4Definitions

4 Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears:

Commission and Royal Commission means any commission of inquiry issued by the Governor by letters patent under the Public Seal, and includes a sole commissioner or a member or members of the commission sitting for the purposes of the inquiry.

Document includes any book, register or other record of information, however compiled, recorded or stored.

Reasonable excuse in relation to any act or omission by a witness or a person summoned as a witness before a commission means an excuse which would excuse an act or omission of a similar nature by a witness or a person summoned as a witness before a court of law.

s 4: Am 1985 No 73, Sch 1 (1); 1987 No 151, Sch 1 (2); 2013 No 11, Sch 1 [1].