Royal Commissions Amendment (Private Sessions) Act 2019 (64 of 2019)

Schedule 1   Main amendments

Royal Commissions Act 1902

1   Subsection 1B(1)

Insert:

member of the staff , of a Royal Commission, means any of the following:

(a) an APS employee who performs functions or duties relating to, or for the purposes of, the Commission;

(b) a person engaged by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth as a contractor to perform functions or duties relating to, or for the purposes of, the Commission;

(c) a person who:

(i) is engaged, or employed, by a person to whom paragraph (b) or this paragraph applies; and

(ii) performs functions or duties for the Commission in connection with that engagement or employment;

(d) a person who:

(i) is a legal practitioner appointed by the Attorney-General to assist the Commission; or

(ii) is appointed or otherwise engaged by, or on behalf of, the Commonwealth to assist the Commission as counsel.