Chairperson or Deputy Chairpersons may authorise a person to take evidence
50Z Chairperson or Deputy Chairpersons may authorise a person to take evidence
The Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson may authorise, in writing, a person (whether or not that person is a member of the Victorian Racing Tribunal) to take evidence on behalf of the Victorian Racing Tribunal for the purposes of any proceeding.
A person may take evidence on behalf of the Victorian Racing Tribunal under this section outside Victoria if this is authorised by the Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson.
The Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson may give directions as to the taking of evidence under this section.
If a person who is not a member of the Victorian Racing Tribunal is authorised to take evidence under this section, the person has all of the powers a member of the Victorian Racing Tribunal has in relation to the taking of evidence.
Evidence taken under this section—
is deemed to be evidence given to the Victorian Racing Tribunal; and
in the case of evidence taken outside Victoria, is deemed to have been given in Victoria.
S. 50ZA inserted by No. 37/2018 s. 14.
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