Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498:section:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9
Character Range: 13531–14445

9  Establishment
 (1) A Commission is established by force of this section if each House of the Parliament passes, in the same session, a resolution that a Commission be established by this Act to investigate a specified allegation of misbehaviour or incapacity of a specified Commonwealth judicial officer.
Note 1: A separate Commission is established each time the Houses of the Parliament pass a resolution in relation to a specified allegation.
Note 2: A Commission might be established to investigate more than one allegation of misbehaviour or incapacity of a specified Commonwealth judicial officer (see paragraph 23(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
 (2) To avoid doubt, such a Commission may be established on or after this section commences to investigate and report in respect of misbehaviour or incapacity that is alleged to have occurred, or begun, before, on or after this section commences.