Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Acts Amendment Act 1981 No. 118 of 1981 - SECT 26

26. Section 96 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are
substituted: Summons to practitioner to attend hearing, &c.

''96. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a member may, by writing under his
hand, summon the practitioner, or any of the practitioners, concerned to
attend a hearing and to produce such documents (if any) as are referred to in
the summons and to appear at the hearing to give evidence for the purpose only
of identifying any such documents.

''(2) Where a summons is served on a practitioner under sub-section (1) at
least 10 days before a hearing specifying the time and place of the hearing
and giving particulars of the matter to which the hearing relates, the
Committee is not required to cause a notice to be given to the practitioner
under section 95.

''(3) A summons under this section may be served on the practitioner
personally or by post. Attendance of practitioner at hearing

''96A. (1) Where a practitioner is summoned under section 96 to attend a
hearing, he shall attend in person, and may be represented by another person,
at the hearing.

''(2) Where a notice has been served on a practitioner under section 95 in
relation to a hearing and the practitioner has not been summoned under
section  96 to attend the hearing, he may appear in person, or may be
represented by another person, at the hearing. Rights of practitioner at
hearing

''96B. Where a practitioner attends, appears or is represented at a hearing in
accordance with sub-section 96A (1) or (2), he or his representative, as the
case requires, shall be given the opportunity to give evidence, and to call
witnesses, on behalf of the practitioner, to examine other witnesses appearing
at the hearing and to address the Committee.''.