Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498:section:21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 21
Character Range: 21618–22625

21  Guide to this Division

      This Division contains rules relating to a Commission's investigation into an allegation of misbehaviour or incapacity of a Commonwealth judicial officer.
      A Commission must conduct its investigation as quickly as proper consideration of the allegation permits. Generally, it must also hold any hearings in public.
      A Commission has various powers of investigation, such as the power to do the following:

                (a) hold a hearing;
                (b) require a witness to appear at a hearing, and arrest a person who fails to appear;
                (c) require the production of a document or other thing;
                (d) issue search warrants.
      The Commonwealth is liable for the reasonable costs of legal representation for a Commonwealth judicial officer in relation to whom an investigation is being conducted. Witnesses are entitled to be reimbursed for their expenses.

Subdivision B—Speed of investigations and openness of hearings