New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 164

164 Powers of Commission as to the production of evidence and perjury

(1) The Commission may exercise the functions of the Supreme Court in relation to--

(a) compelling the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath or affirmation, or by use of a statutory declaration, and

(b) compelling the production, discovery and inspection of records and other documents, and

(c) compelling witnesses to answer questions which the Commission considers to be relevant in any proceeding before it, and

(d) directing that a witness be prosecuted for perjury.

Note : See also sections 180 (Contempt of Commission--offence) and 355D (Proceedings for contempt of Commission).