Inquiries Act 2014

For the purposes of its inquiry, a Royal Commission may serve written notice on a person requiring the person to—

produce a specified document or other thing to the Royal Commission or a Royal Commission officer before a specified time and in the specified manner; or

attend the Royal Commission at a specified time and place to produce a specified document or other thing; or

attend the Royal Commission at a specified time and place, and from then on from day to day until excused, to give evidence; or

attend the Royal Commission at a specified time and place, and from then on from day to day until excused, to give evidence and to produce a specified document or other thing.

A notice to produce or notice to attend in relation to a Royal Commission—

must be in the prescribed form (if any); and

must contain the following information—

a statement outlining the provisions of sections 23 and 46;

examples of what may constitute a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the notice;

how the person may object to the notice;

any other prescribed information; and

must be served in accordance with section 19.

Subsection (2)(a) does not apply to a notice to produce or notice to attend for the purposes of an inquiry of a Royal Commission that is being conducted concurrently under this Act and under the law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.