34Examination and cross-examination

34 Examination and cross-examination

34 Examination and cross-examination

(1) An Australian legal practitioner appointed by the Commission to assist it, or a person or a person’s Australian legal practitioner authorised to appear at a compulsory examination or public inquiry, may, with the leave of the Commission, examine or cross-examine any witness on any matter that the Commission considers relevant.

(2) Any witness so examined or cross-examined has the same protection and is subject to the same liabilities as if examined by a Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner.

s 34: Am 2005 No 10, Sch 1 [20]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.12 [3] [4]; 2016 No 65, Sch 1 [3].