Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purpose of the hearing of a charge against a registered patent attorney before a Panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, the Panel Chair may, by written instrument signed by the Panel Chair:
(a) summon any person, other than the attorney, to appear before the Panel to give evidence about the charge and to produce any documents or articles mentioned in the summons; or
(b) summon the attorney to appear before the Panel:
(i) to produce any documents or articles mentioned in the summons; and
(ii) to give evidence to identify the documents or articles.
(2) A registered patent attorney summoned under this regulation must appear in person.