter 7 of
22
the Criminal Code that relates to this Act.
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President means the President of the Senate.
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Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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5 Ministerial responsibility for this Act
1
The Attorney-General is the Minister responsible for administering
2
this Act.
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Part 2--Commission of Inquiry into the BER
4
Program
5
Division 1--Establishment and functions of the
6
Commission
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6 Establishment of Commission
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(1) A Commission is established by this subsection, to be known as the
9
Commission of Inquiry into the BER Program.
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(2) The Commission is constituted by a Commissioner appointed for
11
this subsection by a resolution of each House of the Parliament.
12
(3) A person is not eligible for appointment as Commissioner unless
13
the person is or has been a Judge.
14
7 Terms of reference
15
The Commission is to inquire and advise the Parliament on the
16
following in relation to the BER program:
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(a) what were the protocols, guidelines, procedures and
18
conditions of the BER program that applied to
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Commonwealth officers and agencies, to State and Territory
20
governments and to contractors in relation to planning,
21
allocation of funds, contracting, fees and pricing;
22
(b) were these appropriate to ensure that funds would be
23
allocated to provide the things most needed by schools, that
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there would be compliance with requirements, and that the
25
BER program would achieve value for money;
26
(c) how were they applied in practice and, in particular, what
27
was the response of the Commonwealth to advice and
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correspondence received relating to the design and
1
implementation of the BER program, including warnings in
2
relation to fraud and safety risks;
3
(d) whether all relevant Commonwealth procurement and other
4
guidelines and procedures have been complied with in
5
relation to the BER program.
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8 Report to the Parliament
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(1) The Commission must submit to the President and the Speaker a
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report containing:
9
(a) its findings of fact; and
10
(b) any recommendations relevant to the inquiry that the
11
Commissioner thinks fit.
12
(2) The report must be submitted on or before 1 November 2011,
13
unless that date is extended by a resolution of each House of the
14
Parliament.
15
(3) The Commission must submit with its report a record of so much
16
of the evidence before the Commission as the Commissioner thinks
17
necessary to substantiate its findings of fact and its conclusions.
18
(4) If the Commission is of the opinion that, if any of its findings or
19
conclusions or any of the evidence given before the Commission
20
were to be laid before the Houses of the Parliament:
21
(a) a person who has been or may be charged with an offence
22
might not receive a fair trial for the offence; or
23
(b) the conduct of an investigation of a breach or possible breach
24
of the law, might be prejudiced; or
25
(c) the existence or identity of a confidential source of
26
information in relation to the enforcement or administration
27
of the law might be disclosed or a person enabled to ascertain
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the existence or identity of that source; or
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(d) there might be prejudice to the safety or reputation of a
30
person;
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the Commission may submit those findings or conclusions, or that
1
evidence, to the President and the Speaker in a separate report,
2
together with a statement of its opinion.
3
(5) As soon as practicable after receiving the report and record of
4
evidence, the President and the Speaker must cause copies of the
5
report and record, other than a separate report submitted under
6
subsection (4), to be laid before the Senate and the House of
7
Representatives.
8
Division 2--Powers of the Commission
9
9 Hearings
10
(1) For the purposes of its inquiry the Commission may hold hearings
11
at places in Australia determined by the Commission.
12
(2) A hearing is to be public, unless the Commissioner thinks the
13
circumstances in particular instances require otherwise.
14
(3) A person who appears before the Commission, or who is or is
15
likely to be affected by evidence given before the Commission,
16
may be represented by a legal practitioner.
17
(4) If a hearing is to be conducted in private, the only persons who
18
may be present are persons authorised by the Commissioner and
19
legal practitioners representing them.
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(5) Subject to this Act, a hearing may be conducted as the
21
Commissioner thinks fit.
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(6) The Commission must make a record of a hearing.
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(7) The following must not be published except in accordance with a
24
direction of the Commissioner:
25
(a) evidence given before the Commission;
26
(b) the contents of a document, or a description of a thing,
27
produced to the Commission or seized pursuant to a warrant
28
issued under section 15;
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(c) any information that might enable a person who has given
1
evidence before the Commission to be identified;
2
(d) the fact that any person has given or may be about to give
3
evidence at a hearing.
4
(8) The Commissioner must not give a direction to publish such
5
material if to do so might prejudice the safety or reputation of a
6
person or prejudice the fair trial of a person who has been or might
7
be charged with an offence.
8
10 Counsel assisting the Commission
9
The Commission may appoint a legal practitioner to assist the
10
Commission as counsel, either generally or in relation to a
11
particular matter or matters.
12
11 Power to summon witnesses and take evidence
13
(1) The Commissioner may, by a written summons signed by the
14
Commissioner and served on a person, summon the person to
15
attend a hearing at a time and place specified in the summons:
16
(a) to give evidence; or
17
(b) to produce documents or things specified in the summons.
18
(2) At a hearing, the Commissioner may:
19
(a) require a witness either to take an oath or to make an
20
affirmation; and
21
(b) administer the oath or affirmation to the witness.
22
(3) At a hearing, the following persons may, so far as the
23
Commissioner thinks appropriate, examine or cross-examine any
24
witness on any matter that the Commissioner considers relevant:
25
(a) counsel assisting the Commissioner;
26
(b) a person summoned or otherwise authorised to appear before
27
the Commissioner;
28
(c) a legal practitioner representing a person authorised to appear
29
before the Commissioner.
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(4) The Commissioner may require a witness to answer any question
1
that the Commissioner considers relevant.
2
12 Self-incrimination
3
(1) A person is not excused from producing a document or other thing
4
under paragraph 11(1)(b) on the ground that the document or other
5
thing might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a
6
penalty.
7
(2) A person is not excused from answering a question under
8
subsection 11(4) on the ground that the answer to the question
9
might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a
10
penalty.
11
13 Statement made by witness not admissible in evidence
12
The following are not admissible in evidence in any civil or
13
criminal proceedings, except in proceedings for an offence against
14
this Act:
15
(a) a statement or disclosure made, or a document or thing
16
produced, by a witness in the course of giving evidence
17
before the Commission;
18
(b) any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or
19
indirect consequence of the statement or disclosure or the
20
production of the document or thing.
21
14 Arrest of witness failing to appear
22
(1) If a person served with a summons to attend before the
23
Commission as a witness fails to attend in accordance with the
24
summons, the Commissioner may, on proof of the service of the
25
summons, issue a warrant to arrest the person.
26
(2) A warrant authorises the arrest of the witness, the bringing of the
27
witness before the Commission and the detention of the witness in
28
custody for that purpose until the witness is released by order of
29
the Commissioner.
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(3) A warrant may be executed by any member of the Australian
1
Federal Police or of the police force of a State or Territory, and the
2
person executing the warrant has power to break and enter any
3
place, building or vessel in order execute it.
4
(4) The arrest of the witness under this section does not relieve the
5
witness from any liability incurred by reason of non-compliance
6
with the summons.
7
15 Search warrants
8
(1) The Commissioner may issue a search warrant if:
9
(a) the Commissioner has reasonable grounds for suspecting that
10
there may be relevant material, at that time or within the next
11
24 hours, upon any land or upon or in any premises, vessel,
12
aircraft or vehicle; and
13
(b) the Commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that, if a
14
summons were issued for the production of the material, it
15
might be concealed, lost, mutilated or destroyed.
16
(2) A search warrant authorises a member of the Australian Federal
17
Police or of the Police Force of a State or Territory, in accordance
18
with its terms:
19
(a) to enter upon the land or upon or into the premises, vessel,
20
aircraft or vehicle; and
21
(b) to search the land, premises, vessel, aircraft or vehicle for
22
relevant material; and
23
(c) to seize any relevant items found upon the land or upon or in
24
the premises, vessel, aircraft or vehicle and deliver things
25
seized to the Commission; and
26
(d) to make copies or extracts, including electronic copies or
27
extracts, of any relevant documents found.
28
(3) A search warrant must:
29
(a) state the purpose for which the warrant is issued; and
30
(b) state whether entry is authorised to be made at any time of
31
the day or night; and
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(c) include a description of the kinds of things authorised to be
1
seized; and
2
(d) specify a day, not later than one month after the date of issue
3
of the warrant, at the expiration of which the warrant ceases
4
to have effect.
5
(4) If, in the course of searching for relevant material in accordance
6
with a search warrant, the person executing the warrant finds any
7
other thing that the person believes on reasonable grounds to be
8
connected with that material and the person believes on reasonable
9
grounds that it is necessary to seize that thing in order to prevent its
10
concealment, loss, mutilation or destruction, the warrant authorises
11
the person to seize that thing.
12
(5) For this section, material or a document is relevant if it has
13
evidential value relevant to the Commission's inquiry.
14
16 Powers of Commission in relation to documents and other things
15
(1) The Commission, or a person authorised in writing by the
16
Commissioner, may:
17
(a) inspect any documents or other things produced before, or
18
delivered to, the Commission; and
19
(b) retain the documents or other things for so long as is
20
reasonably necessary for the purposes of the Commission's
21
inquiry; and
22
(c) in the case of documents produced before, or delivered to, the
23
Commission, make copies of matter relevant to the
24
Commission's inquiry.
25
(2) When a document or other thing is no longer needed by the
26
Commission for its inquiry, the Commission is to return the
27
document or thing to the person who appears to be entitled to it, or
28
deal with it at that person's direction.
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Part 3--Offences
1
2
17 Unauthorised presence at hearing or publication of evidence
3
A person commits an offence if:
4
(a) the person is present at a private hearing of the Commission
5
without being authorised under subsection 9 (4); or
6
(b) the person publishes material in contravention of subsection
7
9 (7).
8
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
9
18 Failure of witnesses to attend or produce documents
10
(1) A person commits an offence if, when served with a summons to
11
appear as a witness at a hearing before the Commission:
12
(a) the person fails to attend as required by the summons; or
13
(b) the person fails to attend from day to day unless excused, or
14
released from further attendance, by the Commissioner.
15
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
16
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence in subsection (1) if
17
the person has a reasonable excuse.
18
(3) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing before the
19
Commission commits an offence if the person refuses or fails to
20
produce a document or other thing that the person was required to
21
produce by a summons under this Act served on the person or that
22
the person was required to produce by the Commissioner.
23
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
24
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence in subsection (3) if:
25
(a) the document or other thing was not relevant to the matter
26
into which the Commission was inquiring; or
27
(b) the person has a reasonable excuse.
28
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19 Refusal to be sworn or give evidence
1
A person appearing as a witness at a hearing before the
2
Commission commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse:
3
(a) the person refuses or fails to comply when required pursuant
4
to subsection 11(2) either to take an oath or make an
5
affirmation; or
6
(b) the person refuses or fails to answer a question that the
7
person is required to answer by the Commissioner.
8
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
9
20 Acts or omissions on different days to constitute separate offences
10
If a person commits an offence under section 19, and the person
11
does or omits to do the same thing at a hearing of the Commission
12
held on some other day, each such act or omission constitutes a
13
separate offence.
14
21 False or misleading evidence
15
(1) A person commits an offence if, at a hearing before the
16
Commission, the person gives evidence that is to the knowledge of
17
the person false or misleading with respect to any matter that is
18
material to the inquiry being made by the Commission.
19
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
20
(2) A court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine
21
proceedings in respect of such an offence if the court is satisfied
22
that it is proper to do so and the defendant and prosecutor consent.
23
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
24
22 Destroying documents or other things
25
(1) A person commits an offence if, knowing or having reasonable
26
grounds to believe that a document or other thing is or may be
27
required in evidence before the Commission, the person wilfully:
28
(a) conceals, mutilates or destroys the document or thing; or
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(b) renders the document or thing incapable of identification; or
1
(c) in the case of a document, renders it illegible or
2
indecipherable.
3
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
4
(2) A court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine
5
proceedings in respect of such an offence if the court is satisfied
6
that it is proper to do so and the defendant and the prosecutor
7
consent.
8
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
9
23 Intimidation or dismissal of witnesses
10
(1) A person commits an offence if the person uses, causes, inflicts, or
11
procures any violence, punishment, damage, loss or disadvantage
12
to a person because the person appeared as a witness before the
13
Commission or because of any evidence given by the person before
14
the Commission.
15
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
16
(2) An employer commits an offence if the employer dismisses an
17
employee from employment or prejudices an employee in
18
employment because the employee:
19
(a) appeared as a witness before the Commission; or
20
(b) gave evidence before the Commission; or
21
(c) produced a document or thing pursuant to a summons or
22
requirement under section 11.
23
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
24
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the employee was dismissed or
25
prejudiced in his or her employment for some reason other than the
26
reasons listed in that subsection.
27
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24 Preventing witnesses from attending
1
A person commits an offence if the person wilfully prevents or
2
wilfully endeavours to prevent a person who has been summoned
3
to attend as a witness before the Commission from attending or
4
from producing anything in evidence in accordance with the
5
summons.
6
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
7
25 Bribery of witness
8
A person commits an offence if:
9
(a) the person gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers
10
to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, any
11
property or benefit of any kind to, upon, or for, any person,
12
upon any agreement or understanding that any person called
13
or to be called as a witness before the Commission will give
14
false testimony or withhold true testimony; or
15
(b) the person attempts by any means to induce a person called
16
or to be called as a witness before the Commission to give
17
false testimony or to withhold true testimony; or
18
(c) the person asks, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts to
19
receive or obtain any property or benefit of any kind, whether
20
for the person or for any other person, upon any agreement or
21
understanding that any person will as a witness before the
22
Commission give false testimony or withhold true testimony.
23
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
24
26 Fraud on witness
25
A person commits an offence if the person practises any fraud or
26
deceit, or knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement,
27
representation, token, or writing, to any person called or to be
28
called as a witness before the Commission with intent to affect the
29
testimony of that person as a witness
30
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
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27 Contempt of Commission
1
A person commits an offence if:
2
(a) the person wilfully disturbs or disrupts a hearing of the
3
Commission; or
4
(b) the person makes any statement that is false and defamatory
5
of the Commission; or
6
(c) the person commits any wilful contempt of the Commission.
7
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
8
Part 4--Operation of the Commission
9
10
28 Death or incapacity of Commissioner
11
If the Commissioner dies, becomes physically or mentally
12
incapable of performing his or her functions or, by notice in
13
writing to the President and the Speaker, resigns his or her
14
appointment, the position of Commissioner becomes vacant and
15
the Senate and the House of Representatives are to appoint a new
16
Commissioner in accordance with subsection 6(2).
17
29 Remuneration and allowances
18
(1) The Commissioner is to be paid the remuneration and allowances
19
applicable to an acting Justice of the Federal Court.
20
(2) If a Judge is appointed as the Commissioner, that person is not,
21
while receiving salary or annual allowance as a Judge, entitled to
22
remuneration under this Act.
23
(3) The person appointed as Commissioner ceases to hold office in that
24
capacity 7 days after submitting the report of the Commission to
25
the President and the Speaker.
26
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30 Staff of the Commission
1
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the staff of the Commission are to be
2
persons made available to the Commission by the President and the
3
Speaker.
4
(2) The President and the Speaker may arrange with an Agency Head
5
for the services of officers or employees in that Agency to be made
6
available to the Commission.
7
(3) While a person is performing services for the Commission
8
pursuant to this section, that person must perform his or her
9
functions and duties in accordance with the directions of the
10
Commissioner.
11
31 Protection of the Commissioner and others
12
(1) The Commissioner has, in the performance of his or her functions
13
and the exercise of his or her powers, the same protection and
14
immunity as a Justice of the High Court.
15
(2) A legal practitioner assisting the Commission or representing a
16
person at a hearing before the Commission has the same protection
17
and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in
18
proceedings in the High Court.
19
(3) Subject to this Act, a person summoned to attend or appearing
20
before the Commission as a witness has the same protection as a
21
witness in proceedings in the High Court.
22
32 Legal and financial assistance
23
(1) A person who is appearing or is about to appear, or a person who is
24
entitled to appear, before the Commission may apply to the
25
Minister for assistance under this section.
26
(2) The Minister must obtain the advice of the President and the
27
Speaker in relation to an application.
28
(3) The President and the Speaker may, if they are satisfied that:
29
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(a) it would involve substantial hardship to the person to refuse
1
the application; or
2
(b) the circumstances of the case are of such a nature that the
3
application should be granted;
4
request the Minister to authorise the provision by the
5
Commonwealth to that person such legal or financial assistance in
6
respect of that person's appearance as the President and the
7
Speaker determine.
8
(4) Any request by the President and the Speaker under this section is
9
to be either subject to conditions or unconditional.
10
(5) The Minister must comply with a request under subsection (3).
11
33 Reimbursement of witness expenses
12
(1) A witness who appears before the Commission in answer to a
13
summons may be paid expenses in accordance with the scale that
14
applies to witnesses appearing before the High Court.
15
(2) The Commission may direct that a witness who appears before a
16
Commission without a summons may be paid expenses in
17
accordance with that scale.
18
(3) In applying that scale to a witness, the Commissioner has the
19
powers and functions of the taxing officer.
20
21
34 Commission may communicate information
22
Where, in the course of its inquiry, the Commission obtains
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information that relates, or may relate, to the commission of an
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offence, or evidence of the commission of an offence against a law
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of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, the Commission
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may, if in the opinion of the Commission it is appropriate to do so,
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communicate the information or give the evidence to:
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(a) the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or of a State or
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Territory; or
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(b) the Australian Crime Commission; or
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(c) the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or of the
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Police Force of a State or Territory; or
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(d) the authority or person responsible for the administration or
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enforcement of that law.
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The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with
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this Act, prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
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(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
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giving effect to this Act.
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