41LExamination and cross-examination of witnesses

#### 41L Examination and cross-examination of witnesses 41L Examination and cross-examination of witnesses > > (1) A person authorised or required to appear at a public inquiry, or an Australian legal practitioner or other person allowed to represent a person at a public inquiry, may, with the leave of the public inquirer, examine or cross-examine any witness on any matter that the public inquirer considers relevant. > > > (2) If an Australian legal practitioner is appointed to assist the public inquirer at a public inquiry, the Australian legal practitioner may examine or cross-examine any witness on any matter that the public inquirer considers relevant. > > > (3) Any witness examined or cross-examined under this section has the same protection and is subject to the same liabilities as if examined by the public inquirer. > > **ss 41J–41M:** Ins 2017 No 36, Sch 1 \[7\].