Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017:clause:5_370ck
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 370CK
Character Range: 347409–348461

370CK  Powers of Authority with respect to investigations
 (1) The Authority may not, for the purposes of an investigation, carry out any new research work (including any test or experiment).
 (2) The Authority may, for the purposes of an investigation, ask the Secretary:
 (a) to forward to the Authority any information:
 (i) in the possession of the Secretary; or
 (ii) that the Secretary may obtain;
  relating to the kind of injury, disease or death under investigation; or
 (b) to carry out research (including any test or experiment) to obtain, confirm or disprove specific information about the kind of injury, disease or death under investigation and forward a report to the Authority.
 (3) In forming any view during the investigation, the Authority:
 (a) may rely only on sound medical‑scientific evidence:
 (i) that has been submitted to it; or
 (ii) that it has obtained on its own initiative or from the Secretary (under subsection (2)) or from a consultant; and
 (b) must consider and evaluate all the evidence so made available to it.