Issue of summons

Current

(1)

A summons for the purposes of this Act is to be issued by the Industrial Registrar.

(2)

Any such summons must be signed by a member of the Commission or the Industrial Registrar or as otherwise provided by the rules of the Commission.

(3)

Any such summons may require a person to do any one or more of the following—

(a)

attend and confer,

(b)

attend and give evidence,

(c)

attend and produce documents or other things.

(4)

A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the requirements of a summons is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(5)

A person does not comply with the requirements of a summons to confer if the person leaves the conference without the permission of the person presiding at the conference.

(6)

A summons may be served within or outside the State.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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