Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 203

203 Protection of members, legal representatives and witnesses

(1) The presiding officer of a commission hearing has, in the performance of the presiding officer’s duties for the hearing, the same protection and immunity as a Supreme Court judge.

(2) A lawyer or other person when appearing for someone at a commission hearing has the same protection and immunity as a barrister appearing for a party in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.

(3) A person required to attend or appearing at a commission hearing as a witness has the same protection as a witness in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.

(4) No criminal or civil liability, other than liability under this Act, attaches to a person for compliance, or purported compliance in good faith, with a requirement made under this Act.

(5) In particular, if a person produces a document or thing under a notice to discover or a notice to produce, no civil liability attaches to the person for producing the document or thing, whether the liability would arise under a contract or otherwise.