Minerals Development Act 2017
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Witnesses and production of documents and property | ||
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175. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Mining Board has all the powers, rights, privileges and duties of the High Court or a judge of the High Court when hearing an action that relate to— | ||
(a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses, | ||
(b) examining witnesses on oath (which any member of the Board is hereby authorised to administer) or otherwise, and | ||
(c) compelling the production of records or other documents or property. | ||
(2) The chairperson or any ordinary member of the Mining Board may issue a summons for the purposes of exercising the powers, rights, and privileges and performing the duties referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (c). | ||
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the generality of subsection (1). | ||
(4) Subject to any rules under section 171 and to the necessity of observing fair procedures, the Board may receive evidence given— | ||
(a) orally before the committee, | ||
(b) by statutory declaration, | ||
(c) as otherwise allowed by those rules, including by means of a live video link, or any other means of transmission. | ||
(5) A witness appearing before the Mining Board has the same immunities and privileges as a witness before the High Court. |