239Evidence

1. Subject to section 236, the Disciplinary Tribunal may receive as evidence any statement, document, information, or matter that may, in its opinion, assist it to deal effectively with the matters before it, whether or not that statement, document, information, or matter would be admissible in a court of law.

2. The Disciplinary Tribunal may take evidence on oath, and, for that purpose, any member of the Disciplinary Tribunal may administer an oath.

3. The Disciplinary Tribunal may permit a person appearing as a witness before it to give evidence by tendering a written statement and verifying that statement by oath.

4. Subject to subsections (1) to (3), the Evidence Act 2006 applies to the Disciplinary Tribunal in the same manner as if the Disciplinary Tribunal were a court within the meaning of that Act.

5. A hearing before the Disciplinary Tribunal is a judicial proceeding within the meaning of section 108 of the Crimes Act 1961 (which relates to perjury).