Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 227

227 Particular powers of tribunal

(1) For the purpose of a proceeding, the Land Tribunal may—

(a) take evidence on oath or affirmation; or

(b) proceed in the absence of a party who has had reasonable notice of the proceeding; or

(c) adjourn the proceeding from time to time.

(2) For the purposes of the hearing of a proceeding, the chairperson, a presiding member, or an officer of the tribunal authorised in writing by the chairperson or a presiding member, may summon a person to appear before the tribunal to give evidence and to produce such documents (if any) as are specified in the summons.

(3) The member who presides at the hearing of a proceeding—

(a) may require a person appearing before the tribunal to give evidence either to take an oath or to make an affirmation; and

(b) may administer an oath or affirmation to a person so appearing before the tribunal.

(4) The oath or affirmation to be taken or made by a person for the purposes of this section is an oath or affirmation that the answers the person will give to questions asked of the person will be true.