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Personal Injury Commission Act 2020
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#### 51 Summons to appear at conference or hearing
51 Summons to appear at conference or hearing
> > (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Division Head of a Commission Division may issue a summons, in circumstances prescribed by the Commission rules, requiring the attendance of a person at any conference or hearing before the Commission in connection with proceedings before the Commission.
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> > (2) If the proceedings are allocated to the Motor Accidents Division, a summons may be issued only to a party to the proceedings.
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> > (3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a summons served on the person under this section.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > conference includes a conference at which the parties (or some of them) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means.