Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03678:body:0:p29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03678
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a person acting as a member of the Tribunal;
     (c) a member of the staff of the Tribunal; or
     (d) a person (other than a member of the staff of the Tribunal) providing interpreting services at the hearing of a review by the Tribunal under Part XIX.
"(2) This section applies to information or a document if the information or document concerns a person and is obtained by a person to whom this section applies in the course of performing functions or duties or exercising powers under this Act.
"(3) A person to whom this section applies shall not:
     (a) make a record of any information to which this section applies; or
     (b) divulge or communicate to any person any information to which this section applies;
unless the record is made or the information is divulged or communicated:
     (c) for the purposes of this Act; or
     (d) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power under this Act.
"(4) Subsection (3) applies to the divulging or communicating of information whether directly or indirectly.
"(5) A person to whom this section applies shall not be required:
     (a) to produce in a court any document to which this section applies; or
     (b) to divulge or communicate to any court any information to which this section applies;

except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
"(6) For the purposes of this section, a person who is providing interpreting services at the hearing of a review by the Tribunal under Part XIX shall be taken to be performing a function under this Act.
"(7) In this section:
     'court' includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions;
     'produce' includes permit access to.

Delegation by the National Convener
"231. The National Convener may by signed instrument delegate to a member of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal all or any of the powers and functions of the National Convener under this Act.

Protection of members and witnesses
"232. (1) A member has, in the performance of the member's duties as a member, the same protection and immunity as a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
"(2) A person representing a party at a hearing of a review before the Social Security Appeals Tribunal has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on behalf of a party.
"(3) A person appearing before the Social Security Appeals Tribunal as a witness has the same protection as a person appearing before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal