Inspection of documents etc.
Members or staff members (1) A member of the Commission, or a member of the staff of the Commission, may inspect documents: (a) given to the Commission for the purposes of the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under this Part; or (b) produced at an inquiry. (2) A member of the Commission, or a member of the staff of the Commission, may also make copies of, or take extracts from, those documents. Associate members (3) An associate member of the Commission may inspect documents: (a) given to the Commission for the purposes of the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under this Part in relation to an inquiry for the purposes of which the Chairperson has directed that the associate member be taken to be a member of the Commission; or (b) produced at that inquiry. (4) An associate member of the Commission may also make copies of, or take extracts from, those documents. External inquiries (5) In an external inquiry, the person presiding at the inquiry, or a person providing assistance in the inquiry to the body holding the inquiry, may: (a) inspect documents given to the body for the purposes of the inquiry; and (b) make copies of, or take extracts from, those documents.
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