Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An examiner may summon a person to appear at an examination to give evidence and to produce any documents or other things referred to in the summons.
(2) Before issuing a summons under subsection (1), the examiner must:
(a) be satisfied that it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so; and
(b) record in writing the reasons for the issue of the summons.
(3) A summons under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a copy of the determination of the Board that the ACC Territory intelligence operation is a special operation or that the ACC Territory investigation is a special investigation.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a summons under subsection (1) must set out, so far as is reasonably practicable, the general nature of the matters in relation to which the examiner intends to question the person.
(5) The summons is not required to set out the matters required by subsection (4) if the examiner is satisfied that, in the particular circumstances of the special ACC operation/investigation to which the examination relates, it would prejudice the effectiveness of the special ACC operation/investigation for the summons to do so.
(6) Subsection (4) does not prevent the examiner from questioning the person in relation to any matter that relates to a special ACC operation/investigation.
(7) The examiner who is holding an examination may require a person appearing at the examination to produce a document or other thing.
(8) An examiner may, at an examination, take evidence on oath and for that purpose:
(a) the examiner may require a person appearing at the examination to give evidence to take an oath in a form approved by the examiner; and
(b) the examiner, or a person who is an authorised person in relation to the ACC, may administer an oath to a person so appearing at the examination.
(9) In this section, a reference to a person who is an authorised person in relation to the ACC is a reference to a person authorised in writing, or a person included in a class of persons authorised in writing, for this section by the CEO.
(10) The powers conferred by this section are not exercisable except for the purposes of a special ACC operation/investigation.