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Electricity Act 1992

Disciplinary provisions - Procedure and miscellaneous matters

147X: Board to have powers of commission of inquiry

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“The Board can ask questions and make people attend hearings”

When the Board holds a hearing under this part of the law, it has special powers. These powers are the same as those given to commissions of inquiry by sections 4 and 4B to 9 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908. This means the Board can do things like make people come to the hearing and answer questions.

Everyone involved in a hearing held by the Board is treated as if they were part of an inquiry run by a commission of inquiry. This includes the people running the hearing, the people being questioned, and anyone else who is there. They all have to follow the rules set out in sections 4 and 4B to 9 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908.

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Part 11 Disciplinary provisions
Procedure and miscellaneous matters

147XBoard to have powers of commission of inquiry

  1. The Board has, for the purposes of any hearing under this Part, the same powers as are conferred on commissions of inquiry by sections 4 and 4B to 9 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908.

  2. Sections 4 and 4B to 9 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 apply to all persons involved in any capacity in any hearing held by the Board under this Part as if it were an inquiry conducted by a commission of inquiry under that Act.

Notes
  • Section 147X: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).