Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 181

181 Legal representation and examination

(1) A witness at a commission hearing may be legally represented at the hearing.

(2) A witness may be examined, cross-examined or re-examined on any matter the presiding officer considers relevant by—

(a) the presiding officer; or

(b) counsel assisting the commission at the hearing; or

(c) a person authorised by the presiding officer; or

(d) a lawyer representing the witness.

(3) The presiding officer may allow a person who is not giving sworn evidence at the hearing to be legally represented at the hearing if the presiding officer considers there are special circumstances.