Fisheries Management Act 1991

For the purposes of the review of a decision, the Panel may:

take evidence on oath or affirmation; and

adjourn the review from time to time.

The Principal Member may, in relation to a review:

summon a person to appear before the Panel to give evidence; and

summon a person to produce to the Panel such documents as are referred to in the summons; and

require a person appearing before the Panel to give evidence to take an oath or to make an affirmation; and

administer an oath or affirmation to a person so appearing.

The oath or affirmation to be taken or made by a person for the purposes of this section is an oath or affirmation that the evidence that the person will give will be true.

A person appearing before the Panel to give evidence is not entitled:

to be represented before the Panel by any other person; or

to examine or cross‑examine any other person appearing before the Panel to give evidence.

Despite anything else contained in this section, the Panel may accept from a person, instead of oral evidence, a written statement verified by statutory declaration.