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Crime and Corruption Act 2001
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### sec.293 Powers
The parliamentary committee has power to call for persons, documents and other things.
See also the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , chapter 3 , part 1 for other powers of the committee to require attendance and production of documents or other things.
Also, the parliamentary committee has the power—
necessary to enable the committee to properly perform its functions, including power to appoint persons having special knowledge or skill to help the committee perform its functions; and
conferred on it by resolution of the Legislative Assembly with a view to the proper performance by the committee of its functions.
Further, the parliamentary committee or a person appointed, engaged or assigned to help the parliamentary committee may—
inspect any non-operational record or thing in the commission’s possession; and
make copies or extracts of the record or thing for use in connection with the parliamentary committee’s functions to which the record or thing is relevant.
In this section—
non-operational record or thing does not include a record or thing that relates to an investigation by the commission that is not finalised.
s 293 amd 2001 No. 81 s 131 ; 2002 No. 68 s 283 sch 3 ; 2014 No. 21 s 94 (1) sch 1
(sec.293-ssec.1) The parliamentary committee has power to call for persons, documents and other things. See also the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , chapter 3 , part 1 for other powers of the committee to require attendance and production of documents or other things.
(sec.293-ssec.2) Also, the parliamentary committee has the power— necessary to enable the committee to properly perform its functions, including power to appoint persons having special knowledge or skill to help the committee perform its functions; and conferred on it by resolution of the Legislative Assembly with a view to the proper performance by the committee of its functions.
(sec.293-ssec.3) Further, the parliamentary committee or a person appointed, engaged or assigned to help the parliamentary committee may— inspect any non-operational record or thing in the commission’s possession; and make copies or extracts of the record or thing for use in connection with the parliamentary committee’s functions to which the record or thing is relevant.
(sec.293-ssec.4) In this section— non-operational record or thing does not include a record or thing that relates to an investigation by the commission that is not finalised.
- (a) necessary to enable the committee to properly perform its functions, including power to appoint persons having special knowledge or skill to help the committee perform its functions; and
- (b) conferred on it by resolution of the Legislative Assembly with a view to the proper performance by the committee of its functions.
- (a) inspect any non-operational record or thing in the commission’s possession; and
- (b) make copies or extracts of the record or thing for use in connection with the parliamentary committee’s functions to which the record or thing is relevant.