This legislation has been repealed.
20—Powers of Committee as to inquiry
For the purpose of making any inquiry under this Act, the Committee is a
commission within the meaning of the Royal
Commissions Act 1917
and that Act applies accordingly, but—
(a) no
witness other than an applicant for a guarantee, grant, loan or other
assistance may be compelled to disclose to the Committee directly or
indirectly any information as to his or her methods, processes or costs of
production or manufacture;
(b) the
evidence of any witness before the Committee must, if the witness so requests,
be taken in private.