Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 118

(1) In conducting an inquiry, the commission may--

(a) act in the absence of a person who has been given reasonable notice; and

(b) receive evidence on oath or affirmation or by statutory declaration; and

(c) adjourn the inquiry; and

(d) permit a document to be amended; and

(e) disregard any defect, error, omission or insufficiency in a document; and

(f) permit or refuse to permit a person (including a legal practitioner enrolled in Queensland or elsewhere) to represent someone else at the inquiry.

(2) A commission member may administer an oath or affirmation to a person appearing as a witness before the inquiry.