8Power to require attendance of trustees and persons

8 Power to require attendance of trustees and persons

8 Power to require attendance of trustees and persons

(1) The Commissioner may require all or any such trustees and persons as are referred to in section 7 to attend before the Commissioner, or before an officer appointed by the Commissioner for the purpose, at such times and places as may reasonably be appointed, for the purpose of being examined in relation to the dormant fund, the trusts thereof, the purposes for which the dormant fund was to be utilised or applied, and to produce on such examination all books and documents in their custody and control relating to the dormant fund.

(2) For the purposes of any examination under this section the Commissioner or the officer appointed to conduct the examination shall have the powers, authorities, protections and immunities conferred on a commissioner by Division 1 of Part 2 of the Royal Commissions Act 1923, and shall be deemed to be a sole commissioner within the meaning of that Division.

The provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1923, with the exception of section 13 and Division 2 of Part 2, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the examination and to any witness or person summoned by or appearing before the Commissioner or the officer conducting the examination.

s 8: Am 1987 No 48, Sch 6 (1).