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LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT (NO. 100 OF 1991) - SECT 149

Witnesses—summons to appear

149. (1) The presiding member of a panel may, by writing, summon a person to attend a hearing of the Inquiry at a specified time and place to give evidence and to produce such books and documents as are—

        (a)     relevant to any matter at issue in the Inquiry; and

        (b)     specified in the summons.

(2) A person served with a summons under subsection (1) shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the summons.

Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(3) The Territory shall pay a witness summoned to appear at an Inquiry such allowances as are prescribed.


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