17Power to summon person to give evidence and produce documents

17 Power to summon person to give evidence and produce documents

(1) The member of the ACCC who is presiding at an arbitration may, for the purposes of the arbitration, summon a person to: (a) attend before the ACCC to give evidence; and (b) produce such documents (if any) as are referred to in the summons. (2) A summons must be in the form set out in Schedule 1. (3) A summons must be served on a person by: (a) delivering a copy of the summons to the person personally; and (b) showing the original of the summons to the person when the copy is delivered to the person.

Note: A person may commit an offence if the person fails to comply with a summons (see section 27).