Judicial Conduct Commissioner Act 2015

The functions of the Commissioner are—

to receive and deal with complaints made in accordance with this

Act in relation to the conduct of judicial officers; and

to perform any prescribed functions; and

to perform other functions conferred on the Commissioner by this or any other Act.

The Commissioner is not subject to the direction of any person in relation to any matter, including—

the manner in which functions are carried out or powers exercised under this or any other Act; and

the priority that the Commissioner gives to a particular matter in carrying out functions under this or any other Act.

It is not a function of the Commissioner to challenge or call into question the legality or correctness of any instruction, direction, order, judgment, or other decision given or made by a judicial officer in relation to any legal proceedings.

The Commissioner has all the powers necessary for carrying out his or her functions.

Without limiting subsection (4), the Commissioner may, if the

Commissioner thinks it is necessary for the purposes of exercising functions and powers under Part 3, do any of the following:

obtain any relevant court documents (including, for example, the transcript of a hearing);

require a person who may be in a position to furnish information relevant to the complaint—

to take reasonable steps to provide that information to the

Commissioner; or

to answer a question to the best of that person's knowledge, information and belief;

require a person to produce—

any books, documents or records in his or her possession or control; or

any information stored by computer, microfilm or by any other process, (insofar as the books, documents, records or information may be relevant to the complaint);

examine, copy and take extracts from any books, documents, records or information produced under paragraph (c) or require a person to provide a copy of any such book, document, record or information;

take possession of any books, documents, records or information produced under paragraph (c).