Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182:section:171c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 171C
Character Range: 515142–515980

171C  Protection of panel members etc.
 (1) A member of a Financial Services and Credit Panel has, in the performance or exercise of any of the member's functions and powers as a member in relation to a hearing of the panel, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court.
 (2) A barrister, solicitor or other person representing a person at a hearing of a Financial Services and Credit Panel has the same protection and immunity as a barrister in appearing for a party in a proceeding in the High Court.
 (3) Subject to this Act, a person who is required by a summons under subsection 165(1) to appear at a hearing of a Financial Services and Credit Panel, or a person appearing at a such a hearing, has the same protection as a witness in a proceeding in the High Court.

Division 5—Information given to panel members