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Inquiries Act 2013

Duties, powers, immunities, and privileges - Powers and duties of inquiry relating to procedure

16: Power to postpone or temporarily suspend inquiry

You could also call this:

"Stopping an inquiry for a short time if it clashes with another investigation"

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You can postpone or stop an inquiry for a little while if another investigation is happening or will happen soon. This other investigation must be about the same things as the inquiry. The inquiry must talk to the Minister first.

You can only postpone or stop the inquiry if it would interfere with the other investigation or affect someone involved in it. When it is safe to continue the inquiry without interfering, you must start it again. The inquiry will start again when it won't cause any problems for the other investigation or the people involved.

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Part 3Duties, powers, immunities, and privileges
Powers and duties of inquiry relating to procedure

16Power to postpone or temporarily suspend inquiry

  1. An inquiry may, after consultation with the appropriate Minister or appointing Minister, as the case may be, postpone or temporarily suspend the inquiry if—

  2. another investigation is being, or is likely to be, carried out into matters relating to the inquiry; and
    1. the inquiry is satisfied that to commence or continue the inquiry would be likely to prejudice—
      1. the investigation referred to in paragraph (a); or
        1. any person interested in that investigation.

        2. The inquiry must commence or continue when it is satisfied that to do so would no longer prejudice the other investigation or any person interested in it.