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Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967
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8 Evidence. U.K.
(1)For the purposes of an investigation under [F1section 5(1) of] this Act the Commissioner may require any Minister, officer or member of the department or authority concerned or any other person who in his opinion is able to furnish information or produce documents relevant to the investigation to furnish any such information or produce any such document.
[F2(1A)For the purposes of an investigation pursuant to a complaint under section 5(1A) of this Act the Commissioner may require any person who in his opinion is able to furnish information or produce documents relevant to the investigation to furnish any such information or produce any such document.]
(2)For the purposes of any [F3investigation under this Act] the Commissioner shall have the same powers as the Court in respect of the attendance and examination of witnesses (including the administration of oaths or affirmations and the examination of witnesses abroad) and in respect of the production of documents.
(3)No obligation to maintain secrecy or other restriction upon the disclosure of information obtained by or furnished to persons in Her Majesty’s service, whether imposed by any enactment or by any rule of law, shall apply to the disclosure of information for the purposes of an investigation under this Act; and the Crown shall not be entitled in relation to any such investigation to any such privilege in respect of the production of documents or the giving of evidence as is allowed by law in legal proceedings.
(4)No person shall be required or authorised by virtue of this Act to furnish any information or answer any question relating to proceedings of the Cabinet or of any committee of the Cabinet or to produce so much of any document as relates to such proceedings; and for the purposes of this subsection a certificate issued by the Secretary of the Cabinet with the approval of the Prime Minister and certifying that any information, question, document or part of a document so relates shall be conclusive.
(5)Subject to subsection (3) of this section, no person shall be compelled for the purposes of an investigation under this Act to give any evidence or produce any document which he could not be compelled to give or produce in [F4civil] proceedings before the Court.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 8(1) inserted (18.10.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 47, 60, Sch. 7 para. 4(2); S.I. 2005/2848, art. 2
F2S. 8(1A) inserted (18.10.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 47, 60, Sch. 7 para. 4(3); S.I. 2005/2848, art. 2
F3Words in s. 8(2) inserted (18.10.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 47, 60, Sch. 7 para. 4(4); S.I. 2005/2848, art. 2
F4Word inserted (E.W.) by Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64, SIF 47), s. 17(1)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 8 applied with modifications (S.) by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29, SIF 113:2), s. 95
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