181General powers of General Manager

#### 181 General powers of General Manager (1) In any proceedings before the General Manager, the General Manager, on the application of a party or on the General Manager’s own motion, may: (a) require a person, by summons served on the person, to appear before the General Manager: (i) to give evidence; and (ii) to produce such books, documents or things as are referred to in the summons for inspection by the General Manager or by such party as the General Manager determines; and (b) take evidence on oath or affirmation; and (c) adjourn any matter or hearing; and (d) amend or give leave to amend any application, notice or other document; and (e) extend the time fixed by these Regulations for the lodging of any document or the doing of any act (whether that time has expired or not); and (f) give directions to any party in relation to the service of documents and the manner of service of documents; and (g) order any party to pay any other party such reasonable sum for costs as he or she thinks just. (2) A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a summons served on the person for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a). Penalty: 5 penalty units. (3) Strict liability applies in subregulation (2) to the physical element of failing to comply. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subregulation (2) if the person had a reasonable excuse. > Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in subregulation (4) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code). (5) If the General Manager exercises a power under subregulation (1) on the application of a party, the General Manager may make any order for payment of fees or costs relating to the exercise of the power as the General Manager thinks just.