Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsWhere a public work that is to be carried out outside Australia and the external Territories is referred to the Committee:
(a) the Committee shall consider the work on the basis of plans, models and statements placed before it and of the evidence (if any) taken by it;
(b) the Committee is not entitled to require or request the attendance before it of any person who is outside Australia ; and
(c) the Committee may receive statements, in writing, relevant to its consideration of the work, from any person who is in or outside Australia , and may take evidence from any person who is in Australia .