30Determining inquiry is a special inquiry

30  Determining inquiry is a special inquiry

 (1) The Commissioner may make a determination, in writing, that an inquiry being conducted under Division 2 is a special inquiry to which this Division applies if:

 (a) public notice has been given of the inquiry; and

 (b) the Commissioner is satisfied that it is in the public interest that the powers in this Division may be exercised in relation to the inquiry.

 (2) Without limiting subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, a determination under subsection (1) is taken to be revoked 2 years after it is made, unless it is revoked earlier.

 (3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the making of another determination under subsection (1) in the same terms as the revoked determination.

 (4) A determination made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.