Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) At a hearing, the Commissioner may:
(a) require a witness to either take an oath or make an affirmation; and
(b) administer an oath or affirmation to the witness.
Note 1: The hearing is a judicial proceeding for the purposes of Part III of the Crimes Act 1914 , which creates various offences in relation to such proceedings.
Note 2: Failure to take an oath or make an affirmation is an offence: see section 81.
(2) The oath or affirmation is an oath or affirmation that the evidence the person will give will be true.
(3) The Commissioner may allow a person attending a hearing who has taken an oath, or made an affirmation, to give evidence by tendering a written statement and verifying it by oath or affirmation.