Defence (Inquiry) Regulations 1985
17Powers in relation to documents or articles produced
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17 Powers in relation to documents or articles produced
(1) A General Court of Inquiry may: (a) retain any document or article produced before it for such period as the President considers necessary for the purposes of the inquiry; (b) make copies of, or take extracts from, a document so produced; and (c) order the carrying out on an article so produced of such tests as the President considers necessary for the purposes of the inquiry. (2) A test referred to in paragraph (1) (c) may be carried out even though it results in the destruction of, or damage to, the article concerned. (3) Where an article is destroyed or damaged as a result of a test referred to in paragraph (1) (c), a person who has an interest in the article is entitled to be paid compensation in full by the Commonwealth for any loss suffered by the person by reason of the destruction of, or the damage to, the article. (4) Subject to this regulation, a document or article produced to a General Court of Inquiry shall be returned to the person who produced it to the Court.