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CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 346

Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 prevails over this Act

346 Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 prevails over this Act

(1) The Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 prevails over this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the commission or a person who is, or was, a commission officer must comply with any summons or requirement of an inquiry chairperson under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 , section 5 .
(3) For the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 , section 5 , 10 (4) or 14 (1) (b) , it is not a reasonable excuse for the commission or anyone else to fail to comply with the summons or requirement—
(a) that compliance would disclose anything that is required not to be disclosed under this Act or would otherwise contravene this Act; or
(b) that compliance would disclose anything that should not be disclosed because of its particular nature, content or subject matter.
(4) This section—
(a) applies only for the purpose of a commission within the meaning of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 , section 3 ; and
(b) applies despite another provision of this or another Act.
(5) In this section—

"inquiry chairperson" means the chairperson of a commission within the meaning of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 , section 3 .



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