Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:106f
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 106F
Character Range: 528226–529106

106F  Protection of Committee members, representatives and witnesses at hearings
 (1) A Committee member has, in the performance of his or her duties, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court.
 (2) A person appearing at a hearing on behalf of another person has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the High Court.
 (3) A person appearing at a hearing as a witness has the same protection, and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, subject to the same liabilities, as a witness in proceedings in the High Court.
 (4) An action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, does not lie against a person who, without giving evidence at a hearing, gives a document to the Committee in his or her capacity as a consultant to the Committee.

Subdivision C—Action to be taken by Committees