Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 206

206 Application of Criminal Code

(1) The Criminal Code , sections 120 , 123 , 123A , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 and 130 (
"identified provisions" ) apply, with necessary changes, to commission hearings under this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , for applying the identified provisions to a commission hearing—

(a) the hearing is a judicial proceeding; and

(b) the presiding officer conducting the hearing is the holder of a judicial office; and

(c) a reference to judicial capacity is a reference to capacity as a presiding officer conducting a hearing; and

(d) a reference to the giving or withholding of testimony is a reference to the giving or withholding of information; and

(e) a reference to a witness is a reference to a person from whom the presiding officer conducting the hearing may obtain information; and

(f) a reference to being required or used in evidence is a reference to being required or used for the obtaining of information; and

(g) a reference to being summoned to attend as a witness is a reference to being asked or required to attend to give information; and

(h) a reference to a tribunal is a reference to the presiding officer conducting the hearing.