Final report of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry

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Australia. Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry
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Final Report of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry Conduct of the CommissionPrinciples and Procedures Volume Two Royal Commissioner. The Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole RFD QC February 2003 1
Final Report of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry Conduct of the Commission Principles and Procedures Volume Two Royal Commissioner, The Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole RFD QC February 2003 3
Contents 5
Abbreviations 7
1 The Terms of Reference 9
2 Independence 21
3 Investigations and procedures prior to hearings 23
4 Procedure during and after hearings 33
5 Findings 53
6 First Report 81
7 Communication of information 83
8 Proposed amendments to the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (C’wth) 85
9 Relevant substantive law 89
List of Appendices Appendix 1: Letters Patent dated 29 August 2001 125
Appendix 2: Amending Letters Patent 131
Appendix 3: List of general submissions 135
Appendix 4: List of discussion papers 139
Appendix 5: Entities responding to discussion papers 149
Appendix 6: Example memorandum of understanding with other organisations 157
Appendix 7: The First Practice Note 163
Appendix 8: The Second Practice Note 169
Appendix 9: Example notice to produce 175
Appendix 10: Example statement of rights and obligations accompanying notice to produce 181
Appendix 11: Hearing calendar 185
Appendix 12: List of witnesses 189
Appendix 13: Example non-publication order 231
Appendix 14: Example adverse evidence notice 235
Appendix 15: Example summons to attend 239
Appendix 16: Example statement of rights and obligations accompanying summons 243
Appendix 17: The Third Practice Note 249
Appendix 18: Kingham v Cole 253
Appendix 19: Ferguson v Cole 267
Appendix 20: Example direction regarding submissions 299
Appendix 21: First Report 303
Appendix 22: Example record of decision under section 6P(1) 311

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Australia. Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry and Cole, T. R. H. Final report of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry Melbourne: The Commission, 2003. Web. 14 April 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2203647872>

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