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2013-2014-2015
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Iron Ore Supply and Demand
(Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2015
No. , 2015
(Mr Katter)
A Bill for an Act to establish a Commission of
Inquiry into Iron Ore Supply and Demand, and for
related purposes
No. , 2015
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Act binds Crown ................................................................................ 2
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
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Ministerial responsibility for this Act ................................................ 3
Part 2--Commission of Inquiry into Iron Ore Supply and
Demand
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Division 1--Establishment and functions of the Commission
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Establishment of Commission ........................................................... 3
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Terms of reference ............................................................................. 4
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Report to the Parliament .................................................................... 4
Division 2--Powers of the Commission
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Hearings ............................................................................................. 5
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Counsel assisting the Commission ..................................................... 6
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Power to summon witnesses and take evidence ................................. 6
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Arrest of witness failing to appear ..................................................... 7
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Search warrants .................................................................................. 7
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Powers of Commission in relation to documents and other
things ................................................................................................. 8
Part 3--Offences
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Unauthorised presence at hearing or publication of evidence ............ 9
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Failure of witnesses to attend or produce documents ........................ 9
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Refusal to be sworn or give evidence .............................................. 10
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Acts or omissions on different days to constitute separate
offences ............................................................................................ 10
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False or misleading evidence ........................................................... 10
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Destroying documents or other things ............................................. 11
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Intimidation or dismissal of witnesses ............................................. 11
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Preventing witnesses from attending ............................................... 12
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Bribery of witness ............................................................................ 12
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Fraud on witness .............................................................................. 12
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Contempt of Commission ................................................................ 13
Part 4--Operation of the Commission
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Death or incapacity of Commissioner .............................................. 13
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Remuneration and allowances ......................................................... 13
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Staff of the Commission .................................................................. 14
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Protection of the Commissioner and others ..................................... 14
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Legal and financial assistance .......................................................... 14
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Reimbursement of witness expenses ............................................... 15
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Commission may communicate information ................................... 15
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Rules ................................................................................................ 16
No. , 2015
Iron Ore Supply and Demand (Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2015
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A Bill for an Act to establish a Commission of
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Inquiry into Iron Ore Supply and Demand, and for
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related purposes
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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 Iron Ore Supply and Demand
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(Commission of Inquiry) Act 2015.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Act binds Crown
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This Act binds the Crown.
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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
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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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Commission means the Commission of Inquiry into Iron Ore
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Supply and Demand established under section 6.
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Commissioner means the Commissioner appointed under
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section 6.
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Judge means a Judge of a court created by the Parliament or of the
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Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
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legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and
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solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court or of the
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Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
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offence against this Act includes an offence against Chapter 7 of
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the Criminal Code that relates to this Act.
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President means the President of the Senate.
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rules means rules made under section 33.
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Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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5 Ministerial responsibility for this Act
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The Attorney-General is the Minister responsible for administering
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this Act.
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Part 2--Commission of Inquiry into Iron Ore
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Supply and Demand
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Division 1--Establishment and functions of the
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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
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Commission of Inquiry into Iron Ore Supply and Demand.
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(2) The Commission is constituted by a Commissioner appointed for
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this subsection by a resolution of each House of the Parliament.
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(3) A person is not eligible for appointment as Commissioner unless
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the person is or has been a Judge.
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Part 2 Commission of Inquiry into Iron Ore Supply and Demand
Division 1 Establishment and functions of the Commission
Section 7
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7 Terms of reference
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The Commission is to inquire and advise the Parliament on:
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(a) whether the increases in production of iron ore by certain
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companies:
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(i) have been a conscious effort to eliminate their
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competitors; or
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(ii) are simply a callous disregard for the interests of their
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shareholders and the countries in which they operate;
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and
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(b) the likely effect of any Government initiatives, along with
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those of other iron ore producing companies, to scale back
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production.
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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:
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(a) its findings of fact; and
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(b) any recommendations relevant to the inquiry that the
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Commissioner thinks fit.
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(2) The report must be submitted on or before the end of the period of
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3 months starting on the commencement of this section, unless that
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period is extended by a resolution of each House of the Parliament.
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(3) The Commission must submit with its report a record of so much
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of the evidence before the Commission as the Commissioner thinks
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necessary to substantiate its findings of fact and its conclusions.
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(4) If the Commission is of the opinion that, if any of its findings or
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conclusions or any of the evidence given before the Commission
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were to be laid before the Houses of the Parliament:
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(a) a person who has been or may be charged with an offence
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might not receive a fair trial for the offence; or
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(b) the conduct of an investigation of a breach or possible breach
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of the law, might be prejudiced; or
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(c) the existence or identity of a confidential source of
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information in relation to the enforcement or administration
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Powers of the Commission Division 2
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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
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person;
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the Commission may submit those findings or conclusions, or that
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evidence, to the President and the Speaker in a separate report,
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together with a statement of its opinion.
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(5) As soon as practicable after receiving the report and record of
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evidence, the President and the Speaker must cause copies of the
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report and record, other than a separate report submitted under
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subsection (4), to be laid before the Senate and the House of
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Representatives.
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Division 2--Powers of the Commission
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9 Hearings
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(1) For the purposes of its inquiry the Commission may hold hearings
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at places in Australia determined by the Commission.
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(2) A hearing is to be public, unless the Commissioner thinks the
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circumstances in particular instances require otherwise.
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(3) A person who appears before the Commission, or who is or is
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likely to be affected by evidence given before the Commission,
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may be represented by a legal practitioner.
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(4) If a hearing is to be conducted in private, the only persons who
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may be present are persons authorised by the Commissioner and
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legal practitioners representing them.
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(5) Subject to this Act, a hearing may be conducted as the
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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
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direction of the Commissioner:
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(a) evidence given before the Commission;
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(b) the contents of a document, or a description of a thing,
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produced to the Commission or seized pursuant to a warrant
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issued under section 13;
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(c) any information that might enable a person who has given
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evidence before the Commission to be identified;
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(d) the fact that any person has given or may be about to give
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evidence at a hearing.
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(8) The Commissioner must not give a direction to publish such
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material if to do so might prejudice the safety or reputation of a
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person or prejudice the fair trial of a person who has been or might
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be charged with an offence.
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10 Counsel assisting the Commission
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The Commission may appoint a legal practitioner to assist the
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Commission as counsel, either generally or in relation to a
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particular matter or matters.
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11 Power to summon witnesses and take evidence
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(1) The Commissioner may, by a written summons signed by the
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Commissioner and served on a person, summon the person to
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attend a hearing at a time and place specified in the summons:
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(a) to give evidence; or
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(b) to produce documents or things specified in the summons.
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(2) At a hearing, the Commissioner may:
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(a) require a witness either to take an oath or to make an
23
affirmation; and
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(b) administer the oath or affirmation to the witness.
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(3) At a hearing, the following persons may, so far as the
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Commissioner thinks appropriate, examine or cross-examine any
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witness on any matter that the Commissioner considers relevant:
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(a) counsel assisting the Commissioner;
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(b) a person summoned or otherwise authorised to appear before
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the Commissioner;
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(c) a legal practitioner representing a person authorised to appear
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before the Commissioner.
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(4) The Commissioner may require a witness to answer any question
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that the Commissioner considers relevant.
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12 Arrest of witness failing to appear
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(1) If a person served with a summons to attend before the
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Commission as a witness fails to attend in accordance with the
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summons, the Commissioner may, on proof of the service of the
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summons, issue a warrant to arrest the person.
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(2) A warrant authorises the arrest of the witness, the bringing of the
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witness before the Commission and the detention of the witness in
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custody for that purpose until the witness is released by order of
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the Commissioner.
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(3) A warrant may be executed by any member of the Australian
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Federal Police or of the police force of a State or Territory, and the
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person executing the warrant has power to break and enter any
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place, building or vessel in order execute it.
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(4) The arrest of the witness under this section does not relieve the
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witness from any liability incurred by reason of non-compliance
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with the summons.
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13 Search warrants
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(1) The Commissioner may issue a search warrant if:
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(a) the Commissioner has reasonable grounds for suspecting that
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there may be relevant material, at that time or within the next
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24 hours, upon any land or upon or in any premises, vessel,
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aircraft or vehicle; and
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(b) the Commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that, if a
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summons were issued for the production of the material, it
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might be concealed, lost, mutilated or destroyed.
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(2) A search warrant authorises a member of the Australian Federal
30
Police or of the Police Force of a State or Territory, in accordance
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with its terms:
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Section 14
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(a) to enter upon the land or upon or into the premises, vessel,
1
aircraft or vehicle; and
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(b) to search the land, premises, vessel, aircraft or vehicle for
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relevant material; and
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(c) to seize any relevant items found upon the land or upon or in
5
the premises, vessel, aircraft or vehicle and deliver things
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seized to the Commission; and
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(d) to make copies or extracts, including electronic copies or
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extracts, of any relevant documents found.
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(3) A search warrant must:
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(a) state the purpose for which the warrant is issued; and
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(b) state whether entry is authorised to be made at any time of
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the day or night; and
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(c) include a description of the kinds of things authorised to be
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seized; and
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(d) specify a day, not later than one month after the date of issue
16
of the warrant, at the expiration of which the warrant ceases
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to have effect.
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(4) If, in the course of searching for relevant material in accordance
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with a search warrant, the person executing the warrant finds any
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other thing that the person believes on reasonable grounds to be
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connected with that material and the person believes on reasonable
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grounds that it is necessary to seize that thing in order to prevent its
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concealment, loss, mutilation or destruction, the warrant authorises
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the person to seize that thing.
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(5) For this section, material or a document is relevant if it has
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evidential value relevant to the Commission's inquiry.
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14 Powers of Commission in relation to documents and other things
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(1) The Commission, or a person authorised in writing by the
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Commissioner, may:
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(a) inspect any documents or other things produced before, or
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delivered to, the Commission; and
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(b) retain the documents or other things for so long as is
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reasonably necessary for the purposes of the Commission's
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inquiry; and
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(c) in the case of documents produced before, or delivered to, the
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Commission, make copies of matter relevant to the
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Commission's inquiry.
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(2) When a document or other thing is no longer needed by the
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Commission for its inquiry, the Commission is to return the
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document or thing to the person who appears to be entitled to it, or
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deal with it at that person's direction.
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Part 3--Offences
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15 Unauthorised presence at hearing or publication of evidence
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A person commits an offence if:
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(a) the person is present at a private hearing of the Commission
15
without being authorised under subsection 9(4); or
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(b) the person publishes material in contravention of
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subsection 9(7).
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
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16 Failure of witnesses to attend or produce documents
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(1) A person commits an offence if, when served with a summons to
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appear as a witness at a hearing before the Commission:
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(a) the person fails to attend as required by the summons; or
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(b) the person fails to attend from day to day unless excused, or
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released from further attendance, by the Commissioner.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
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(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence in subsection (1) if
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the person has a reasonable excuse.
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(3) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing before the
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Commission commits an offence if the person refuses or fails to
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Part 3 Offences
Section 17
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produce a document or other thing that the person was required to
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produce by a summons under this Act served on the person or that
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the person was required to produce by the Commissioner.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
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(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence in subsection (3) if:
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(a) the document or other thing was not relevant to the matter
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into which the Commission was inquiring; or
7
(b) the person has a reasonable excuse.
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17 Refusal to be sworn or give evidence
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A person appearing as a witness at a hearing before the
10
Commission commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse:
11
(a) the person refuses or fails to comply when required pursuant
12
to subsection 11(2) either to take an oath or make an
13
affirmation; or
14
(b) the person refuses or fails to answer a question that the
15
person is required to answer by the Commissioner.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
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18 Acts or omissions on different days to constitute separate offences
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If a person commits an offence under section 17, and the person
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does or omits to do the same thing at a hearing of the Commission
20
held on some other day, each such act or omission constitutes a
21
separate offence.
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19 False or misleading evidence
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(1) A person commits an offence if, at a hearing before the
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Commission, the person gives evidence that is to the knowledge of
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the person false or misleading with respect to any matter that is
26
material to the inquiry being made by the Commission.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
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(2) A court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine
1
proceedings in respect of such an offence if the court is satisfied
2
that it is proper to do so and the defendant and prosecutor consent.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
4
20 Destroying documents or other things
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(1) A person commits an offence if, knowing or having reasonable
6
grounds to believe that a document or other thing is or may be
7
required in evidence before the Commission, the person wilfully:
8
(a) conceals, mutilates or destroys the document or thing; or
9
(b) renders the document or thing incapable of identification; or
10
(c) in the case of a document, renders it illegible or
11
indecipherable.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
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(2) A court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine
14
proceedings in respect of such an offence if the court is satisfied
15
that it is proper to do so and the defendant and the prosecutor
16
consent.
17
21 Intimidation or dismissal of witnesses
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(1) A person commits an offence if the person uses, causes, inflicts, or
19
procures any violence, punishment, damage, loss or disadvantage
20
to a person because the person appeared as a witness before the
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Commission or because of any evidence given by the person before
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the Commission.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
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(2) An employer commits an offence if the employer dismisses an
25
employee from employment or prejudices an employee in
26
employment because the employee:
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(a) appeared as a witness before the Commission; or
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(b) gave evidence before the Commission; or
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(c) produced a document or thing pursuant to a summons or
30
requirement under section 11.
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Section 22
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
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(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the employee was dismissed or
2
prejudiced in his or her employment for some reason other than the
3
reasons listed in that subsection.
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22 Preventing witnesses from attending
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A person commits an offence if the person wilfully prevents or
6
wilfully endeavours to prevent a person who has been summoned
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to attend as a witness before the Commission from attending or
8
from producing anything in evidence in accordance with the
9
summons.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
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23 Bribery of witness
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A person commits an offence if:
13
(a) the person gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers
14
to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, any
15
property or benefit of any kind to, upon, or for, any person,
16
upon any agreement or understanding that any person called
17
or to be called as a witness before the Commission will give
18
false testimony or withhold true testimony; or
19
(b) the person attempts by any means to induce a person called
20
or to be called as a witness before the Commission to give
21
false testimony or to withhold true testimony; or
22
(c) the person asks, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts to
23
receive or obtain any property or benefit of any kind, whether
24
for the person or for any other person, upon any agreement or
25
understanding that any person will as a witness before the
26
Commission give false testimony or withhold true testimony.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
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24 Fraud on witness
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A person commits an offence if the person practises any fraud or
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deceit, or knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement,
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representation, token, or writing, to any person called or to be
1
called as a witness before the Commission with intent to affect the
2
testimony of that person as a witness
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
4
25 Contempt of Commission
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A person commits an offence if:
6
(a) the person wilfully disturbs or disrupts a hearing of the
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Commission; or
8
(b) the person makes any statement that is false and defamatory
9
of the Commission; or
10
(c) the person commits any wilful contempt of the Commission.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
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Part 4--Operation of the Commission
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26 Death or incapacity of Commissioner
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If the Commissioner dies, becomes physically or mentally
16
incapable of performing his or her functions or, by notice in
17
writing to the President and the Speaker, resigns his or her
18
appointment, the position of Commissioner becomes vacant and
19
the Senate and the House of Representatives are to appoint a new
20
Commissioner in accordance with subsection 6(2).
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27 Remuneration and allowances
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(1) The Commissioner is to be paid the remuneration and allowances
23
applicable to an acting Justice of the Federal Court.
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(2) If a Judge is appointed as the Commissioner, that person is not,
25
while receiving salary or annual allowance as a Judge, entitled to
26
remuneration under this Act.
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Section 28
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(3) The person appointed as Commissioner ceases to hold office in that
1
capacity 7 days after submitting the report of the Commission to
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the President and the Speaker.
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28 Staff of the Commission
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(1) Subject to subsection (2), the staff of the Commission are to be
5
persons made available to the Commission by the President and the
6
Speaker.
7
(2) The President and the Speaker may arrange with an Agency Head
8
for the services of officers or employees in that Agency to be made
9
available to the Commission.
10
(3) While a person is performing services for the Commission
11
pursuant to this section, that person must perform his or her
12
functions and duties in accordance with the directions of the
13
Commissioner.
14
29 Protection of the Commissioner and others
15
(1) The Commissioner has, in the performance of his or her functions
16
and the exercise of his or her powers, the same protection and
17
immunity as a Justice of the High Court.
18
(2) A legal practitioner assisting the Commission or representing a
19
person at a hearing before the Commission has the same protection
20
and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in
21
proceedings in the High Court.
22
(3) Subject to this Act, a person summoned to attend or appearing
23
before the Commission as a witness has the same protection as a
24
witness in proceedings in the High Court.
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30 Legal and financial assistance
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(1) A person who is appearing or is about to appear, or a person who is
27
entitled to appear, before the Commission may apply to the
28
Minister for assistance under this section.
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(2) The Minister must obtain the advice of the President and the
1
Speaker in relation to an application.
2
(3) The President and the Speaker may, if they are satisfied that:
3
(a) it would involve substantial hardship to the person to refuse
4
the application; or
5
(b) the circumstances of the case are of such a nature that the
6
application should be granted;
7
request the Minister to authorise the provision by the
8
Commonwealth to that person such legal or financial assistance in
9
respect of that person's appearance as the President and the
10
Speaker determine.
11
(4) Any request by the President and the Speaker under this section is
12
to be either subject to conditions or unconditional.
13
(5) The Minister must comply with a request under subsection (3).
14
31 Reimbursement of witness expenses
15
(1) A witness who appears before the Commission in answer to a
16
summons may be paid expenses in accordance with the scale that
17
applies to witnesses appearing before the High Court.
18
(2) The Commission may direct that a witness who appears before a
19
Commission without a summons may be paid expenses in
20
accordance with that scale.
21
(3) In applying that scale to a witness, the Commissioner has the
22
powers and functions of the taxing officer.
23
32 Commission may communicate information
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Where, in the course of its inquiry, the Commission obtains
25
information that relates, or may relate, to the commission of an
26
offence, or evidence of the commission of an offence against a law
27
of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, the Commission
28
may, if in the opinion of the Commission it is appropriate to do so,
29
communicate the information or give the evidence to:
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Section 33
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(a) the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or of a State or
1
Territory; or
2
(b) the Australian Crime Commission; or
3
(c) the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or of the
4
Police Force of a State or Territory; or
5
(d) the authority or person responsible for the administration or
6
enforcement of that law.
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33 Rules
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(1) The Attorney-General may, by legislative instrument (and subject
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to subsection (2)), make rules prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the
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rules; 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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(2) To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:
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(a) create an offence or civil penalty;
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(b) provide powers of:
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(i) arrest or detention; or
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(ii) entry, search or seizure;
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(c) impose a tax;
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(d) set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated
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Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;
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(e) directly amend the text of this Act.
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