Queensland Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (TRIBUNALS) RULES 2011 - REG 64B

64B Notice requiring non-party production

(1) A party to a proceeding may, by notice of non-party production, require a person who is not party to the proceeding (the
"non-party" ) to produce to the party, within 14 days after service of the notice on the non-party, a document—

(a) directly relevant to a matter in issue in the proceeding; and

(b) in the possession or under the control of the non-party; and

(c) that is a document the non-party could be required to produce at the hearing for the proceeding.

(2) The party may not require production of a document if there is available to the party another reasonably simple and inexpensive way of proving the matter sought to be proved by the document.

(3) The non-party must comply with the notice but not before the end of 7 days after service of the notice on the non-party.

(4) The requirement, under this rule, for a non-party to produce a document is not an ongoing duty.