Letting of Contracts at Central TAFE Public Hearing AM session
Letting of Contracts at Central TAFE Public Hearing AM session
Letting of Contracts at Central TAFE Public Hearing AM session
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16/32/rds<br />
THE COMMISSIONER:<br />
Mr Gormly?<br />
GORMLY, MR:<br />
Commissioner.<br />
THE COMMISSIONER:<br />
The next witness?<br />
GORMLY, MR:<br />
We have Mr Bryan Nicholson, Commissioner.<br />
THE COMMISSIONER:<br />
Mr Bryan Nicholson. All right.<br />
NICHOLSON, BRYAN JOHN called:<br />
THE COMMISSIONER: Mr Nicholson, before you give evidence<br />
this morning it's necessary for you to either take the o<strong>at</strong>h<br />
or an affirm<strong>at</strong>ion. Wh<strong>at</strong> would you prefer to do?---I'll<br />
take the o<strong>at</strong>h. Thank you, sir.<br />
All right. If you would.<br />
NICHOLSON, BRYAN JOHN sworn:<br />
THE COMMISSIONER: Thank you, Mr Nicholson. Please sit<br />
down. I must now tell you <strong>of</strong> your rights and oblig<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
under the Corruption and Crime Commission Act <strong>of</strong> 2003 which<br />
I will call the act. The act provides th<strong>at</strong> if you fail to<br />
produce any document as required by the summons or if you<br />
fail to answer any question relevant to the investig<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
th<strong>at</strong> I require you to answer, you may be in contempt <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Commission. You are not excused from the requirement to<br />
answer the question on the ground th<strong>at</strong> the answer might<br />
incrimin<strong>at</strong>e you or tend to incrimin<strong>at</strong>e you or render you<br />
liable to a penalty. You may accept th<strong>at</strong> when Mr Gormly<br />
asks you a question he is doing so on my behalf and you<br />
must answer. If I take the view the question is<br />
inappropri<strong>at</strong>e in any way, I will intervene. In the absence<br />
<strong>of</strong> the intervention, however, you must proceed to answer<br />
the question. I may ask you some questions myself but for<br />
the most part the examin<strong>at</strong>ion will be carried out by<br />
Mr Gormly. The legisl<strong>at</strong>ion; th<strong>at</strong> is, the act, provides<br />
protection in the following way: a st<strong>at</strong>ement made by you<br />
in answer to a question th<strong>at</strong> I require you to answer is not<br />
admissible in evidence against you in any criminal<br />
proceedings or proceedings for the imposition <strong>of</strong> a penalty<br />
except contempt proceedings, proceedings for an <strong>of</strong>fence<br />
against the act or disciplinary proceedings. You must give<br />
truthful evidence in this examin<strong>at</strong>ion. You have promised<br />
to do so in submitting to the o<strong>at</strong>h. If you fail; th<strong>at</strong> is,<br />
if you give evidence which is false or misleading in any<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erial way, you would commit an <strong>of</strong>fence under the act<br />
<strong>at</strong>tracting significant penalties. In proceedings brought<br />
against you for th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong>fence your evidence here th<strong>at</strong> is<br />
relevant will be admissible against you. Mr Gormly, do you<br />
have any observ<strong>at</strong>ions on those remarks?<br />
GORMLY, MR:<br />
I don't, Commissioner.<br />
4/10/06 NICHOLSON, B.J. XN 202<br />
11.27<br />
Spark & Cannon
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