Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) An examination must be held in private.
(2) A person (other than a Victorian Inspectorate Officer) must not be present at the examination unless he or she is—
(a) attending in accordance with a witness summons duly served under section 56 or 57; or
(b) subject to section 58(2) and (8), an Australian legal practitioner representing a person who is attending in accordance with a witness summons; or
(c) entitled to be present by reason of a direction given by the Victorian Inspectorate under section 52; or
(d) an Australian legal practitioner, or other person, engaged by the Victorian Inspectorate to assist the Victorian Inspectorate in the inquiry; or
(e) any other person who is authorised to be present by the Victorian Inspectorate or who is otherwise authorised to be present under this Act or any other law.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both.
S. 51(3) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 176.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
(a) an examination may be conducted by audio visual link or audio link; and
(b) attending an examination includes attending the examination by audio visual link or audio link.
S. 51(4) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 176.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), an examination conducted by means of audio visual link or audio link is taken to be held in private.
S. 52 inserted by No. 19/2012 s. 12.