Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A Commission must act in accordance wi th the rules of natural justice.
(2) Without limiting subsection ( 1) , if a n allegation of misbehaviour or incapacity is being investigated by a Commission in relation to a Commonwealth judicial officer :
( a ) the Commission must :
(i) give the Commonwealth judicial officer particulars of the allegation being investigated as soon as practicable ; and
(ii) offer the Commonwealth judicial officer a reasonable opportunity to make an oral or written statement to the Commission ; and
( b ) the Commission must offer the Commonwealth judicial officer reasonable access to any documents or other things (including documents, or other things, seized under a search warrant) received by, produced before, delivered to, or otherwise acquired by, the Commission for the purposes of the investigation ; and
( c ) if the Commonwealth judicial officer does not attend, or appear at , a hearing of the Commission , or otherwise give evidence to the Commission -- the Commission must not draw any inferences adverse to the Commonwealth judicial officer from that fact; and
( d ) before the Commission gives a report under sub section 48 (1) or (6) , the Commission must :
(i) give the Commonwealth judicial officer a draft of the report ; and
(ii) give the Commonwealth judicial officer a reasonable opportunity to give comment s to the Com mission on the draft report; and
(iii) consider any timely comments that the Commonwealth judicial officer makes to the Commission on the draft report.