36Further provisions relating to attendances

36 Further provisions relating to attendances

(1) If, during an attendance, it becomes apparent that the person required to attend in accordance with an information gathering notice to answer questions or give evidence, does not have knowledge of the English language that is sufficient to enable the person to understand questions asked or to answer those questions, the Auditor-General or authorised person must provide for a competent interpreter to be present during the attendance.

(2) If a person required to attend by an information gathering notice to answer questions or give evidence is under the age of 18 years (but 16 years of age or over) the person must be accompanied by a parent or guardian or an independent person known to the person attending.

(3) The person required to attend by an information gathering notice must be accompanied by an independent person if—

(a) the Auditor-General or authorised person believes that the person attending has a mental impairment; or

(b) the person attending provides the Auditor-General or authorised person with reasonably satisfactory medical evidence that the person has a mental impairment.

(4) This section also applies to a person providing information, documents or other things, or attending to answer questions or give evidence, by consent.

S. 37 inserted by No. 12/2019 s. 9.