New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) For the purposes of carrying out the duties and functions imposed on the Commissioner by this Act or any other Act, the Commissioner shall have the same powers and authority to summon witnesses and receive evidence as are conferred upon commissions of inquiry by the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and the provisions of that Act, except sections 11 and 12 (which relate to costs), shall apply accordingly.
(2) Any investigation or inquiry that the Commissioner is empowered to conduct under this Act or any other Act may be conducted by the Commissioner or by any person specifically appointed by the Commissioner to conduct the investigation or inquiry and to report thereon to the Commissioner; and, for the purposes of any such investigation or inquiry, the powers and authority conferred on the Commissioner by subsection (1) shall attach to and may be exercised by such other persons so appointed.
Section 25: substituted, on 19 December 1989, by section 3 of the State Sector Amendment Act (No 2) 1989 (1989 No 136).
