Queensland Consolidated Acts

COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 - SECT 30

30 Reference by commission to evidence etc. before deputy to a commission

(1) A commission may take into account and to such extent as it thinks appropriate, rely upon any evidence or other material given or produced before a deputy to a commission and upon any report and any recommendation of that deputy to the commission.

(2) A commission may in its discretion disclose—

(a) whether or not a report or recommendation has been or will be made to it by a deputy to a commission; and

(b) the terms of any such report or recommendation; and

(c) whether or not or to what extent (if any) that report or recommendation has been or will be taken into account or relied upon by the commission.

(3) A person shall not, without the written permission of the chairperson, make disclosure (otherwise than to the commission) of any of the matters referred to in subsection (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a disclosure of a matter that had previously been disclosed by the commission.