Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995
5AAuthorised Commissioner hearings
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5A Authorised Commissioner hearings
[Section 5A Inserted by No. 54 of 2013, s. 6, Applied:04 Mar 2013]
(1) If a Commission is constituted by two or more Commissioners, a hearing of the Commission may be held by one or more of the Commissioners if each of the Commissioners holding the hearing is either –
(a) the President of the Commission; or
(b) authorised in writing by the President of the Commission to hold authorised Commissioner hearings in relation to the Commission.
(2) The following person presides at an authorised Commissioner hearing:
(a) the President of the Commission;
(b) if the President is not one of the Commissioners holding the authorised Commissioner hearing, the Commissioner who is authorised in writing by the President to preside at the hearing.