Comptroller and Auditor General and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Special Provisions) Act, 1998
Privileges and immunities of witnesses, etc., before Comptroller or auditor. |
4.—A person— | |
(a) whose evidence has been, is being or is to be given before the Comptroller, or who produces or sends or sends a document to him or her, pursuant to a direction or request of the Comptroller or who is directed or requested by the Comptroller to give evidence or produce a document to the Comptroller or to attend before him or her and there to give evidence or produce a document, or | ||
(b) who makes a statement or gives or sends a document to an auditor appointed under section 2 pursuant to a request of the auditor for the purposes of his or her functions under that section or to whom a requirement is made under section 7 , 9 , or 10 , | ||
shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities in respect of those matters as a witness before the High Court. |