Powers in regard to obtaining of evidence and conduct at inquiry
(1)An inquiry committee shall have power—
(a)to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath;
(b)to summon any person to attend the inquiry either as the person whose conduct is the subject of the inquiry or to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession and to examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession, subject to all just exceptions;
(c)to admit or exclude the public or any member of the public from the inquiry;
(d)to admit or exclude the press from the inquiry;
(e)to award any person summoned to attend the inquiry as a witness such sum, to be paid from the funds of the Board, as in the opinion of the inquiry committee have been reasonably expended by him in connection with his attendance.
(2)The Registrar shall sign summonses to witnesses.
(3)No person shall be required to answer any question or produce any document or other thing which, in the opinion of the inquiry committee, may tend to incriminate him.
(4)A witness shall, in respect of any evidence given by him before the inquiry committee, be entitled to the same privileges to which he would be entitled if he were giving evidence in court.