For the purposes of an
inquiry and report under this Division —
(a) an
Inquiry Panel has the powers of a Royal Commission; and
(b) the
person appointed to preside at meetings of the Inquiry Panel, or if the
Inquiry Panel consists of one person that person, has the powers of the
chairman of a Royal Commission,
whether under the
Royal Commissions Act 1968 or otherwise, and the provisions of that Act have
effect as if they were enacted in this Act with such modifications as are
required and in terms made applicable to the inquiry and report by the Inquiry
Panel.
[Section 8.20 inserted: No. 64 of 1998 s. 45.]