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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
House of
As received from the Legislative Council and read a first
time,
Commission
of Inquiry (Children in State Care) (Privileges and Immunities) Amendment
Bill 2006
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Commission of Inquiry (Children in
State Care) Act 2004.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Commission
of Inquiry (Children in State Care) Act 2004
3 Amendment of
section 13—Privileges and immunities
The Parliament of
This Act may be cited as the Commission of Inquiry (Children in
State Care) (Privileges and Immunities) Amendment Act 2006.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the
amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Commission of Inquiry (Children in
State Care) Act 2004
3—Amendment of section 13—Privileges and immunities
Section 13—after
subsection (1) insert:
(1a) No subpoena or other process may be issued
by a court, tribunal or other authority—
(a) requiring
a person who is or has been an authorised person, or appointed or engaged under
section 8, to appear to give evidence of matters coming to the person's
notice in the person's official capacity or former official capacity; or
(b) requiring the production of a document, object or substance—
(i) that was prepared
or made in the course of, or for the purposes of, the Inquiry; or
(ii) that is in the possession of the Inquiry or
that was in the possession of the Inquiry immediately before completion of the
Inquiry,
and any such process issued before the commencement of this subsection will be of no force or effect.