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(b) to summon any person to attend the inquiry to give evidence or to produce any document or other thing in his possession or under his control and to examine him as a witness or to require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession or under his control;
(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; and
(e) to award any person summoned to attend the inquiry such sum or sums as in the opinion of the Board may have been reasonably expended by him by reason of his attendance.
(2) Summonses as to witnesses may be in such form as may be prescribed and shall be signed by the secretary.
Penalty for failure to give evidence
19. Any person who, being summoned to attend as a witness or to produce any document or other thing at any inquiry held in accordance with the provisions of section 17, refuses or neglects to do so or to answer any question put to him by or with the leave of the Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months:
Provided that no person shall be required to answer any question, or to produce any document or other thing which, in the opinion of the Board, may tend to incriminate himself; and every witness shall, in respect of any evidence given by him before the Board, be entitled to the same privileges to which he would be entitled if he were giving evidence before a court of justice.
Representation of parties at disciplinary inquiries
20. The complainant in any inquiry held in accordance with the provisions of section 17 and the registered nurse or enrolled nurse whose conduct is the subject of such inquiry shall be entitled to be represented by counsel or solicitor or by a friend throughout the inquiry. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 9 and 45 of 1972, s. 3)
Provisions relating to orders of the Board
21. (1) The secretary shall cause a copy of
(a) any decision of the Board made under subsection (3) to refuse to enter the name of an applicant in the register of section 9; or
(b) any decision of the Board made under subsection (3) to refuse to enter the name of an applicant upon the roll of section 15; or
(c) any order made under section 17(1),
to be served, as soon as may be after the making of the order, upon the registered nurse or the enrolled nurse concerned, as the case may be, either personally or by registered post addressed to him at the last address known to the secretary. (Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 10. Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)
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(b) to summon any person to attend the inquiry to give evidence or to produce any document or other thing in his possession or under his control and to examine him as a witness or to require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession or under his control;
(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; and
(e) to award any person summoned to attend the inquiry such sum or sums as in the opinion of the Board may have been reasonably expended by him by reason of his attendance.
(2) Summonses as to witnesses may be in such form as may be prescribed and shall be signed by the secretary.
Penalty for failure to give evidence
19. Any person who, being summoned to attend as a witness or to produce any document or other thing at any inquiry held in accordance with the provisions of section 17, refuses or neglects to do so or to answer any question put to him by or with the leave of the Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months:
Provided that no person shall be required to answer any question, or to produce any document or other thing which, in the opinion of the Board, may tend to incriminate himself; and every witness shall, in respect of any evidence given by him before the Board, be entitled to the same privileges to which he would be entitled if he were giving evidence before a court of justice.
Representation of parties at disciplinary inquiries
20. The complainant in any inquiry held in accordance with the provisions of section 17 and the registered nurse or enrolled nurse whose conduct is the subject of such inquiry shall be entitled to be represented by counsel or solicitor or by a friend throughout the inquiry. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 9 and 45 of 1972, s. 3)
Provisions relating to orders of the Board
21. (1) The secretary shall cause a copy of
(a) any decision of the Board made under subsection (3) to refuse to enter
the name of an applicant in the register of section 9; or
(b) any decision of the Board made under subsection (3) to refuse to enter
the name of an applicant upon the roll of section 15; or
(c) any order made under section 17(1),
to be served, as soon as may be after the making of the order, upon the registered nurse or the enrolled nurse concerned, as the case may be, either personally or by registered post addressed to him at the last address known to the secretary. (Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 10. Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)
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