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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 29

29 .         Supreme Court may determine jurisdictional questions

        (1)         Where, in the course of an investigation under this Act, the question arises as to whether the Commissioner has jurisdiction to conduct the investigation, the Commissioner, or the party the subject of the investigation, may make an application to the Supreme Court for a determination of that question, and, on the application, the Court may make such order as it considers proper.

        (2)         References in this section, in relation to an investigation into any action taken by or on behalf of an authority, to the party subject to the investigation shall be construed as references to that authority or the principal officer thereof.

        (3)         References in this section, in relation to an investigation for the purposes of the reportable conduct scheme, to the party subject to the investigation include references to the relevant entity or the head of the relevant entity.

        [Section 29 amended: No. 25 of 2022 s. 19.]



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